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The co-founder of Passages Malibu treatment center thinks that Amy Winehouse?s membership in the 27 Club may have been by design, not just an eerie coincidence.

Victor Castro Jr. grew up in a modest, three-bedroom house in the heart of a middle-class neighborhood in suburban Phoenix.

The 13 year-old son of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is out of the hospital after a serious beach accident.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Monday a bill allowing illegal immigrants to receive privately funded scholarships to attend the state's public colleges and universities.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced today a list of nearly 3,700 retail offices to be studied and potentially closed as early as November and replaced by new Village Post Offices in an effort to compensate for losses.

A study finds that climate change could increase the frequency of fires in Yellowstone National Park, resulting in a drastically changed landscape that could alter the entire ecosystem.

In the nearly 50-year-old soap, Franco plays a performance artist and serial killer Robert "Franco" Frank who has crush on the sexy hit man Jason Morgan, played by Steve Burton. Franco will be returning at a time when Jason is ready to marry Sam McCall, played by Kelly Monaco.

Shares of top video rental company Netflix Inc fell more than 9 percent on Tuesday, a day after the Wall Street darling shocked investors by projecting a pause in its normally explosive subscriber growth.

African killer bees, which have been the stuff of science fiction films, have now been confirmed as far north as Central California, after an attack on a 70-year-old man. However, bee specialists say the killer bees were probably trucked-in, and it isn't likely that they moved that far north on their own.

Katy Perry, 26, went blue in a fanciful mini dress with a Smurfette printed on it, for the New York City premiere of "The Smurfs" on Sunday. She finished off her 'Smurfy' look with mini-Smurf transfers on her nails and with eyeshadow in bright blue.

Scientists discover fourth moon for Pluto.

White families? net worth is 20 times greater than that of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics.

Linda Christian, the Hollywood actress of the 1940s and heartthrob Tyrone Power’s second wife, who became the first Bond girl, died on Friday in Palm Springs, California.

The most recent fake store in Kunming, China was stumbled upon by a 27-year-old American blogger living in the city, the capital of China's mountainous southwestern Yunnan province, complete with the white Apple logo, wooden tables and cheery staff claiming they work for the iPhone maker, while the Chinese government has launched an investigation into fake Apple stores that have popped up around the southwestern city of Kunming.

McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday it will soon tweak its children's Happy Meals, reducing the french fry portion by more than half and automatically adding apples to the popular meals, after coming under pressure from consumer groups to provide healthier fare.

France's Safran has completed a $1 billion purchase of U.S. face-recognition software maker L-1 Identity Solutions and said it was now the world leader in biometric identification.

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday that his 13-year-old son, Christopher, is improving as he recovers from injuries suffered when he was hit by a large wave at the beach.

Yellowstone National Park's landscape may be totally altered by 2075 as climate change increases the frequency pattern of large wildfires, according to a new study released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

New study shows connection between interrupted sleep and memory formation.

BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink urges President Obama and John Boehner to come to an agreement.

Large fires in Yellowstone National Park could significantly increase due to climate change, drastically altering the park people know today, a new study suggests.