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Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) said it agreed to buy Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MHS) for $29.1 billion cash and stock deal that would see Express Scripts becoming the largest pharmacy-benefits manager in the U.S.

Three hikers were swept over Vernal Falls after slipping into the Merced River on Tuesday. The three California residents, presumed dead, join 12 others who have fallen over the waterfall since records began in the 1920s.

Apple's latest desktop operating system - Mac OS X Lion - is off to a strong start and is expected to be a runaway success for the technology giant.

The death of 6-year-old son Max after a fatal fall at the Spreckles mansion last week has turned uneasy spotlight on Jonah Shacknai and ex-wife Dina's marital problems going back several years.

Tuesday at Yosemite National Park, warning signs, a barricade, and people's urging voices were all ignored before all three hikers playing in Vernal Fall were swept over the 317-foot falls.

Danielle Doty, an eighteen year old beauty from Harlingen, Texas, became the second Texan to win Miss Teen USA beauty contestby winning the 2011 edition held at the Atlantis Paradise Island and Resort in the Bahamas on Sunday.

A La Mesa, Calif.-based man's conviction of making threats against then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was reversed by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

Marijuana legalization across the United States is not too far off, according to one legalization advocate.

U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. sent a highly publicized e-mail calling Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz vile and not a lady after she indirectly criticized his plans for insurance reform. Aside from an outspoken member of the House, who is Allen West?

Intel Corp's quarterly revenue forecasts trumped Wall Street's expectations, defying investors' concerns about slowing personal computer sales and buoying its shares.

Three hikers ignored warnings to take photos of Vernal Falls.

California received $76 million from the federal government to support traffic safety grants in hopes that the state will continue its trend of decling traffic fatalities.

In examining the impact of technology use on physical and mental health, and on the interpersonal relationships of college students, assistant professors Sue K. Adams and Tiffani S. Kisler found that two-thirds of a group of 204 college students sexted sexually suggestive messages.

In examining the impact of technology use on the physical and mental health, and the interpersonal relationships in college students, assistant professors Sue K. Adams and Tiffani S. Kisler found that two-thirds of a group of 204 college students sexted sexually suggestive messages. Both assistant professors are leading a team conducting three studies on this issue.

Option traders are pricing in a near 4 percent move in Intel shares after its earnings report, based on contracts expiring Friday.

A former NASA astronaut prepares to tell a gathering of UFO investigators that he's found no evidence of a close encounter.

Where is Casey Anthony? The rumors are flying about the maligned mother's whereabouts after her heated trail and recent release from a Florida jail. Is she in California, Arizona, Michigan, Oklahoma, or the British Virgin Islands?

Yosemite National Park has resumed a search operation for missing hikers who swept under the famous Vernal Falls yesterday.

A search and rescue operation for three people resumed Wednesday after three witnesses said Tuesday that they were swept over the 317-foot tall Vernal Falls at Yosemite National Park. Witnesses said that a man and woman climbed over the railing in order to take pictures and slipped on wet rocks, tumbling into the Merced River.

The search and rescue operation continued Wednesday for three hikers that are feared dead after being swept over Vernal Falls in Yellowstone National Park.

Casey Anthony might be in southern California.