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A report says Apple has ordered production of 15 million iPhone 5's. The report says the iPhone 5 will have only minor upgrades from the iPhone 4, and that the product will ship in September.

The eleven-day royal tour of Canada and California is definitely one of the most memorable trips of the newly-wed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Over the past two years, Ford Motor Co has roared back from the brink of failure, won accolades for its gains in quality, posted its highest profits in a decade and rewarded patient investors with a 14-fold increase in its share price.

On Independence Day, 2011, championship eater Takeru Kobayashi reportedly broke the world record of hot dog eating off-site, while Joey Chestnut officially won his 5th straight victory at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest.

Thousands of people are expected at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is set to begin today with pre-show at 10 am.

A roughly 100-foot-long chartered boat called the Erik, carrying 44 tourists mostly Americans on board, capsized off Mexico's Baja California peninsula after it was struck by an electrical storm on Sunday.

Facebook is said to be partnering with Skype to offer video chat features on Facebook - a move that help the most popular social networking website to counter threat from Google+, or Google Plus.

NASA space shuttle Atlantis is set to liftoff on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The launch is currently targeted for July 8 at 11:26 am EDT.

Recently, Apple amended the patent infringement lawsuit which was filed against Samsung in April. Also Samsung was gaining ground as they filed lawsuits against Apple in a tit-for-tat case.

The San Francisco Bay Area marks July 4 with fireworks, picnics, concerts and family fun. Here is a list of all the things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area to celebrate Independence Day:

The West Nile virus is back in the US in 2011.

Rolling Stone, a U.S.-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture, has come up with an index of 16 solo female artists. It ranked the artists on the basis of six criteria including album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards and critics' ratings.

Ark Music Factory has partnered with ABC-TV’s Good Morning America to find America’s next viral music star Lexi St. George of Palmdale, California who made her debut on Tuesday.

Google's move to dismiss the case against it with regards to last years controversial WiFi sniffing was rejected, putting it in a position to face charges for wire-tapping.

Official fire, law enforcement and school departments have compiled a list of places in Los Angeles county where Independence Day fireworks shows are taking place.

This is the list of Independence Day around Los Angeles area this year.

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver, who had filed divorce papers Friday ending their 25-years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences, could receive $200 million under the state law.

Apple has moved for the kill as it filed a motion on Friday seeking a preliminary injunction to block Samsung from importing four devices in U.S.

Maria Shriver has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger and will split around $400 million.

The Tour de France opening stage 1 begins today on Saturday July 2. This year's tour will feature a premier battle between defending champion Alberto Contador of Spain and runner-up Andy Schleck of Luxemburg.

A new undercover investigation conducted by Mercy For Animals, an animal rights group based in Chicago, revealed that at this factory firm mother sows and their piglets are forced to suffer brutal abuse and lives of unrelenting confinement and misery.