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Wildfires are ravaging across America in 11 states, burning 1.4 million acres, forcing the evacuation of 1,800 homes and businesses in Texas, and taking two firefighters' lives in Florida.

There is more bad news for smokers. Smokers will not only have higher risk of getting a lung cancer but they are more likely to have severe tumors and higher chance of death when they get prostate cancer compared to non-smokers according to new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and University of California, San Francisco.

They say a couple that plays together stays together. And when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embark on their first official overseas tour to Canada -- and California briefly -- fun will also ensue.

Leon Panetta was unanimously confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to be the next Pentagon chief, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Comic-Con International will be held at the San Diego Convention Center July 21-24, 2011, with Preview Night on July 20th, according to the Comic-Con Web site.

The Lakers may consider dealing Gasol if the price is right.

The US faces Panama on Wednesday in the Gold Cup Semi-finals

Celebrated movie critic Roger Ebert is in the eye of a storm after he said dead Jackass star Ryan Dunn drank, drove and died. Ebert is being skinned and brutalized on the Net by fans of Dunn and netizens at large for what is termed as an uncharitable comment about someone who died in a tragic traffic accident. Controversies are not a novelty for Ebert, but this appears to be the mother of all. The following are some key details about the life and work of Ebert, as well the controversies he raked...

Tuesday marks Prince William's 29th birthday. For the newlywed, though, it will be a quiet celebration at it is a normal working week.

Apple will not offer free iPods as part of its annual Back to School promotion, instead it will offer a $100 gift card.

Ryan Dunn, the 34 year old star of MTV's Jackass died on June 20, 2011 in a car crash.

The Duke of Cambridge forgoes a big party.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to leave the sun's territory to enter the inter-stellar space. NASA's twin spacecrafts Voyager 1 and Cassini reached edge of the solar system sooner than expected which means the boundary of solar system is smaller than what scientists had earlier speculated. Voyager 1's exit is expected to give astrophysicists new data accounts of life outside the solar system.

For years, the wives of American politicians have portrayed images of being loyal and loving, the good wives who stand loyally beside their husbands even though they disapprove their sexual romps and scandals. But in the past two years, the “good wives” image has changed.

Internet search company Google has added a rainbow feature to its search results to show the company’s support for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community.

Component manufacturers have begun to receive orders for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S and the production ramp is expected to start in July for an iPhone 4S launch in September/October 2011, Jefferies said in a note to clients.

TOP500 released the latest list of top ten most powerful, high-performance computers in the world at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday.

Skype Technologies has reportedly fired some of its top executives before its buyout deal with Microsoft was closed, a move that is said to reduce their payout.

NASA's supercomputer Pleiades is one of the fastest in the world ranking seventh overall in a list of 500.

Alyssa Campanella, 21 years old, won the Miss USA 2011 pageant held in Las Vegas on Sunday. She was born in New Jersey and only moved to Los Angeles, California only 18 months ago.

Don't confuse the two pageants!