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The state's House of Representatives passed legislation would make possession of a half ounce or less of marijuana subject to a fine, rather than criminal charges.

Apple could leverage its data center to offer mobile application hosting and cloud infrastructure services to application developers, enterprises and advertisers.

During the Cupertino city council meet on Tuesday, a day after Apple launched its new services at the 2011 WWDC, CEO Steve Jobs announced new plans of starting a massive space-ship like campus at Cupertino, California.

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The sun unleashed an unusual solar flare on early Tuesday, a small radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) from a sunspot complex on the solar surface. The flare peaked at 1:41 a.m. ET, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

On Monday night, the Palo Alto City Council approved Stanford University’s massive hospital expansion project in a 8-0 vote.

The One for One shoe retailer introduces its new line of sunglasses.

In order to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to slash its prison population, California officials announced Tuesday that they have a new plan. But according to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, how they will pay for the shift is still up in the air, the San Jose Mercury News reported.

Two teenagers were arrested by East Palo Alto police on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a 3-month-old baby. The incident left the baby’s parents seriously wounded. Investigators said it happened mostly because of mistaken identity.

For every pair of glasses purchased, someone in a developing country will receive vision care

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Nintendo's introduces the Wii U, a new console/controller add-on with a 6.2 inch screen.

California governor Jerry Brown is expected to redouble his emphasis on shifting inmates to county prisons in order to comply with a Supreme Court decision ordering the state to curtail its prison population.

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PC maker Dell could acquire Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. in a bid to own assets in servers/storage/networking space.

The newly launched Apple iCloud was called “music pirate amnesty”, for its new tool iTunes Match is expected to legitimize pirated music, said media reports.

High voltage jokes spread through the social media as the Anthony Weiner tweeting scandal got more interesting when the disgraced politician admitted on Monday the crotch image tweeted from his account to a young woman was indeed his own photo.

India's Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared a $4.1 billion defense deal to buy 10 C-17 heavy lift aircraft from US-based Boeing.

Moments after Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted to sending lewd photographs to at least six women over the past three years, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for the Ethics Committee to investigate the congressman.

After days of denials, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY on Monday admitted to sending a bulging underpants crotch photo to a Seattle woman and personal photos to six women in total, prompting House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA to call for an ethics investigation to determine if official resources were used.