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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives neared an agreement on a climate-change bill on Tuesday and said they expected to approve it soon.

The European Union vindicated AMD with a fine on competitor Intel Corp. for antitrust violations Wednesday, but the ruling is not likely to change Intel’s dominant position in the microprocessor industry.

Apple on Wednesday said Steve Jobs would host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) but instead, the keynote will be hosted by senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, Philip Schiller.

With General Motors Corp planning to end production of Saturns and Pontiacs at its Delaware plant which employs more than 1,000 people, state leaders are scrambling to win new work at the facility or persuade the company to move other operations to the region.

Most motorcyclists are happy enough to go green, except when it comes to the bikes they ride.

Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Stocks slumped on Wednesday after retail sales data came in worse than expected, hurting shares in the sector including Wal-Mart Stores Inc and blurring the economic outlook.

Apple Inc investors may want to circle June 8 on their calendars.

A former student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement has been arrested on fraud charges, his family said on Wednesday, weeks before the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests.

Pollution-free electric scooters and bicycles have been available for a while but nothing on the market so far has come close to providing what bikers would regard as a ride with the style and performance they crave.

U.S. foreclosure activity in April jumped 32 percent from a year ago to a record high, and should mount because temporary freezes on foreclosures ended in March, RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.

A second person pleaded guilty in a kickback scandal involving New York state's $122 billion pension fund, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that

Google Inc unveiled a slew of new and future features on Tuesday, including one that will allow people to better coordinate Internet searches on their cell phones and computers and another that will produce sophisticated automated research reports.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that the seeds of a bottoming in plunging U.S. home markets were becoming visible.

Pageant owner, Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, can keep her crown despite all the controversies that surround her regarding her view on gay marriage and her pics in underwear.

Over the following weeks 450 selected drivers will be driving the first highway legal Mini E car - the all electric zero emissions version of Mini Cooper - as part of a leasing program.

For the time being, Miss California, Carrie Prejean will be keeping her crown but not her duties as, according to pageant organizers, has violated her contract. Her fate is expected to be announced on Tuesday by Miss USA owner Donald Trump.

Southern California Edison, a utility of Edison International, is looking for approval to purchase 90 megawatts of power from a wind farm in Idaho assisted by Goshen, a firm owned by BP Wind Energy; and Ridgeline Energy LLC.

Oil prices fell marginally on Monday, pressured slightly by weaker equity markets and a firmer dollar.

Norway opened a 560 kilometer (350 mile) hydrogen highway on Monday with more than a dozen hydrogen-powered cars rallying along a scenic route between its capital city Oslo and North Sea oil hub Stavanger.