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The first thing thousands of international delegates headed to the G-20 summit will likely see as they land in Los Cabos, Mexico, this week will be the spiny bush-clad hills and azure waters that typify southern Baja California.

In a victory for environmentalists, Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday canceled the construction of a planned resort in Baja California.

Pink hair is not for everyone but, it is safe to say, Demi Lovato pulls it off. Lovato is not one to stick with a single hair color. She went from raven to red to blonde in almost no time at all. Now, she decided to shock us all yet again with pink dip-dyed tips against her newly blonde hair.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, said it would pay $10 million to charity to settle a California lawsuit in which five members claimed it has violated their privacy rights.

Millions of years ago, the ice-covered Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than it is today, claimed a recent study. The climate along the edges of the frozen continent was even suitable to support substantial vegetation including stunted trees.

Rodney King, whose beating by LAPD set off race riots in Los Angeles died Sunday at the age of 47.

There are fresh signs the U.S. economy may be caught in a storm fed by a floundering Europe and a slackening China. Weakening demand in both regions appears to be taking a toll on U.S. manufacturing, already the locus of a contracting workforce.

As the U.S. Senate grapples with how to allocate about $100 billion a year for the next decade on food policy, one subsection of the farm bill is under attack, namely, the $200 million U.S. taxpayers spend every year to subsidize the marketing of well-established brands found in virtually every American pantry.

Kanye West's home was robbed while he was away living the good life on tour in England with girlfriend Kim Kardashian, according to reports.

Researchers in the United States believe they have discovered a possible lake on Saturn's moon Titan composed mostly of liquid methane in its tropic region. Scientists also believe that the moon might be filled with underground wells of hydrocarbons.

It seems Apple has so much faith in its new powerhouse MacBook Pro Retina Display, that it has compromised the extent of its repairability.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 will be launching in the U.S on schedule, after Apple lost a bid to impose a court ban on the phone.

The Mexican drug cartels are notorious for the decapitated bodies they leave along the dusty highways south of the border, but they'd rather keep a low profile about another activity of theirs on U.S. soil -- horse racing.

Dozens of prison inmates at Virginia?s Red Onion super-max prison resorted to hunger striking in order to call attention to inhumane confinement conditions.

A dispute over the will of deceased painter Thomas Kinkade entered the court system on Tuesday, June 12. Kinkade's widow and girlfriend are feuding over the estate belonging to the famous painter who is known for the mass marketing of his realistic work as printed reproductions.

Sales of the Chevrolet Volt Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (HEV) have experienced a resurgence in California following tweaks that now allow the car from General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) to qualify for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access.

Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of reputed mob boss James Whitey Bulger, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Greig was sentenced on Tuesday, June 12, after being charged with identity fraud and and helping the reputed mob boss avoid capture for 16 years.

Hackers gathered in Tel Aviv last week to discuss the state of cybersecurity, amid suspicions that Israel is behind attacks on Iranian computers.

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has taken a leave of absence after being involved in two bizarre, back-to-back traffic accidents in California over the weekend.

Country singer and American Idol alum Carrie Underwood is a happily married 29-year-old who could not imagine not being able to wed the one she loves most. In a recent interview, Underwood came out in support of gay marriage saying, We should all have the right to love.

Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win Nobel Prize in economics, died on Tuesday, June 12, after battling cancer. She was 78 years old. The distinguished Indiana University professor received the 2009 Nobel Prize in economic sciences for her groundbreaking research on the ways that people organize themselves to manage resources. She was the first and, to date, only woman to win the prize in this category.