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The reward for any information, which would lead to the safe return of missing Hayward nursing student Michelle Hoang Thi Le, has been hiked from $20,000 to $65,000.

First hand account of moving to New York City and finding that very first apartment.

ThinkEquity has lowered its profit estimates of Google Inc., saying that its checks suggest slowing click growth in the second quarter.

Microsoft may launch its own tablet along with its Windows 8 in late 2012, in what would be a significant move for the software giant which is yet to make a mark in the smartphone and tablet market.

Have a look at Apple's proposed spaceship modeled campus presented by Steve Jobs to the Cupertino City Council.

Some prominent American universities and pension funds, among other wealthy foreign investors, are allegedly purchasing huge tracts of land in Africa -- acts that may lead to the eviction of thousands of local farmers, according to a study by the Oakland Institute (Oakland Institute), a California-based think tank.

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California is at risk of violating the first court-ordered November to cut 10,000 inmates, but lawmakers must pass tax plan.

The wholesale market price of Gold Bullion continued to fall Wednesday morning, hitting $1533 per ounce - a 0.6% loss on the week - while stocks and commodities fell and US Treasuries rose following a speech on Tuesday by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

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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).

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.

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

Want to leave the U.S. but just can't afford it this year? Maybe we can help with these 7 towns throughout the States with enough European flare to have you saying “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.

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.