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A federal appeals court in California ruled that a ban preventing public broadcasters from airing public issue and political advertisements was unconstitutional.

The New Orleans Hornets may be soon facing organizational change after Saints owner Tom Benson's purchase of the team.

A Mars rover found life on the red planet in 1976, according to a new study

Abdul Arian, a Los Angeles area teenager, was killed in a hail of 90 bullets on the 101 Freeway in a scene that played out on live television.

The raging fire that broke out in a Modesto, CA apartment Thursday belonging to the suspect in the fatal shootings of a deputy and civilian was put out Friday morning.

A 400-pound bear has been wandering the streets of Glendale, Calif., in search of tasty meatballs. But on Tuesday, he was captured and transported to the Angeles National Forest to be released back into the wild.

Nikki Haley’s book “Can’t Is Not an Option” is out in stores.

A letter sent to Mel Gibson from ex-film collaborator and screenwriter, Joe Eszerthas has hit the web, revealing not only more about Gibson's rage issues, but his continued death threats to ex-girlfriend, and mother of his child, Oksana Grigorieva. According to Kris Herzog, owner of the Navy SEAL Bodyguard Group, The Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills and former bodyguard for Mel Gibson and Oksana, Gibson has said on numerous occasions that he was going to kill Oksana.

International Business Machines Corp. said it would partner with the U.S. unit of Honda Motor Co. and PG&E Corp. to use the cloud for optimium charging of electric cars.

Reddit announced on Wednesday that the sister of a user named Black_Visions has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against nine Reddit users who egged him on when he threatened his own suicide, and that the site has also been subpoenaed in identifying the information of another three individuals.

Infamous mass murderer of the 1960s, Charles Manson, 77, is likely to remain behind bars for the rest of his life: The parole board has denied his latest request for release. Manson will not be eligible for parole hearing in 15 years.

The foreclosure activity in the US for the first quarter declined to the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2007, according to a report by RealtyTrac.

The University of Southern California said two international graduate students were shot and killed in a possible carjacking early Wednesday morning. The two students, a young woman and a young man from China, were identified as Ying Wu and Ming Qu, said the university.

A small band of protesters gathered outside the home of Chevron CEO John Watson on Tuesday following a California report accusing the oil giant of not paying its fair share of taxes.

The commission found inmate Manson unsuitable for parole, a spokesman for California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson is up for parole today after being denied parole 11 times since 1978. Manson was convicted of seven counts of first degree murder, and is currently in Corcoran State Prison serving a life sentence. Manson boycotted his 2012 hearing today, in the past being quoted as saying he is a political prisoner.

American International Group Inc., the beleagued insurance company that was brought to its knees by the subprime mortgage collapse, is re-entering U.S. real estate investment later this year.

Lamar Odom may be heading back to Los Angeles this off season, but will he join forces with Kobe or Blake?

Jon Lovitz is known for making us laugh, but he's been using Twitter in a serious matter lately, decrying the hate-fueled, honey-drawn swastikas scribbled on his friend's doorstep last week.

Miss Universe’s New Rule: Jenna Talackova And Other Transgender Contestants Now Allowed to Compete; Trump Changes Beauty Pageant Policy (PHOTOS)

Monitoring the electrical activity in the heart could be a good new way to pinpoint heart attack risk in elderly patients and help doctors steer their patients away from coronary heart disease, researchers said in a new study on Tuesday.