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Lyme disease poses its greatest risk to those on the Northeastern U.S. coast, according to a new study, which hopes to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

M.I.A successfully upstaged Madonna. That's right. The sassy rapper, most popular on the alternative scene, made more headlines Monday morning after Super Bowl Sunday than the Queen of Pop herself. Why? Because she gave the middle finger to over 111 million people during the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2012.

Raspberry ketones, a dietary supplement that has become part of the latest diet fad, has some people scratching their heads over just what ketones are.

Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said.

Actors and actresses nominated for the forthcoming Oscar Awards 2012 attended the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon at Beverly Hills in California on Monday.

Oracle Corp rejected a potential $272 million award against SAP AG over copyright infringement allegations, instead opting for a new trial after a U.S. judge had slashed over $1 billion from a previous verdict.

Oracle Corp will head to a retrial against SAP AG over copyright infringement allegations after a U.S. judge slashed a previous monetary award against SAP by over $1 billion.

A multi-state mortgage settlement in the works for more than a year will likely be pushed back again as dissident U.S. states continue to press specific concerns and ignore a Monday deadline to decide whether they will sign it.

An Iraq war veteran already accused in the serial killings of four Orange County transients was charged on Monday with two more murders -- the October stabbing deaths of a high school friend's mother and brother.

Facebook's corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social network would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers' Retirement System.

Amazon.com will begin collecting sales taxes on orders from Pennsylvania in September, on the heels of a California settlement where it agreed to begin collecting sales in the Golden State also beginning September.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday will release its long-awaited decision on Prop 8, California's ballot measure ending same-sex marriage in the state.

California and New York may join a settlement between states and major lenders over foreclosure fraud, potentially boosting the banks' aid to homeowners to $25 billion from $19 billion.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Friday were: DepoMed, Pacific Biosciences of California, Oclaro, Zynga and Eagle Rock Energy Partners. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were: Zogenix, RAM Energy Resources, Electronics for Imaging, 21Vianet Group and Micron Technology.

The stunningly innovative designs, which NASA calls greener flying machines for the year 2025, are being developed by three firms, all based in California.

CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.

According to a recent survey by the marketing agency 11Mark, approximately 75% of people take their cell phones into the bathroom with them to talk, text or surf the Web. And, if you're one of them, suppose your iPhone slips into the toilet accidentally, won't you be frustrated? However, with the help of Liquipel, the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, might just rescue itself from water-related damage.

Hollywood star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could not visit the Monument of Eternal Love Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on Friday as that is the day of the week when the famous site is closed to tourists because of Muslim prayers at a nearby mosque.

Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Friday allowing the state government to borrow from internal funds to build up its cash, which the controller earlier this week said was quickly dwindling.

Nanosensor technology could allow for Siri to one day answer this question because NASA has built a cancer detecting mobile phone sensor at the Ames Research facility in California. Ames scientific researcher Jing Li is working on a small chip the size of a nickel that includes 32 of the amazing nanosensors. They are all made of different kinds of materials, and that lets them interact with different chemicals in unique ways.