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Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said on Monday.

Caterpillar Inc said Monday it plans to add 100 to 150 jobs in central California in late 2012 when it opens another parts depot as part of its ongoing expansion its distribution business.

United States midfielder Landon Donovan has pulled out of Friday's friendly game with France in Paris in order to focus on the MLS Cup final nine days later.

A total of six climate change-related events in the US during the period 2000-2009 accounted for around $14 billion in lost lives and health costs; researchers mentioned in a report on Monday.

Michael Jackson's doctor may spend as little as a few months behind bars despite being convicted on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of the Thriller singer.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's drug-related death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.

Murray will likely face a civil wrongful death suit

Lindsay Lohan is out of jail Monday morning, probably before most people even knew she'd gone in.

Justin Bieber will take a paternity test to counter claims that he fathered a baby boy with a young California woman after a brief backstage encounter last year, a source close to the singer said on Monday.

Actress Jessica Chastain will play Princess Diana in Caught in Flight, based on her affair with Dr. Hasnat Khan. According to sources who've read the script however, the film casts the beloved Princess of Wales in a very unflattering light as a love-struck stalker, and the choice of an American actress to play a British icon is similarly under fire.

An anti-dumping trade complaint filed last month against Chinese subsidized solar cells is at the heart of the matter.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, visited Harvard University today for the first time since he dropped out to move Facebook to California.

Los Angeles police may investigate an alleged sexual tryst between pop singer Justin Bieber and a 20-year-old woman Mariah Yeater because it violates the statutory rape law of California.

Justin Bieber does not take controversy lying down. Bieber, who was recently accused of fathering Mariah Yeater's 3-month-old son after a tryst back in Oct. 2010, is going to make sure his accuser pays. After he proves he is not the father, Bieber and his team will slap Yeater with a lawsuit, sources directly connected to Bieber told TMZ.

Many students surveyed justify cheating by saying that everyone cheats, survey finds.

A recent poll shows Mississippians are divided in their support of Initiative 26, a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion by defining a fertilized human egg as a human being.

Lindsay Lohan was in and out of jail after a measly four and a half hours spent behind bars. One of the pervasive problems in the California penitentiary system is overcrowding. It is thanks to this issue that Lohan was released so quickly.

His condition was the equivalent of having severe burns over 50-60% of his body

Things were shaky in Oklahoma on Saturday, but the 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Lincoln County was not all that abnormal.

ThinkEquity has initiated coverage of Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:SYMC) with a buy rating, citing its portfolio of stable, cash-generating businesses and more vibrant growth strategies.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist rebel leader and Cold War enemy of the United States, marched toward a landslide re-election victory Monday morning after drawing broad support for his anti-poverty programs.