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Flash memory supplier SanDisk (SNDK.O) forecast quarterly revenue near analysts' expectations thanks to growth in tablets and smartphones, but other chipmakers warned that a lackluster economy is hurting demand.

California regulators on Thursday approved final regulations for a carbon market that is one of the biggest U.S. responses to climate change.

Two earthquakes, one in San Francisco, Calif. and one in San Antonio, Texas, have taken place on the same day on Thursday.

The albino cyclops shark discovered by a fisherman and made famous by Pisces Fleet is real, scientists confirm, dismissing rumors that the dead fetal shark found in its mother's belly was an elaborate hoax. Here, see five more creepy sea creatures you won't believe are real.

Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best has been advised by people close to him that he needs to strongly consider sitting out the year because of his concussion problems.

Detroit Lions star running back Jahvid Best has been advised to sit out the rest of the season due to his second concussion in two months, according to a report.

Bangalore thus becomes the first city in the south of India to have a mass rail transit system.

Almost all of the escaped exotic animals from the Ohio menagerie were killed yesterday. Is there any way more could have been saved?

Cypress Semiconductor Corp reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates on strong demand for its mobile handset touchscreens, but warned of a higher-than-expected revenue decline in the fourth quarter.

Taylor Farms Retail Inc. is recalling 3,265 cases of salad blends because of potential contamination with salmonella, the Salinas, California company said on Thursday.

Steve Jobs called Tim Cook to discuss Apple's next product the day before his death, according to Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, who was meeting with Cook at the time.

The California state attorney general's office subpoenaed Bank of America Corp this week regarding the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to investors in the state, the Los Angeles Times reported.

NOAA comes out with winter weather forecast.

The California attorney general's office subpoenaed Bank of America Corp this week about the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to investors in the state, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Kayaker has close encounter with blue whale.

Call for people to make penguin sweaters for those harmed by oil spills.

The ScholarShares Investment Board in California, which runs the 529 plan, has announced that it will shut down the ScholarShare plan sold through brokers and financial advisers because it didn't manage to find a manager.

An estimated 2,000 sharks have been slaughtered in waters off Malpelo Island, located near Colombia's Pacific coast, according to Colombian environmental authorities.

Researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University have produced a wearable touch screen sensor system that can transform virtually any surface into a manipulable interface.

Here is a list of the top 10 child-friendly restaurant chains in the U.S., as of 2011.

American singer and actor Mitchel Musso (also known as Oliver Oken on Disney's Hannah Montana) was arrested in California on Monday morning, for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).