California doctors find themselves in a tenuous position when it comes to marijuana, a substance that remains illegal under federal law and whose potential health benefits have yet to be proven. The California Medical Association's recently announced solution to this predicament was both simple and unprecedented: legalize it.
Sunday, Oct. 16, was officially declared to be Steve Jobs Day by California Governor Jerry Brown. The governor tweeted an update on Saturday commending the Apple genius's brilliance in shaping powerful technologies today.
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley,used robot models that could play a useful role in studying the origins of flight to overcome limitations of fossil evidences. The engineering team behind DASH+Wings integrated their study with that of Dr. Robert Dudley, a professor of integrative biology and an animal flight expert at UC Berkeley.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said its third quarter earnings grew 21 percent on improving credit quality. Its earnings came in above Street's view.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Human Genome Sciences, Tangoe, Conceptus, FreightCar America and GTx. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: TranS1, Crocs, Gulfport Energy Corp, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Sequenom, Inc.
Welcome to McDonald's, would you like some TV with that?
The New York man claiming half of Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg's stake in the social networking company told his lawyer not to comply with a court order to turn over email data, a court filing shows.
The U.S. Supreme Court justices will decide the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act, which criminalizes false public comments about receiving military awards.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back at work -- with a real Jackass.
With his wife still working and the couple’s finances under control, Davey figures that he has the ideal plan in place. All that remains is to land a part-time job with another library to put the icing on the cake. But after submitting close to 20 resumes, Davey hasn’t fielded a single interview.
The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law making it a crime to lie about being awarded a military medal or decoration violated free-speech rights.
On Friday, the California Medical Association became the first major medical association in the nation to officially support the legalization and regulation of marijuana in the U.S.
Now the kids have been back at school for a bit, you might feel you could use a little break from the domestic world with your partner, as long as the grandparents don't mind watching over the children while you jet off for a short holiday.
Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc (ANDS.O) said Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) agreed to buy the U.S. company for $230 million to broaden its portfolio of hepatitis drugs.
Alex Torres and Hope Howell - the couple who videotaped themselves having sex in midair and released it on the Internet have been fired from the skydiving company they worked for.
Starting from the strong polar bears to the tiny house sparrows, a new study has suggested that a wide range of species on Earth seems as if they are shrinking in size, and researchers have blamed increasing global temperatures and changing climatic conditions for that.
Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO, was honored in the middle of tight security by mourners including Google chief executive Larry Page, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former Vice President Al Gore, an Apple board member.
Two of the season's previously-unseen awards contenders were unveiled over the last few days, but it's a lot easier to find reactions to Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin than Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar.
Former William Morris agent Sue Mengers, who pioneered behind-the-scenes roles for women in Hollywood, died at her home in Beverly Hills Saturday.
Bernard Hopkins cried foul after losing his WBC light heavyweight title to Chad Dawson on a controversial technical knockout on Saturday, while his opponent accused him of being soft in a swift and chaotic end to the fight.
Climate Change has been blamed for many things and add one more to the list: It is stunting the growth of animals and plants because warmer temperatures and lack of water is causing them to shrink, a new study suggests. Researchers also warned that it could affect food production in coming years.
Steve Tausan, a notorious sergeant-at-arms member for the California Hells Angels biker gang, was killed while attending the funeral of Angels boss Jeffrey Jethro Pettigrew, in San Jose on Saturday.
