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The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Motricity, DryShips, Netflix, Curis, and Zions Bancorp. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: IncrediMail, American Capital Agency, Skyworks Solutions, Hancock Holding, and Micron Technology.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Curis, TGC Industries, Verigy, Leap Wireless International, and Magic Software Enterprises. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Xenoport, Dish Network, DIRECTV, and Universal Display.

Quest Diagnostics Inc. announced an agreement to acquire smaller rival Celera Corp., a maker of diagnostic tests, for $8 per share to gain immediate access to genetic tests and pipeline of biomarkers.

Panic gripped the U.S. West Coast despite a fraction of media's active campaign to quell the fears of harmful radiation from earthquake-torn Japan blowing in the wind.

A look at what radioactivity is, and is not.

The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power stations in Japan could have long-lasting effects that go beyond the radiation exposure measured directly from the site, according to one anti-nuclear group.

BBC said on Tuesday an email message about the radiation risk in Japan which sent shock waves through much of Asia in the last couple of days is fake, and wrongly attributed to it.

Shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SPPI) touched a new 52-week high of $7.60 on Thursday. The company posted a decline in fourth quarter earnings as last year period recorded stock warrant gains, but came ahead of Street view.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Aeterna Zentaris, AeroVironment, Hercules Offshore, Randgold Resources, and ASML Holding. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Finisar, Oclaro, JDS Uniphase, Ciena, Infinera, and Opnext.

A new technology, originally used for plant growth experiments on space shuttles, can reduce the pain that comes from chemotherapy.

Analysts are impressed with the iPad 2; saying it puts Apple's tablet competitors in a bad spot.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Global Defense Technology & Systems, DUSA Pharmaceuticals, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Nova Measuring Instruments, and Novavax. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Fuel Systems Solutions, Sigma Designs, YRC Worldwide, Perry Ellis International, and The Bancorp.

Here is a look at some of Dr. Seuss' most famous quotes from his books.

Suze Rotolo, who became a 1960s icon by appearing on the cover of Bob Dylan’s classic “Freewheelin’” album, has died in New York at the age of 67.

Apple boss Steve Jobs was denied an honorary knighthood in 2009 because he turned down an offer to speak at the Labour Party conference, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Eastern Europe and the countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union have the highest rates of alcohol consumption in the world, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

A couple of recent partnerships between Arizona State University (ASU) and institutions dedicated to healthcare research is expected to herald significant advancements in medical education, research and practice.

A mobile phone can spot cancer and soon there may be an application to detect it and could allow physicians to find out within 60 minutes whether a suspicious lump in a patient is cancerous or benign, Science Translational Medicine journal said in a report on Friday.

Cancer concerns over Brazilian Blowout hair straightening and smoothing treatment peaks as FDA investigation and legal action continue across United States, Canada and France.

Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi allegedly ordered the 1998 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, the North African country's ex-justice minister is quoted as saying by a Swedish newspaper.

An appellate court in Texas has affirmed the dismissal of a defamation suit filed by an Austin-based neurosurgeon against a local television station, ruling that accurate and fair reports on third-party allegations do not amount to defamation.