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Apple Inc raised the stake in an intensifying global patent battle with Samsung Electronics by targeting the latest model using Google's fast growing Android software, a move which may affect other Android phone makers.

Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction against the official Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS device which the South Korean electronics giant has developed in collaboration with Google.

His university classmates may be thriving in law school, at brokerage houses and on the early rungs up the corporate ladder, but Jeremy Lin is blazing a trail as the sudden savior of the New York Knicks.

According to an anonymous realtor working with Jeremy Lin, the rising star is on the hunt for a NYC apartment after securing his first NBA contract with the Knicks. Here are five apartments he should consider before making a final decision.

Dottie Sandusky, the wife of ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, is making headlines this week because she almost ran over WPXI reporter Courtney Brennan with her car. We got a very unwelcome surprise, Brennan said. Watch the video here.

Jimmy McMillan, better known as The Rent Is Too Damn High guy, gave an impromptu speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2012 on Saturday.

A source has told American Banker that the terms of this week's massive national mortgage servicing settlement have not been finalized, and that politics drove Thursday's announcement

On Friday, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 56, and a U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for destroying evidence and lying to investigators to cover up his son’s bomb plot. The father was originally supposed to face up to 40 years in jail. According to the Huffington Post, Mohammed Wali Zazi’s attorneys argued that Zazi was only trying to protect his family, and that he had no idea what his son had planned.

According the Indian Health Services, the rate of alcoholism among Native Americans is six times the U.S. average.

Libya urged Niger on Saturday to extradite Moammar Gadhafi's son Saadi, saying his call for Libyans to prepare for a coming uprising threatened bilateral ties. In response, Niger pledged to tighten house surveillance of Saadi, but reiterated he could not be handed over to a state where he could face execution.

Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a U.S. court on Friday in an attempt to stop Motorola from asserting some patent claims against Apple in Germany, according to the lawsuit.

Violence flared across Syria, including bomb attacks that killed at least 28 people in Aleppo, while at the United Nations diplomats said a new effort was afoot to gain backing for an Arab peace plan to end 11 months of bloodshed in the country.

Katy Perry on Friday attended the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute. She look stunning in a pale pink satin gown along with a giant matching fascinator.

The warring sides in the Golden Globes TV rights case began closing arguments Friday in U.S. district court, with no settlement in sight.

I am constantly astounded by the lengths to which same-sex marriage opponents go to draw distinctions between their cause and the long-discredited cause of anti-miscegenation activists, when any clearheaded examination will show how similar they are.

Almost three years ago, singer Chris Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna so badly that she couldn't perform at the Grammy awards. On Sunday, Brown is set to give his own performance at the Grammys, but regardless of his good behavior a judge ruled that he would continue serving his five-year probation sentence.

Halle Berry has received plenty of bad news in the last few weeks. Not just one, but two of her stalkers are back on the streets of Hollywood and the movie star is running scared. The best solution may be to relocate with her 3-year old daughter, Nahla, and newly announced fiancée Oliver Martin, to her future husband's homeland, France.

Kim Jong-un was killed by an assassin at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, at leatst according to one of many varying reports on the Supreme Leader to hit the web on Friday.

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky requested looser bail restrictions to allow him to visit with his grandchildren and old friends, while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges, but prosecutors countered that Sandusky's home is not safe for children.

In one of the most shocking accounts of cult abuse, a lawsuit between the Church of Scientology and former church official Debbie Cook has finally ended today, according to a San Antonio local news website.

The Austin Rivers video of the freshman hitting a buzzer-beater vs. UNC, sealing victory for Duke Wednesday night, cements him as Duke's newest star.