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Wildfire residents visit homes

Some California residents have returned to their homes to see the devastation caused by the wildfires. The sad procession came as calm winds and clear skies allowed firefighters to make gains on two Southern California...

Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang quits as company chief after rejecting Microsoft buyout

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the internet company to Microsoft for $47.5 billion - more than triple Yahoo's current market value.

Criminal spamming ISP back online, updates botnet

Crime and child pornography ISP briefly back onlineAn internet service provider associated with online crime and child pornography briefly came back online over the weekend before being cut off again, according to security...

Drug-driving charge for Locklear

US actress Heather Locklear has been charged with driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Locklear, 47, was arrested in September in the city of Montecito about 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles when a California...

Jonestown: The Avoidable Tragedy

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre, in which nearly a thousand people died in the People's Temple compound in Guyana. Jonestown was a double tragedy. The first is the massacre. The second is that it...

Security giant Symantec's CEO to step down

Symantec boss ran the company fot 10 years Symantec’s, a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions, CEO John Thompson is retiring. Thompson, 59, has led the Cupertino, California, security...

California's wildfires die down

Residents have started returning to their homes in three areas of southern California ravaged by wildfires. Calmer winds and temperatures have allowed firefighters to get to grips with two large blazes in the state, despite a...

Microsoft lawsuit defends Visual Studio customers

Software giant fights WebXchange patent claimsIn a new lawsuit, Microsoft asks a San Francisco court to declare invalid several patents assigned to an online transactions company in hopes of defending customers who have been...

EcoSecurities to Retire Offsets to Mitigate Emissions Associated With Governor Schwarzenegger’s G..

EcoSecurities, a world leader in sourcing, developing, and selling offsets from emission reduction projects, has agreed to donate voluntary carbon offsets from its portfolio to mitigate the emissions associated with Governor...

Wyeth faces suit for injury from generic drug

Drugmaker can be held liable even though it didn’t produce drug claimant took, court says SAN FRANCISCO—A name-brand prescription drug manufacturer can be held liable for injuries caused by the generic version of the drug made...

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