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Lindsay Lohan was praised by a Los Angeles judge at her penultimate progress hearing on Wednesday, as she entered the "home stretch" of her probation after being convicted of the theft of a necklace in early 2011.

Mass extinction of species warning lodged by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Drew Barrymore Launches Her Wine Brand on Eve of Birthday

The researchers at the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) are confident that contact with intelligent alien civilizations may soon be a reality.

Researchers from the Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, have discovered that Chavín de Huantar, an archaeological site in this high valley of the Peruvian Andes, was built to create certain ceremonial sound effects.

Google and Stanford University have confirmed they are one of the first recipients of the 2013 Fit EV battery-electric vehicles from Honda. The vehicles have been given as part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program.

Apple has won its first ever patent dispute against Motorola Mobility, as the German court ruled the lawsuit in favour of the U.S. corporate giant. The judgment marks Apple's supremacy over its Android rivals with autonomy over 'Slide to Unlock' feature of smartphones.

Apple's iPad 2 and Amazon's Kindle Fire have hogged the limelight for quite some time with appealing features at affordable prices. However, as more and more comparisons emerge between the two, some startling revelations have surfaced.

Barack Obama's chances of winning second term boosted by jobless claimant figures hitting four-year low.

Bobby Brown is reportedly determined to attend Whitney's funeral.

Marston Hefner accused of kicking and punching live-in girlfriend Claire Sinclair.

The U.S.-based Fair Labor Association (FLA) has begun probing working conditions at the factories of Apple's various OEMs in China, including Foxconn, upon Apple's request.

The 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show kickstarted on Monday, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Earthquakes Hit California and Costa Rica

The world pays tribute to pop legend Whitney Houston who died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California, aged 48...

Researchers from the University of California and NASA have discovered that earthquakes can bring about considerable changes in the landscape of affected regions.

The R & B singer regarded as one of the world's best singers, died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 48, on the eve of the Grammy Awards.

Robert Dewey Hoskins who was convicted of stalking and threatening Madonna was caught on Friday.

Julie Brady Engaged: Sister of Patriots’ Quarterback to Marry Red Sox Star

Have you ever wondered why it is we tend to tan so easily and are so prone to sunburn whereas plants never seem to mind?

Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered a technique to improve the memory of people suffering from dementia or early Alzheimer's disease disease.

'Chances are that we have been infiltrated by the police,' says St Paul's activist.

Robert Dewey Hoskins, 54, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1996 after attempting to scale the walls of Madonna's home and threatened to slit her throat.

Speculation is rife about Google's cloud storage system taking shape in the form of "Google Drive". Besides, new rumours abound that the search engine giant is churning out a home entertainment device, which may be actually linked with its Android@Home project.

Washington state law makers passed a bill to legalise same-sex marriage on Wednesday, making it the seventh state in the US to back same-sex marriage.

Internet search giant Google has launched "Solve for X" - a forum and a Web site... an ambitious idea that promises radical solutions to any variety of problems, particularly large-scale ones.

According to reports Google has broken its anti-poaching pact, hiring an Apple senior director of product integrity to work on a new secret project.

Classic Ferrari 250 GTO sells at auction for £20.2m, making it the most expensive car ever sold in the UK.

Europe Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft has shown a strong evidence that there is was a ocean that once covered part of Mars.

It was Arylynn Presser's New Year's resolution - to meet all her 325 Facebook friends in person! The journey wasn't easy. Presser also suffered from agoraphobia (a form of anxiety disorder characterised by repeated attacks of intense fear), from which she had suffered from over 30 years.