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Oscar Ortega-Hernandez accused of firing shots into White House to kill President Obama.

A Californian town has claimed that the world's most popular dish was made by accident in it's kitchen in the late 1920s.

Ex-Marine and Iraq war veteran arrested Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, after he killed a 64-year-old man outside a fast-food restaurant in Yorba Linda.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says that he wishes the iPhone did as much as his Android smartphone, claiming that Google does voice commands better than iOS.

George Clooney wins Best Actor Award for 'The Descendants' at 69th Golden Globe Awards and Meryl Streep takes best Actress for 'The Iron Lady'.

Symantec has apparently landed in a soup over "Scareware" scams linked to a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges Symantec to be defrauding the consumers with fake scans of their machines,resulting in manipulative errors and forged warnings designed to force the purchase of an upgraded version of the company's software.

Views of Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters at Menlo Park in California.

Opinion: Republican Lamar Smith, author of a US bill to stop online piracy, seems to be guilty of the very crime he is trying to legislate against.

The actress was conscious when the paramedics reached her residence and she is believed to have taken a mix of prescription drugs and alcohol.

The internet giant has joined hands with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American to launch the second edition of annual Google Science Fair which provides an opportunity to students in the age group of 13-18 from across the world to pose their most pressing questions and answer those questions through scientific inquiry.

The enviable list of travel gifts given to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on official tours last year have been revealed.

Wolfhound-PRO is an advanced cell phone detector.

Drug study in US finds moderate smoking of joints does not decrease lung function.

Hekmati, a former U.S. marine, was shown on Iranian television on December 18, 2011 as confessing to infiltrating the Iranian intelligence services for the CIA.

Mercedes-Benz will showcase an exclusive Facebook app in-built in its vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

The embattled former Two and a Half Men star tells reporters at Fox party that he has cleaned up his act

A stolen car was parked on the roof of a Californian building last week after the thief apparently hit a tree stump which launched the vehicle into the air.

Several well-known actors and actresses walked the Red carpet on day one of the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in California.

Researchers at San Francisco State University appear to have discovered one of the reasons for the widely reported disappearance of beehives in the United States. Lead researcher John Hafernik, a professor of biology, discusses the finding in an exclusive Q-and-A interview with the IBTimes.

Anonymous hacker collective releases internal document that gives exclusive insight into three 2012 hacking campaigns designed to 'punish' the world's 'wicked'.

Continuing its New Year's hacking rampage the Anonymous collective has re-targeted the FBI, posting a new link to data allegedly taken in its latest hack on the U.S. law enforcement agency.

Three homeless men have been stabbed to death in a series of killings thought to be motivated by a personal vendetta, California police said.

With 2012 still in its infancy hackers operating under the Anonymous collective's banner have mounted three new high-profile hacking campaigns designed to "punish" the world's "wicked."

Google and Oracle lock horns in a legal dispute over Android infringements with Java technology. Google has amassed potential firepower with thousands of patent acquisitions from Motorola and IBM. The patent wars should only get interesting as Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and HTC join the fray.

Google gets 217 IBM patents

The fly parasite is seen in California and South Dakota. However, there is possibility that it can also infect honey bees colony in North America too.

Phobos-Grunt has been stuck in its orbit around the Earth due to a computer malfunction since its launch in early November.

Apple is tipped to be holding a media event in New York at the end of this month, with the emphasis thought to be on publishing rather than the rumoured iPad 3.

According to meteorologists based in New Zealand, the phenomenon is the result of the "2012 hysteria" sparked by predictions that the world is coming to an end this year.

Former Chief Executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. Mark Hurd repeatedly pursued and targeted actress Jodie Fisher in attempts to cajole her into having sex with him, according to a controversial letter released on Thursday.