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A small plane crashed and burst into flames Sunday killing one person and igniting a fire, forcing residents of a California mountain community to flee from at least 100 homes.

Barack Obama's Congressional speech addressing the job creation plan next Wednesday has been postponed by a day after clashing with a Republican debate to be held on the same evening.

Stunning before and after pregnancy pictures of the Texas-born bombshell.

Living up to its name, the Lightning Electric Super Bike has set a new land speed record hurtling down the track with a recorded top speed of 218.637 mph.

IBM has revealed its next generation of computer chips, designed to emulate the human brain allowing computers to learn and make autonomous decisions.

New research indicates that same-sex zebra finch couples are just as affectionate and likely to stay together as their heterosexual equivalents.

A test flight of the 'world's fastest plane', the HTV-2, has ended in disaster after the vehicle crashed into the Pacific Ocean, it has been reported.

The U.S. military lost contact with an unmanned hypersonic test aircraft shortly after its launch, defence officials have revealed.

Scientists at the Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute use 42 giant radio dishes in northern California to look for distant transmissions, but their quest for extra-terrestrial life was threatened after a lack of funding jeopardised the programme.

Daisy Lowe is the September cover girl for the infamous Playboy magazine.

It seems UFOs are a hot topic at the moment, with sightings coming in from the U.S. and UK this week. Surely this is not merely a result of the silly season of news caused by the House of Commons' recess. Perhaps we are finally making contact with another world. Perhaps we are being invaded. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

Infrared sensors on the lips of Vampire bats allow the animals to locate blood vessels in their prey, scientists have discovered.

Kim Kardashian took the opportunity to feature to full effect for new World's Most Beautiful magazine photo shoot.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is beginning the first of it four intensive research orbits, with its initial run around the Vesta asteroid scheduled to begin on 11 August.

PacketVideo has filed a patent infringement complaint against music streaming service Spotify.

As further information emerges following Amy Winehouse's untimely death, the issue of whether addicts should be vaccinated to help them recover remains largely unresolved.

A Mexican judge on Tuesday sentenced a 14-year-old U.S. citizen to three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession.

A tribute concert dedicated to the late legend Michael Jackson will take place in Cardiff, revealed several members of his family.

Law enforcement agencies in the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands have arrested 20 suspected members of the hacker collective Anonymous.

For his involvement in Google's 2005 Android Inc. takeover Oracle has submitted a formal request asking the U.S. District Court to depose Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page.

Arnold Schwarzenegger makes an anxious return to the big screen, with new western movie The Last Stand.

In keeping with its recent slew of patent infringement allegations, iPad and iPhone maker Apple has hit its Galaxy S2 and Desire making competitors Samsung and HTC with a fresh batch of complaints seeking to block the pair's U.S. imports.

he royal couple have boarded an overnight flight back to London as their visit to Canada followed by two days in California came to an end.

Just after announcing its latest complaint against Samsung, it has been revealed that Apple has been denied its request to force Amazon to stop using the "Appstore" title for its digital download shop.

iPhone and iPad maker Apple has filed another complaint, this time to the U.S. International Trade Commission attempting to block the import of Samsung smartphones and tablets.

President Barack Obama will answer questions about the economy and jobs Wednesday during his first Twitter town hall meeting.But the president, known for his oft- lengthy responses to the shortest of questions, will not be confined to Twitter's 140-character limit. He is verbally answering questions from Twitter users, who were urged to use the hashtag #AskObama.

Is the Virgin Atlantic pilot strikes a sign of things to come for the embattled airline?

As a part of its ongoing patent infringement battle with Samsung and its Galaxy range of devices, Apple has filed a new preliminary injunction to the U.S. District Court seeking to block the release of several of Samsung's forthcoming smartphones.

Samsung has dropped one of its countersuits against Apple in the two company's ongoing patent infringement war.

Google could be sued for scooping up data from open wi-fi networks after a US court ruling.