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A legislative debate that lasted for hours July 3 over AB2389 by Assemblyman Steve Fox, D-Palmdale, focused nearly entirely on the 15-year tax incentive for Lockheed Martin Corp., which is bidding for a $55 billion federal aerospace contract.

If a blue-eyed, chisel-cheeked mugshot can make an Internet sensation of a criminal suspect, can the law be far behind? In this case, it's a lawman -- specifically, a San Francisco street cop whose in-uniform images are making him a cyber-celebrity with a badge.

Microsoft's recently appointed CEO Satya Nadella has issued an open letter to Microsoft employees and the general public, affirming his commitment to the Xbox brand while also hinting at a potential shift in company priority to mobile devices.

Married for nine years, the couple had son Exton Elias on Feb. 7, 2012. Downey also has a 20-year-old son, Indio, from his first marriage.

A new app called MindRDR allows users to snap photos and post them to Facebook and Twitter without so much as lifting a finger or uttering a word.

Consolidated Telecoms is one of the fastest growing Companies in Saudi Arabia and has an exciting opportunity for a Microsoft Solution Developer to be part of the Presales and Technical team in the Western Region to focus on the Commercial organization.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that data security company Proofpoint Inc., said Myrtle Beach is one of the websites affected by the problem.

Mom did everything with class. Even her holiday letter, which boasted of dad's promotion, the kids' athletic prowess or the family's fabulous African safari, was done with sincerity, even deprecation.

Microsoft will revamp its Office 365 lineup for small and midsize businesses , adding features, dropping prices and increasing the flexibility to mix and match them with Office 365 plans for enterprises and with stand-alone applications.

According to Facebook: Greenville County Pet Rescue , this beauty is running out of time at the high-kill upstate shelter.

No wonder they are smiling - just look at the parking lot! Titans of the tech, media and finance worlds are flown to the annual Sun Valley 'billionaire's summer camp' by a fleet of private jets Caught on camera: Shocking moment man sucker-punched a stranger leaving him clinging to life in attack sparked by row over a dog Visitor trapped in high ... (more)

Twitter may kill your relationship Twitter could lead to infidelity, break-up and divorce, researchers say.

Police have arrested a 26-year-old high-priced call girl from Georgia who is suspected of injecting heroin into a Santa Cruz tech executive on his yacht and then fleeing when he overdosed Alix Catherine Tichelman and 51-year-old Forrest Timothy Hayes found each other online and had met a few times before their Nov. 26 encounter on Hayes' 50-foot ... (more)

More than 80 tanks amassed by a Stanford University-trained engineer are set to go up for sale in the San Francisco Bay Area in what is being billed as one of the largest auctions of military vehicles ever.

Oyster and Scribd let you read as many books as you want for a monthly price - $10 for Oyster and $9 for Scribd.

A 4-year-old Russian blue cat named Kush is being quarantined after apparently going berserk inside a central Florida home, prompting its owners to call 911.

US technology giant Apple has lost a lawsuit against a Chinese state regulator over patent rights to voice recognition software such as the iPhone's "Siri", a Beijing court said.

The 80-officer Bangor Police Department, which serves a city of about 33,000, has attracted more than 20,000 likes on its Facebook page after humorous pictures of a stuffed duck were added.

Intel rejected an attempt by rival chipmaker Qualcomm to set technological standards for the next generation of connected electronic devices, instead signing up companies for a competing specification.

Two South Florida public defenders were fired Tuesday after making inflammatory remarks on social media about Palestinians allegedly celebrating the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June.