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A Vancouver School Board survey has found the high cost of housing is the major reason parents are pulling their kids out of the city's schools.

Red Hat Inc., the company behind the Linux open-source operating system, said Wednesday that net income in its fiscal first-quarter grew 8 percent as subscription revenue increased.

Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.

This year's World Food Prize is going to a Belgian scientist and two researchers in the United States for their innovations that brought the world genetically modified crops.

"Futurama's" general lot in life was underappreciation. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's lovably nerdy cartoon series premiered in 1999 on Fox to mixed reviews and the afterglow of Groening's "Simpsons" success.

The Obama administration is threatening a veto. California liberals complain it cuts nutrition programs too much.

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a... A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio ... (more)

A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

Nearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite.

Deric Lostutter of Winchester told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he leaked documents related to the investigation.

Japanese experts were on Tuesday set to discuss rules for experiments with animal-human embryos, as scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal.

ODCA is a customer-led group that shares tips about building clouds and aims to influence how vendors build products Mario Mueller, VP of IT infrastructure at BMW and chair of the Open Data Center Alliance, speaks at the Forecast 2013 conference in San Francisco June 17 The Open Data Center Alliance , a customer group that shares tips about Cloud ... (more)

Eddy Cue, an Apple senior vice president, speaks on February 2, 2011, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades.

On June 4, the Obama Administration issued five executive actions and seven legislative recommendations to improve incentives for high tech patents and to curb abusive litigation by patent assertion entities , or "patent trolls," as they are commonly called.

The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Monday. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades.

Enjoy cycling? Thinking about training for the GranFondo? Take a look at The Vancouver Sun's new Cycling and GranFondo training page.

George Carlin once said, "I don't automatically wash my hands every time I go to the bathroom.

Moscow: Russia has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the flight of the first woman in space - a Soviet national hero who went by the call name "Seagull" and captured the imaginations of girls around the world.