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Longtime Apple board member Al Gore is retiring from the board, the company announced Thursday. The former U.S. vice president had been a board member since 2003, a witness of the company’s rise and transformation a few years after the return of co-founder Steve Jobs as chief executive. “For more than 20 years, Al has contributed an incredible amount to our work—from his unconditional support for protecting our users’ privacy, to his incomparable knowledge of environment and climate issues,” Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a statement. Retired Boeing company executive James Bell, who joined Apple’s board in 2015,...

<p>Emmy-winning U.S. actor Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and described her condition as a "tough road."</p><p>"A few months ago I was diagnosed with MS. It's been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It's been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going," she said in a tweet on Tuesday....</p>

It took three weeks to confirm it, thanks to California’s excruciatingly slow ballot counts, but Darrell Issa will return to Congress in January. Democrats had targeted his seat in order to push out one of the most conservative Republicans in the House, and to send a message to Barack Obama’s critics. Instead, Issa managed to eke out a narrow win over Doug Applegate in the toughest race of his career.Note, though, the way the Associated Press leads this story as it calls the race for Issa: The wealthiest member of Congress is keeping his job.Republican Darrell Issa narrowly defeated...

Every year, PEOPLE Magazine gives recognition to good looking celebrities, and the results are finally in. After surviving a very public battle with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate has been named one of the World's Most Beautiful People. The most beautiful celebrities dish about being honored by PEOPLE in its latest issue. After a very public battle with breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy, Applegate felt less than perfect. But the support from her boyfriend, Martyn Lenoble made her feel beautiful -- inside and out. "I'm very grateful to Martyn for coming along at a time that he did...

The 36-year-old actress was born in Hollywood, California. Robert Applegate, her father, was a record producer and record company producer executive, and Nancy Lee Priddy, her mother, was a singer. She also had to fight both breast and cervical cancer. Christina Applegate will always remain in the audience’s memory as Kelly Bundy in the sitcom “Married with Children.” The actress made a great film and television career until her 36 years. Christina Applegate had major roles in several pictures, as “Farce of the Penguins,” “Anchorman,” “The sweetest thing” and is the lead character in the ABC sitcom “Samantha Who?,”...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a rep for the star confirmed to Access Hollywood. “Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer,” a statement from the star’s rep to Access read. “Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening.” The 36-year-old actress, who currently stars on ABC’s “Samantha Who?,” is undergoing undisclosed treatment for the cancer, the rep’s statement noted. “Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this...

Marshall Applegate, leader of the Heavens Gate cult and John Edwards, follower of the Demomcraptic cult. Separated at birth? You be the judge.