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New Media Rights man on the 50 shades of grey in IP debate Sysdmin blog  A new intellectual property rights organisation has popped up in the United States called New Media Rights. New Media Rights strikes a different...

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey debuted in theaters December 14th, shattering box-office records with a $37.5 million global take its opening Friday.

Where are the bosses who presided over HSBC's years as banker to drug lords, terrorists and rogue states? Britain's biggest bank was forced to pay $1.9bn (£1.17bn) fine to settle allegations by US regulators that it a...

Rowing's golden girl insists being nominated for Sports Personality of the Year is 'a triumph in itself' as she looks beyond Sunday's ceremony Four months on from one of the most warmly received of many British triumphs ...

Company, business manager that owned crashed Rivera plane deny cartel, drug connections

VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Four-times overall World Cup winner Lindsey Vonn, dejected after crashing out of a downhill race for the first time in five years, said on Saturday she was tired and had lost some self bel...

Adam Lanza of Newtown, Connecticut was a child of the suburbs and a child of divorce who at age 20 still lived with his mother. This morning he appears to have started his day by shooting his mother Nancy in the face, an...

Today we visited a startup based in New York City called Quirky. It's founded by Ben Kaufman, a young entrepreneur who wants to help everyone with a good idea see their inventions get sold to the masses. The first year, ...

Every fan of MMA loves a good finish. Whether that is a punch, kick or submission, it doesn't matter. There is a more rare form of finish though—the slam knockout. These finishes are particularly nasty because of ...

Not kicking someone while they're down is typically the proper course of action. In the context of ESPN First Take "analyst" Rob Parker's recent comments about Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III, however, such is ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange regulator has removed the $1 billion limit for foreign sovereign wealth funds, central banks and monetary authorities buying Chinese assets through the Qualified Institutiona...

Scott Goodson is the founder of StrawberryFrog. His first book, Uprising (McGraw-Hill 2012) is a best seller. 

As law-enforcement authorities on Saturday continued their investigation of the second-worst mass shooting in U.S. history, residents in Newtown, Conn., grieved.

Although economic growth has been subpar this year, stock returns have been healthy. It’s another sign of how the economy can have nothing to do with market performance.

Dear hotels, drugstores and credit card companies: Fix just a few problems, and you’ll stop making the Haggler’s life so unbearable.

UPDATE: Authorities have released the full list of the 26 victims of Friday's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the AP reports. All six adult victims were women, while 12 of the child victims were girls and 8 were...

Social media emphasize the here and now. But some new services comb through your digital history to send daily reminders of your previous postings — happy or otherwise.

When it comes to negotiating for better pay, women often hesitate, studies show. But new programs around the United States are aiming to eliminate those fears.

It’s time to erase the notion that the tax break for charitable giving benefits the rich at society’s expense.

Taxpayers get sanctioned for agruing frivolous positions in Tax Court.  Apparently there are no penalties for Senators proposing frivolous amendment to the Internal Revenue Code.  If there were I'm think that Senat...

The first details of the child victims of America's worst mass school shooting are beginning to emerge. Ana Marquez-Greene, the daughter of the jazz musician Jimmy Greene; Grace McDonnell; and Jesse Lewis were all six-ye...