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Today in Pictures: Jan. 14, 2013

From Siri to NeXT, retracing Apple's biggest acquisitions over the years.

The Israeli government has denied any involvement in the attack that has killed a Palestinian.

Tomas Vokoun hadn't been a backup goaltender for more than a decade before he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins last spring.

We've previously reported on Sgrouples, a social network that integrates with Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to let you maximize both your privacy and control over what other people see. And we just learned that two for...

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off tonight's 70th annual Golden Globe awards with a hilarious monologue riffing on everyone from Ben Affleck and Sarah Palin to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Poehler said she h...

Crossover SUVs dominate the list of vehicles for 2013 that boast the most affordable auto insurance rates.

The postseason careers of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning continue to move in opposite directions. With the Broncos losing to the Ravens this weekend, Manning's teams are now 9-11 in the playoffs. Meanwhile, with the Patrio...

Shares of Herbalife are soaring today. The multi-level marketing company that sells nutrition products is up more than 8%. Herbalife is the stock hedge fund fund titan Bill Ackman has been shorting. Ackman, who runs Pers...

Looking to start your dream job in 2013? Our new Dream Job series will give you an upper hand. We're talking to recruiters at top tech companies like Spotify and Kickstarter to get the behind-the-scenes knowledge about w...

Google continues to make moves to infiltrate and replace your wallet, this week releasing a new "digital coupon solution" called Zavers. Zavers is essentially a coupon book tied to your phone: you add coupons to your acc...

Do your pruney fingers give you better grip in wet conditions? New evidence, and the story behind the science.

The Pentagon is preparing to provide military support to French forces in their new fight against rebel militants in Northern Mali. The U.S. is considering a range of options to including sending cargo aircraft to lift m...

Jodie Foster's speech at the Golden Globes will definitely be the talk of the entertainment world tomorrow. Accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, she not only came out -- as a single woman -- but...

Reader Corey wrote in and said he made this shirt for Falcons running back Jacquizz Rodgers while Quizz was in college. It is the first known display of personality shown by a Falcons player in the Mike Smith era. I feel...

Ghosn: Bullish on the future. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Looking to kick back, text, do your nails, read your iPad or mindlessly snack while driving, all without the inconvenience of potentially killin...

If you lost your Sprint cell phone, don't come knocking on the door of Wayne Dobson, 58.

Wall Street Journal employees began their day this morning with a bit of a headscratcher. (More of a head-to-toe scratcher, really.)

The Milky Way galaxy, home of Earth's solar system, may actually be only half as massive as currently thought, scientists say. Stars in the far outer reaches of the Milky Way, between 260,000 and 490,000 light-years from...

The Herbalife and AIG headline stories have prominent legal angles. It is tempting to invest in a stock on the premise that the courts will ultimately uphold the clear meaning of a law or contract. History teaches that t...

I heard about the 1,000 year DVD several years ago. I didn't believe it it would ever work, but now I do. Here's why.

We now know that the 2012/2013 flu season will go down on record as one of the most severe in the past decade. While we haven't quite reached circa 2009 swine flu levels, the CDC is reporting that 47 states have "widespr...