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Square, the online-payments startup, is paying the legal expenses of Keith Rabois, the well-known Internet executive who resigned as its chief operating officer last Thursday after an employee claimed Rabois had harassed...

Vancouver 1 1 0 0 -- 2 Los Angeles 0 1 1 0 -- 3 Los Angeles won shootout 1-0 First Period_1, Vancouver, Kassian 4 (Edler, Hamhuis), 13:08.

These are grim times for Aston Villa that must leave their supporters wondering whether their season could get any worse. Unfortunately for them, the answer is plainly yes. In the space of a week they have lost to Bradfo...

The plucky toy robot can track motion, and responds to voice commands in both English and Chinese.

Semi-nude selfies and jokes about on-campus drug use are just some of the things found on one Colorado math teacher's Twitter page. More

Mario Balotelli might have entertained us for the last time in England as he looks set to complete his permanent transfer from Manchester City to AC Milan after two-and-a-half years of goals, arguments and general madcap...

Having a bachelor pad isn't just about the location -- it's also about all the cool accessories you can stock it with. But which ones do you need to make sure everyone, from your friends to your mom, are impressed with y...

He may be known best as Drake, but "Degrassi" alum Aubrey Graham was formerly known (at least to fans of the Canadian teen drama) as Wheelchair Jimmy, after a school shooting left his character injured from the waist dow...

The newspapers over the last couple of days must have made interesting reading for Prince Charles. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has unexpectedly announced that she will step aside to allow her son, Crown Prince Wille...

Police discover a young girl with developmental disabilities locked inside a wooden cage while her family went to see a film.

Paul Pierce is 35 years old. He has now been in the league for 15 years and has logged over 39,000 minutes of playing time. That is essentially the equivalent of playing basketball non-stop for 28 days in a row. That is ...

During my junior year of college, I was friendly with a group of people who had all known each other since grade school. One member of this crowd was a guy named Tim. Growing up, Tim had always been the brain of the grou...

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Official Chinese media have hailed the successful test flight of China's first domestically-made jumbo air freighter.

The Next Web and Gizmodo are reporting that many users in the U.S. are reporting that Facebook is down tonight. Here, in Maine, it's working fine, so I can confirm that the outage, though large, is localized. Instagram d...

For more than two decades now, the Hubble Space Telescope has served up some of the most spectacular images ever made.

If your Facebook seems like it's a bit quiet just now, don't worry. Real-time updates about baby poop and your friends' feelings about their favorite TED videos will return just as soon as the social media platform deals...

When Russell Martin signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in November, the New York Yankees lost a player who was a big part of their team in 2011 and 2012. Replacing his production won't be easy, and his departure most def...

Congress passes $50.5B Superstorm Sandy aid bill, sends to Obama for his signature

Heading into Friday's contest with the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers were a dismal 2-10 in January and looked nothing like the Laker teams we were used to seeing year in and year out. The Lakers played great against ...

Manti Te'o is having a rough month. After losing the BCS title game to the Alabama Crimson Tide, Deadspin accurately reported that Te'o's deceased girlfriend, Lennay Keuka, never existed. Now, it appears that Te'o and hi...

The self-righteous, hypocritical bull*** is heating up on the US, Japanese, and South Korean side. Even the United Nations is involved. They are all once again lecturing and threatening North Korea about launching a rock...