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A "portly" individual wearing a Batman costume surprised authorities in the Northern England city of Bradford when he arrived unexpectedly at a local police station to drop off a man wanted for burglary. More »

There have always been how-to and inspirational guides, but it wasn't until about 100 years ago that they began to use the "you can do it" trope right in their titles. The first one I could find, from 1913, was titled si...

There's amazing news coming out of the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.

Yesterday's Thunder-Clippers game was marred by an incident in the fourth quarter where OKC big man Serge Ibaka appeared to intentionally punch Blake Griffin in the groin. The announcers and the crowd both thought Ibaka ...

Martin Buser remains the talk of the 2013 Iditarod on Monday afternoon after a blazing start and an unorthodox strategy. In about 20 hours, he pushed his team of 16 dogs for 177 miles with only short rests at each stop. ...

Most career problems stem from the fact that we are terrible at picking jobs. We think we are picking a good job and then it turns out to be a bad job. It’s almost impossible to pick a good job on the first try, a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Secret Service official who oversaw criminal investigations to head the agency, which last year became embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, a...

What do you do with your LinkedIn profile?

For the second straight year, Under Armour founder and chief executive, Kevin Plank, is on the Forbes Billionaire list. It’s a good bet he’s there to stay. Plank, according to our experts, is now worth $1.2...

For the first time in 10 years, the lead-up to SXSW is, well, quiet. The usual influx of party invitations, Twitter stream inundation and press speculation around what’s going to be this year’s "breakout ap...

The rivalry between Egypt’s ruling Islamist party and its opposition is heating up — through the medium of antagonistic Harlem Shaking. Last Thursday, 70 or so protestors and activists showed up at the Musl...

Nicholas Webber, serving five years for creating a hacker's forum site, is somehow invited into an IT class in jail. The consequences are difficult. [Read more]

We have written about China's ghost towns - neighborhoods with massive new buildings inhabited by no people.  Many see this as the clear evidence of overbuilding and a housing bubble. Some economists, like Yale's Step...

Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler says that WikiLeaks clearly qualifies as a media entity, and argues that by pursuing Bradley Manning for aiding the enemy, the government is putting journalism at risk as well as whis...

Roman Karachinsky, CEO of news personalization startup News360, stopped by the TechCrunch TV studio earlier this week to show off the company's recently redesigned Android app. He also shared a little bit of data on h...

Large firms that have been victimized by malicious hacking, including Google and Intel, at least have the resources to detect and counter most forms of computer crimes. But what about a small company, or political advoca...

The Miami Dolphins have designated defensive tackle Randy Starks as their franchise player.

Michigan has hired former Wolverines linebacker Roy Manning as an assistant coach.

Prosecutors are charging 12 former Florida A&M University band members with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.

Name: DeShawn Washington High school and hometown: Nederland (Texas) Position: Defensive tackle Height and weight: 6'3, 280 Ratings: Washington is rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, but has not yet received an ...

A.J. Burnett walked in a pair of runs in Philadelphia's four-run second inning Monday as the Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 Monday. Click to Continue »

The Carolina Hurricanes have lost goaltender Cam Ward to a knee injury that will sideline him six to eight weeks. Click to Continue »