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Via Matt Yglesias this chart from a BEA Presentation on the US economy debunks the myth that foreigners own a huge stake in the nation. On net, foreigners only own 5.8% of America's net worth. Please follow Money Game on...

The badly injured Boston bombing suspect still cannot speak, but is answering questions in writing, according reports.

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LeBron James is the most dominant athlete on Earth, so he can wear whatever he wants and get away with it. But some of his outfits raise more eyebrows than others. For instance, last night he wore a bright red sweater wi...

I had the honor to present at the Big Data Innovation Summit recently. The conference gathered some of the greatest minds in the space; from , to , to , to Citibank, to the NYSE and EBay, everyone seemed to be there.

The Florida and Texas Bankers Associations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government aimed at striking down a new regulation requiring U.S. banks to report interest payments made to foreign account holders to t...

From The Mad Collapser. I don't think asynthesis is actually a word, but it likely should be.

Reese Witherspoon is "deeply embarrassed" about what she said to police officers during her husband's arrest in Atlanta.

Last week, Google finally released the developer guides and other necessary documents that will allow developers to write apps for Glass. In some respects, the so-called Mirror API may have been a disappointment to devel...

Marathon hero pays visit to bombing victim's bedside and recalls tragic day.

GMO's Jeremy Grantham has maintained a gloomy slant on the economy. However, he does see reasons to be optimistic. Last week, The Guardian's Leo Hickman conducted a lengthy interview with Grantham. And during the intervi...

Thousands apply to become one of four astronauts selected to set up a human colony in a plan that comes with snags A few months before he died, Carl Sagan recorded a message of hope to would-be Mars explorers, telling th...

Remember how the Mitt Romney-espoused "self-deportation" rhetoric was supposed to end up in the dustbin of history following President Obama's huge margins among Latino voters back in November? Apparently no one told Kri...

The shirts were designed for Yankees fans in reference to a 1978 series between the New York club and its Boston Red Sox rivals.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today defended accepting tens of thousands of dollars in political donations from hotel developers who need the approval of his administration for their projects.

To celebrate Earth Day, Wake Tech announced Monday it had piggybacked with the year-old JouleBug, a free app that encourages users toward earth-friendly behaviors, by adding a handful of Wake...

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Alexandra Fiber and Danielle Gibson are best friends who started SRSLY - a hugely popular web series that's loosely based on their lives. Find out more about SRSLY here > Where do Fiber and Gibson want SRSLY to go? What'...

We all have our favorite animals -- these are usually soft, cuddly, and are able to show affection with great big licks. The beauty of smaller, less fluffy animals, like bees and flies, however, is often unappreciated. S...