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Losses widen for the firm amid a US$83 million legal action from its creditors and fraud allegations by India's stock market regulator.

A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University.

He said that he usually sees Tumblr defections from 400 to 600 per hour, but jumped to 72,000 after a report on the deal surfaced.

Yahoo has bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer vows not to screw up the social network.

Fashion designer Fátima Lopes has introduced her first fragrance, Be Mine, which will be launched in September 2013. The fragrance is signed by Aurélien Guichard from Givaudan. "It is a well-deconstructed construction,...

A cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army was back in business after going silent for the past few months.

Greetings, old-timer. In light of the recent Yahoo-buys-Tumblr news, my overlords at TIME have asked me to put together a guide of sorts explaining what Tumblr is. A Tumblr for Dummies, if you will. (Note: there is an ac...

A farmer was quoted as saying the Oklahoma City tornado has left "total devastation." Looking at the images and pictures of the areas hit by the massive F4 or F5, it is hard to disagree with his assessment. Some are sayi...

Christian Roldan, a senior at El Rancho High School in California, was named the Gatorade High School Soccer Player of the Year today. Roldan will play soccer for the University of Washington next year. Soccer analyst Al...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) talks to National Review about the I-word: Behind the scenes, he says, House Republicans are frustrated by the White House's evasiveness, and the calls for impeachment will likely increase. C...

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Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems. The Def...

The first live video call from a smartphone at the peak of Mount Everest has been made by British explorer Daniel Hughes, as part of his effort to raise money for the Comic Relief charity. The call, made with an HTC One,...

Despite reports that the New York Four Seasons Restaurant could face a massive rent hike, we doubt the landmark eatery is going anywhere. The Four Seasons continues to make headlines, from co-owner Julian Niccolini's wry...

"Cheers" fan or not, who doesn't want to go where everybody knows your name? The bar that poured thousands of beers (and charged its loyal patrons for very few of them) over 11 seasons and 275 episodes was the setting of...

On Saturday, Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain clinched his party's nomination for attorney general in the November election. And much like the rest of the GOP ticket, he's got some baggage. Think Progress swiftly unear...

By Jeffrey Kopman For every study that focuses on harmful health effects of caffeine, it seems there's one that supports the health benefits of coffee. Today's study, from Mayo Clinic, finds that coffee may lower the ris...

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Members of a Connecticut high school class of 1943 finally got the prom they should have had 70 years ago, before their senior celebration was interrupted by World War II. Anthony Pegnataro, the 1943 class president of J...

Ellen Shockley, the beer-tossing wife from the left field bleachers of Wrigley Field, wanted Chicago Cubs fans to know one thing about her: She is not a serial beer tosser.

Streaming live on Forbes, Universum Group's President of Digital Media (and Doostang CEO) Jeff Berger will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Tuesday, May 21st. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Coun...