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Playing a superhero on the big screen is like a rite of passage, a secret club for actors. Chris Hemsworth has already proven he's got the muscle, brawn, and acting chops to conjure up a mean God of Thunder in Thor, The ...

I'm old enough to remember a simpler time in the office, when talking -- whether in person or on the phone -- was the main...

The passports.gov.au website is expected to be back up today after a hardware failure took it offline last Tuesday.

But Barnes & Noble is neck-in-neck with the electronics giant and sometimes surpasses Apple's market share in digital books, the high-level Apple executive said during testimony in court.

Danny Green is still white-hot for the San Antonio Spurs. Tonight in Game 5 he set the all-time record for 3-pointers made in an NBA Finals. Amazingly, he did it in just over four and a half games. The previous record wa...

"Strange flames" on the International Space Station

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to CNN's Richard Quest about privacy, G8 and competitiveness in Europe.

Roger Ahlfeld wakes up each morning at about 5:30 and before taking his first sip of coffee, he grabs his iPad to check his e-mail.

China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is to launch its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in Shenzhen.

Audi has managed to earn itself quite a reputation in the U.K. While many people formerly believed that BMW owners were the most obnoxious drivers on the roads (a view still popular in the U.S.), Audi is fast taking over...

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) has blocked millions of dollars in governmental funds for Afghanistan until the Obama administration answers his questions about a secret CIA program to provide cash to people within the Afghan gov...

A former housekeeper violated the Waffle House chairman's privacy by recording sex tapes of the two in an attempt to prove that he allegedly demanded sex acts from her, a Georgia judge ruled.

Heroes and psychopaths may have something in common, according to new research that links psychopathic personality traits to selfless behavior. The finding may seem incongruous, given that lack of empathy for others is a...

This post is sponsored by Constellation.To most of us, zero means (literally) nothing. But for executives concerned with energy use, zero is a magic number. Reaching "net zero," or producing more electricity than you use...

We're halfway through one of the least-deadly years in recent Chicago homicide history, but here's a reminder that summer is just getting started: over 40 were shot and 7 killed in Chicago this weekend.

Two very different moods at this year's Paris Air Show

Kabel Deutschland said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover bid by John Malone's Liberty Global, setting up a potential bidding war for the German cable operator.

Federal Reserve officials begin a pivotal two-day meeting Tuesday facing a dilemma. The economy is showing enough improvement to justify dialing back some of the Fed's life support, yet financial markets are terrified of...

New skyscrapers are being built all the time. But it's still pretty cool to look back and compare New York's tallest building in 1913 to New York's tallest building in 2013. Below are two pictures: One shows the Woolwort...

Can China achieve success with its carbon trading scheme?

Soon-to-be NBA free agent Nate Robinson is spending his summer making tremendous Vines. We've already seen Lolo Jones create some clever, well-produced Vines, and now it looks like Nate is coming for her title. Amazing V...

Celebrity Cruises said one more weeklong voyage must be canceled before it can start sailing again in Galapagos National Park.