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The eagle-eyed hermit kingdom watchers at NK News have noticed something unusual in the latest round of photos from North Korean news agency KCNA -- a luxury yacht, mysteriously docked at the 'August 25th Fishery Station...

Kepping the ball in front of you is a little harder with 9mm bullet in your skull.

Today in celebrity news: Selma Blair is off Anger Management, Paula Deen said some pretty bad things, and Adam Levine has a perfume.

Brooklyn startup MakerBot, which brought 3D printing to the masses, was just acquired by Stratasys, a professional-grade 3D printing company, for $403 million in stock. Bre Pettis, a former schoolteacher, and his co-foun...

The closest and largest full moon of the year, called a "supermoon" peaks on Sunday, June 23, 2013. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its orbit, also known as perigee. ...

Dan Bricklin, co-creator of the original spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, has joined Alpha Software Corp. of Burlington as chief technology officer. Another software industry pioneer, Cullinet Software Inc. founder John Cu...

A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed. The virus now has spread to 13 states - wi...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are pushing to eliminate money for high-speed rail and a popular grant program for transportation projects. The belt-tightening comes as the...

After months of testing, Dunkin' Donuts is finally ready to unleash its range of gluten-free goodies to customers across the country. According to Bloomberg, Dunkin'...

Lawmakers said they were open to alternatives, but for now rejected a plan that would allow Swiss banks to share account data with U.S. tax officials.

On Wedesday, clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse announced it had fired its founder and executive chairman, George Zimmer. We're going to miss Zimmer's TV commercials. We...

The British economy was in for a painful recession in 2008-09; but through his inaction, Sir Mervyn made it worse Last night was Mervyn King's 10th Mansion House speech; it was also his last. After more than two decades ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year because the economy is strengtheni...

Villanova University in Pennsylvania is on lockdown as police search for the last in a group of armed suspects who held up a bank on Wednesday. ABC 6 in Philadelphia reports that the suspected robbers drove away as polic...

This article is the third in Foroohar's series on Chinese business developments and their effects on the global economy; read earlier installments here and here. There are many questionable bits of conventional wisdom ab...

The passing of "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini leaves a gaping hole in the TV landscape. The actor, who died suddenly of a heart attack in...

The bar at B & Co. Max Burgio, who ran Float in Times Square and then the private club upstairs at Cipriani in Soho, is striking out on his own. The Palermo native was initially in talks with Roberto Cavalli about doing ...

Italy's prosecutors wanted the stylish pair locked up for a three-year prison term. They got 18 months instead. That's more than a fashion season and a grim prospect for the pair that--if they can't beat it on appeal--wi...

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Over the past two weeks, the US government has insisted that its powers under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act require the NSA to get a "special, particularized order" from the FISA court to intercept an individual...

Politicians warned of being 'on wrong side of history' as anger swells about state of nation and World Cup extravagance As demonstrations continued in Brazil for another night, President Dilma Rousseff attempted to co-or...

If the Boston Red Sox hadn't won the World Series in 2004, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner might never have married. "If they hadn't won...