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Gio Gonzalez decided to celebrate his newfound money by buying millions of dollars worth of cars, boats, and houses.

[This story appeared in slightly different form in the Time Home Entertainment book Gettysburg.] History, the saying goes, is written by the victors. Yet in most of the most popular movies about the Civil War, the Confed...

Over the past few months we've seen a real life blacksmith recreate weapons from video games, such as the Kingdom Hearts' Keyblade and the Minecraft Diamond Sword. Well blacksmith Tony Swatton is back in another episode ...

Atrocities captured on video and spread through social media fuel the fire in the Syrian conflict. Jim Clancy reports.

Former Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky has finalized his leaving agreement with the software giant this week. In an SEC filing published on Wednesday, Microsoft notes that the ex-Windows chief is being rewarded with ...

Yahoo said Friday that it has bought contact management specialist Xobni for an undisclosed amount, presumably to enhance Yahoo Mail and its related applications. But as to the future of Xobni's own products--well, that'...

These are the dangers of broadcasting court proceedings to the outside world: this morning during the very serious murder trial of George Zimmerman, things came to a screeching halt after Skype -- which was being used fo...

Late today, the Treasury Department announced that it will delay the "employer mandate" in Obamacare for one year. This is the provision of the law that requires large employers to provide health insurance to full-time e...

Apple has hired Paul Deneve, the now former CEO of fashion house Yves Saint Laurent. His new position has not yet been defined, but, in a statement provided to Bloomberg, the company said he will work on "special project...

Alicia Keating, the mother of a 2-year-old that was taken hostage in Walmart, says she hasn't stop thinking about the standoff that turned deadly, but has "compassion" for the man that held her daughter at knife-point an...

Yahoo users could soon have a better way to keep track of their online friends and to share photos and videos with them.

Last night, ex-NYU professor Heleen Mees was arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing chief Citi economist Willem Buiter. We later found out that the two were apparently acquainted at least as far back as 2008, as M...

As the world looks to the news unfolding in Egypt right now, Twitter has made it easier than ever for English-speaking users to follow high-profile Egyptian accounts with a new translation feature.

While webscale companies give big money to Fusion-io for its flash gear, the company's stock has wavered, pushing it to scramble amid a busy market.

You can find strange robotic beasts at both Burning Man and the Maker Faire, so it's only natural that Scott Parenteau took his sheet metal creation, the Walking Pod, to both. The robot, Parenteau tells Tested, is inspir...

Following increasing pressure from veterans, Florida's Sanford Police Department announced Wednesday it would discontinue use of military ribbons in their award system. Combat veteran Jeremiah Workman first noticed the r...

There are some things money can't buy, but for everything else, including donations to Wikileaks, there's MasterCard. Wikileaks just published a statement on its website saying that the credit card company has finally re...

A diplomatic incident has exploded in Europe after a Bolivian presidential flight was diverted to Austria upon unfounded fears that the NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, was on board. France and Portugal allegedly refus...

PROBLEM: "Among humankind's most valuable assets" is self-control, according to Wilhelm Hofmann and his team of researchers at the University of Chicago. They define it as "the ability to override or change one's inner r...

"A love letter to the fog of the San Francisco Bay Area"

Amanda Seyfried has come a long way from her soap opera days. Since her role in last year's "Les Misérables," Seyfried takes on her most adult role yet in the story of porn star Linda Lovelace. Lovelace of course went o...

Boston University has sued Apple for allegedly infringing one of its patents to make the iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air. In a suit filed yesterday, the university said that Apple was illegally using its '738 patent, whi...