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In less than six months a nation that criminally charges anyone who speaks about homosexuality will host the Winter Olympics. Sochi, Russia, the subtropical host city for 2014 winter event will host thousands of athletes...

If you're looking for evidence of a "Great Rotation" out of bond funds and into equity funds this year, look no further than private clients of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, one of Wall Street's biggest retail brokerage...

At "Boob Jam," videogame developers and creators make a videogame that deals with an aspect of female breasts other than the fact that they're sexy.

Entrepreneur Ma Jiajia describes the challenges of opening a sex shop in China, where sex is not a common topic of conversation.

NEW YORK

Stocks are falling in midday trading on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its first weekly loss since June.

Shares of BlackBerry rise on news that it's considering going private, while Priceline.com also posts gains on upbeat results. But Nvidia's stock retreats after reporting a drop in profit and revenue.

Americans may be able to get high on marijuana for their health in nearly half the country, but that doesn't mean they're safe from the long arm of the law.

Has the bull market in emerging-market debt run its course? The post Emerging-market bonds running out of steam was first published on MoneyWeek.

A Native American tribe and a conservation group have filed a joint suit in federal court to halt a massive shipment of oil field equipment that was traveling late Thursday through a federally protected river corridor in...

"Breaking Bad" week is in full swing. After nearly a year's hiatus, meth kingpin Walter White (Bryan Cranston) makes his big return to AMC Sunday night. If you haven't noticed, we're huge fans. To get pumped for the seri...

The Swiss Tourism Office has apologized for the racism that media mogul Oprah Winfrey says she encountered last month while in town for Tina Turner's wedding.

WASHINGTON

A priest mysteriously appeared at the scene of a crash when Katie Lent's vital signs were failing.

Practitioners of parkour have long seen public spaces as their playground, and parkour as the ultimate rebel's game. But now it has turned into a big business.

Maybe there's a reason prominent football mentors like Bear Bryant and Woody Hayes weren't known to be photographed shirtless. But in the photo below, South...

A Bangladeshi man is sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to bomb the US Federal Reserve bank in New York.

Paris's most famous landmark is cleared of tourists and staff amid the busy summer season after a telephone warning is received.

With unique eclectic flair Alexandra De Montfort draws both textural and philosophical inspiration from the elements of earth, water, air and fire in her trinity of opulent scents that shape the second collection of Roug...

A couple made their baby announcement with a scavenger hunt.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students heading back to college this fall will save thousands in interest charges on their loans after they graduate once President Barack Obama signs into law a rare bipartisan compromise.

If you're a NAS aficionado, it will be no revelation that the QNAP TS-469 Pro is both fast and extremely capable. What might surprise you is that you can attach this SMB-class network-attached storage box via its HDMI ou...