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Goonies star Corey Feldman is attempting to transform himself into the next Hugh Hefner--complete with his own FeldMansion, a bevy of Jumbo's Clown Room wannabes calling themselves "Corey's Angels," and a pervasive, wear...

Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, who runs Third Point LLC, is extremely fit. The 51-year-old practices yoga, surfs, and competes in triathlons. He even challenged three former Navy SEALS to compete with him in the 2011 "M...

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Federal prosecutors say a former postal worker has been sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined $7,500 for stealing a rare Mickey Mantle baseball card, cash, jewelry and gold from mail at a Rochester distribution cent...

Here is a minor disappointment in regards to the story of the Eurozone recovery. French Flash PMI missed slightly on both the services and manufacturing component of the index. Markets had expected a reading of over 50 o...

Officials say bomb attacks in northern Iraq have damaged part of a pipeline exporting oil through the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

An Army psychiatrist defending himself against charges that he targeted soldiers in a massacre at Fort Hood argued against allowing a jury to consider lesser charges, telling the court the attack was not carried out in t...

BEIJING (AP) -- Much of China was riveted Thursday to the stream of Twitter-like updates from the trial of disgraced politician Bo Xilai -- even a TV anchorwoman was seen on a live national program checking her cellphone...

Even with the recent sell-off, the S&P 500 is up a respectable 15% since the beginning of the year. The average equity hedge fund, however, is up by just 4.1% through August 9. This is according to a new report from Gold...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Testimony by North Korean defectors at U.N. hearings this week in Seoul has produced chilling accounts of systematic rape, murder and torture -- but it's also a poignant reminder of past, tooth...

The most affected have been India and Indonesia, two countries where many domestic and foreign investors are now rushing for the exits.

Showtime unveiled official posters and a new teaser trailer for season 3 of "Homeland." We've seen a few action-packed teasers so far for the series return. The latest shows Saul (Mandy Patinkin), Carrie (Claire Danes), ...

Anthony Marshall will be a free man after serving just 60 days of his one- to three-year sentence for defrauding his aging mother Brooke Astor of millions of dollars, The New York Times reports. The 89-year-old Marshall ...

Egypt's former president is flown by helicopter to a military hospital, where he is expected to be put under house arrest.

The Israeli leader warns of possible retaliation after a volley of rockets were fired at the country from southern Lebanon.

Officials meet embarrassment after downplaying issues

On Thursday, President Obama unveiled a new plan that aims to make college education more affordable by overhauling the college-ranking system and allocating federal financial aid based on those results. You can read the...

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose 13,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 336,000, but the level remains consistent with solid job gains.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping for a groundswell "made-in-America" movement.

Heshmat Youssef used to make a decent living sailing foreign tourists down Egypt's Nile River. Since political unrest flared, business has dried up faster than water in the desert.

Ok, here's some good news for Europe. German Flash PMI -- which is an initial composite economic reading that combines a flash manufacturing survey with a flash services survey -- just beat expectations on both sides. He...

Heavy flooding has affected nearly a million people in the east of Pakistan, with more rains expected on Thursday.