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Many of President Obama's proposals for cutting college costs, unveiled Thursday, are likely to face strong resistance from lawmakers. But at least one idea -- that schools introduce three-year degrees and other accelera...

Lindsay Lohan was feeling particularly nostalgic this Thursday afternoon, and decided to partake in the cultural phenomenon known as "Throwback Thursday" The 27-year-old actress was...

Elderly Miami imam Hafiz Khan could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison for four terrorism convictions based on his financial support for a U.S. enemy, the Pakistani Taliban.

While to an outsider it might seem like some venture capitalists choose the sector they are going to invest in by throwing darts at a dartboard, the reality is that picking a sector is much more complicated, and calculat...

General Motors, the nation's third-largest advertiser, is set to rejoin the ranks of Super Bowl advertisers after making a colorful exit from the big event in 2013. GM's Chevrolet, typically the brand in the auto company...

There are plenty of factors to consider when debating whether to change your name -- and most likely, SEO ranks pretty low on the list. But if you are someone who cares a lot about your brand online, a name change could ...

Army Maj. Nadal Hasan, the accused Fort Hood shooter whose trial entered closing arguments today, seems poised to become the first person to receive the death penalty from the military in more than half a century. It may...

DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors is bringing its ads back to football's biggest game.

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Drugs. Those illegal mind-altering poisons. Can you believe people actually do these things? Believe it. And it's not just the laypeople who are using. There are plenty of brilliant heavyweights in the science and techno...

Scott Rasmussen no longer works for the right-leaning polling company that he founded and will move into becoming a Republican pundit in a new venture.

• Head over to Fitzcarraldo in the 3rd Ward space for a rosé tasting tonight with wine guru Gino Maccaroni from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, and the event will be followed with the perfect pairing: an outdoor sh...

The Snake River Pale Ale will flow in the Blue Heron Lounge, and the Grand Tetons will loom grandly, but otherwise this year's gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyo., will have little in common with the momen...

The NBA offseason is often a time of opportunity, as many young players are drafted and many more that aren't that fortunate attempt to realize their dream of playing professional basketball by impressing during training...

Morgan Stanley analysts Peter Richardson and Joel Crane are out with a post-FOMC minutes update on what's going on in the gold market. Richardson and Crane say gold has already priced in an announcement by the Federal Re...

Kanye West appeared on his girlfriend Kim Kardashian's mom's talk show "Kris" Friday and revealed the first ever photo of baby North West: Jenner then tweeted the photo: Meet North West. #WatchKris pic.twitter.com/QTNJ90...

Amid heightened political tensions between the U.S. and Russia over a variety of issues, U.S., Canadian, and Russian air forces at least will seek some cooperation next week with a joint exercise over the Bering Sea. The...

As someone who wears glasses for the majority of my life, I can tell you just how important eye exams are, especially if there's a small bit of change in my eyes. Being able to see the world with as much detail as possib...

Beginning on August 26th, the US Open will need to feed over 700,000 people over the course of just 15 days. It's the world's highest-attended annual sporting event, and it's also one of the most high-brow. The USTA Bill...

In the UPS memo explaining why the company was ending health-care coverage for working employee spouses was a finding, based on "market data," that 35% of the companies it examined will join them in the practice next yea...

An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal might mean sharing the sacred city

The latest high-tech disruption in the financial markets ratchets up the pressure on Nasdaq and other electronic exchanges to take steps to avoid future breakdowns and manage them better if they do occur.