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I like festivals. I got my feet dirty during NYC's Governor's Ball, listened to lots of music at Coachella, checked out the parties, and even embraced the outrageous outfits. But Burning Man made these festivals look wi...

Thousands of Tokyo residents cheered in triumph early Sunday after winning the race to host the 2020 Olympics, beating out rivals Istanbul and Madrid despite concerns about a nuclear plant leaking radioactive water.

An insurance executive has traveled the world -- from Switzerland to Australia to New York -- in her career, but will always remember how her application was noticed by an early employer.     

Coal accounts for more than one-third of national electricity generation, more than any other energy source. It also is a polarizing subject, staunchly defended on one side, condemned on the other.

The credit rating firm being sued for its role in the financial crisis essentially argues that no one should have taken its ratings seriously in the first place.Everybody wants to see the perpetrators of the financial cr...

Part of the Burning Man experience is roughing it. The 61,000 people who attended this year's Burning Man Festival all stayed in tents, yurts, RVs — or didn't sleep at all. But some "camps" — as the clusters of te...

A group of Penn State student-entrepreneurs see a business opportunity in the university's new ban on bags at home athletic events.

Ohio ranks high in the increasing number of farms run by women.

Ohio ranks high in the increasing number of farms run by women.

European officials expected to urge US to wait for UN report before taking any action in Syria     

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Southern California man who almost didn't survive the Boston Marathon bombing has returned home after five months of recovery and rehabilitation.     

coolnumbr12 writes with this excerpt from IBTimes: "Japan's magnetic-levitation train is still more than decade away from completion, but the L-Zero recently proved that it really is the world's fastest train. On a 15-mi...

Gap launches two new fragrances of the Gap Established 1969 collection in summer of 2013. The collection originally rolled out in 2012 with the masculine and the feminine edition. The new flankers are named Gap Establish...

Former U.S. basketball player Dennis Rodman arrives back from North Korea without imprisoned American Kenneth Bae.

Obama's push for a military strike in Syria divides Democrats still stinging from recent wars     

Pakistan announces the release of seven Taliban prisoners in what it says is an attempt to advance the Afghan peace process.

British police arrested two men following a trespassing and burglary incident at Buckingham Palace this week, authorities said Saturday.

What looks like being the world's first commercial space plane has just passed another technical milestone.

President Barack Obama returns from the G20 summit in Russia facing the tough task of convincing Congress to authorise military action in Syria.

With the United States threatening to attack Syria, U.S. and allied intelligence services are still trying to work out who ordered the poison gas attack on rebel-held neighborhoods.     

You have an idea for a product that is going to change the world. For years you work day and night, and over time, that hard work turns into a company. You have users, revenue and, finally, the business of your dreams. B...