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After tearing apart such classic films as "Pulp Fiction," "Citizen Kane" and "E.T.," the Rejected Pitches team has finally rejected their final pitch. Watch above to see our favorite studio executives (Kelly Hudson, Dan ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to restart operations at a jointly run factory park that Pyongyang shut down in April during a torrent of threats, the latest sign of easing animosity bet...

South Korea's Embattled Spy Agency Deflects Heat by Finding Reds Under Beds

This will be the couple's first child.     

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California has finally fixed an 1872 law that led a court to throw out a rape conviction on the basis that the female victim wasn't married at the time of her rape. Earlier this year, California's Second District Court ...

Downtown Detroit was hit by a power outage at around 1 p.m. today. Multiple buildings appear to have lost power including city hall, Detroit News is reporting. CBS Detroit reports that the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice a...

This picture, posted to Weibo, shows two cans of Chinese Red Bull. One is fake — can you tell which one? Here's another shot, showing the Red Bull after it was poured: If you can't tell the difference, you may be in fo...

China Takes Energy Officials' Passports

The Afghan Taliban's former number two has been set free

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan has increased security around a group of disputed islands it nationalized one year ago Wednesday amid strong protests from China, which also claims them and has been stepping up patrols of its own.  ...

Popped collars, country club membership, private school diploma — they're all signs of preppiness. But where are you most likely to run into a prepster, or become one? Real estate blog Movoto has come up with a rankin...

The U.S. military's past experience proves ridding Syria of its toxic weapons is not a cheap or speedy process

The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Sno...

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Diana Nyad says she has Mother Nature to thank for completing her 110-mile swim     

“The world needs bad men. We keep the other bad men from the door.” Hearing McConaughey say that to Tallahassee in the preview for the new HBO show True Detective makes us just slightly less upset that so many other ...

Hedge fund that allied with Carl Icahn on Dell is No. 2 shareholder in Murdoch's firm.

Apple's Australian trademark application for the term 'App Store' will take place in November.

ZDNet's David Gewirtz had the opportunity today to be briefed by and speak with certain senior intelligence officials in order to explore the circumstances of a privacy compliance error and a new document release. This i...

Philippines 'Pork Barrel' Graft Probe Has Lawmakers Squealing