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CARMEL, Calif. (AP) -- Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who found stardom playing naive wives in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Rebecca" and also was featured in films by Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang and Nic...

Granted "unprecedented access" to the NSA, 60 Minutes paints the rosiest possible picture of what the beleaguered agency does.     

Markets are up slightly across Europe. Britain's FTSE 100 is up 0.2%. France's CAC 40 is up 0.4%. Germany's DAX is up 0.5%. Spain's IBEX is is up 1.0%. Italy's FTSE MIB is up 0.7%. These positive moves come as the prelim...

What's worth watching, and what might not be, in prime time on Monday.

The executive arm of the European Union says it will give 450 million euros ($620 million) to a research program trying to develop new railroad technologies by 2020.

The Lumix FZ72 - or the FZ70 as it's known outside of Europe - is Panasonic's answer to the superzoom that truly earns its super dues. With a top-end zoom of 1200mm equivalent it's the embodiment of a "do it all" zoom le...

The Cowboys latest late-game failure came on Sunday when they blew a 26-3 halftime lead at home and lost 37-36 to the Packers. Dez Bryant had a huge game with 11 catches, 153 yards, and an incredible toe-tapping touchdow...

The researcher dressed in blue plastic smock, slippers and gloves is having a tough time getting his work done.

Sixteen people have been killed in violence in China's volatile western region of Xinjiang, state media reported Monday.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek police have arrested four Pakistani citizens and are searching for three more for allegedly kidnapping 10 Syrian migrants and keeping them chained in a house for several days after enticing t...

BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese newspaper says a U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser had been harassing a Chinese fleet before it nearly collided with a Chinese warship early this month.     

WASHINGTON -- Iran's top diplomat Sunday shrugged off the disappearance of purported US spy Robert Levinson, who went missing seven years ago in the Islamic republic. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...

Bus plunges from elevated Manila highway onto van, killing 21 and injuring 20     

That Peter O'Toole made it to the ripe old age of 81 doubtless surprised no one more than O'Toole himself. "The common denominator of all my friends is that they’re dead," he joked mordantly in an interview for the 200...

Entitle, a Wilmington, North Carolina company with just five full-time employees, is taking on the e-book arm of a little company called Amazon. Founded by Bryan Batten with a $5.3 million angel investment, Entitle funct...

A former member of the U.S. Army's military intelligence unit was given a 28 year prison sentence on Monday for operating a bogus military charity scamming donors up to $100 million, reports ABC News. John Donald Co...

Christmas is just around the corner, leaving us with precious few shopping days 'til the big holiday. If you've been procrastinating, you really need to get on it now. As in: Fire up your browser and start your online sh...

A thief and his twerking acomplice were caught on video.     

While he's not the most bullish on the Street, Deutsche Bank's David Bianco believe that 2014 will indeed see some growth. "The US economy should sustain a long lasting expansionary cycle of moderate growth, which will m...

With the advent of Instagram Direct, a new feature from the photo-sharing platform that allows you to send photos to a select group of people, comes a lot of responsibility. Is there anything that strikes more fear in th...

DBK can keep a pricing gun alive for 20 years or more. Now it’s on the front lines of Starbucks’ $1 billion loyalty-card program.

A recent survey conducted by global research firm IPSOS across 20 countries, found that a whopping 71% of Chinese say they gauge their success by the things they own.