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Reddit user sverdrupian has posted an amazing, 73-year-old map showing what the world looked like from the view of Standard Oil. By 1940, the Standard Oil trust created by John D. Rockefeller had been long broken up into...

A response to Slavol Zizek's "Mandela's Socialist Failure."

"[A]s long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found fo...

Ten months after being shut down and left for dead, community-news website EveryBlock is being resurrected. Comcast, which owned EveryBlock when it was shut down in January, has revived the site and is finalizing plans t...

Herbalife's stock has surged 130% this year as the firm posted growing profits and won a key legal case, deflecting bets by activist investor Bill Ackman that it would fail.A year ago, activist investor Bill Ackman rocke...

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A 20-year-old Harvard student who was allegedly trying to dodge a final exam has been charged in Monday's bomb hoax that led to four buildings being evacuated and several final exams being canceled, CBS in Boston reports...

The price of oil recouped slips earlier in the week as the market waited Wednesday to see what the U.S. Federal Reserve would decide on monetary policy.

Asus appears to be readying a new 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet. While Dell and Lenovo have similar tablets on the market, Asus’ model may have one unique advantage: Wacom support. Mobile Geeks reports that the Asus VivoTa...

Underwear company Tommy John wants men to upgrade their briefs.  Their new ad makes a persuasive point by highlighting a double standard between men and women.  In the ad, titled, "The Naked Truth," a gorgeous model se...

Recent days have brought headlines about Chinese authorities clamping down on Bitcoin — not wanting various institutions to deal in the digital currency. The latest is that BTC China, the big Bitcoin startup there, ann...

The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday it levied a record $3.4 billion in sanctions in enforcement cases in the latest fiscal year, up 10 percent from the previous...

This week, a GIF of Jennifer Lawrence's Photoshopped 2011 Flare magazine cover made the rounds on the Internet. The cover was altered to make Lawrence appear slimmer with higher check bones and a more pronounced collar b...

NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan came under attack on Wednesday, a military spokeswoman said.

Earlier in the morning, we brought you word that the upcoming flagship model from Oppo, the Oppo Find 7, will be the first smartphone in the world that will feature a high resolution 2K display. This is an unprecedented ...

Teens are shunning synthetic marijuana, but smoking more of the real thing.

Attacks on Christians and mood of fear continue as thousands abandon their homes in the capital Bengui, UN agency says.

John Beliveau II is first convicted in multimillion-dollar bribery scandal that has ensnared six US Navy officials.

Blunt-spoken judge who issued NSA ruling often bucks executive branch     

At least 75 people were killed, the South Sudanese interior minister said, but Reuters put the figure at at least 400 dead and up to 800 wounded.     

Drivers Face Fines For Not Clearing Snow Off Cars     

In the past year, venture capital investments in Florida businesses increased by 45 percent, but the state still lags on a per capita basis.