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Disney's "Frozen" is the studio's biggest hit since "Toy Story 3" and is about to hit the list of the top-25 highest-grossing films of all time. (It's taken in $360...

Trapped inside a 678-Lb body.... The post My 600-Lb Life-- Desperate Christina's Weight Struggle Has Driven Her To Attempt Suicide appeared first on Popdust.

A trip to the vending machine will usually yield some pretty unhealthy and unsatisfying snacks.  A Chicago-based entrepreneur is looking to change that with a healthy twist on the vending machine, an experiment he call...

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has posted an open letter confirming that the band largely faked its Super Bowl halftime show performance. The Chili Peppers joined Bruno Mars on stage to play their '90s staple "Give ...

Despite alarming cancer rates globally, with worst impact in low- and middle-income countries, one is forced to ponder if we really believe in 'cancer prevention is better than cure'. Cancer treatment is challenging and ...

As World Cup organisers warn tourists against child prostitution, Sky News explores how kids are being drawn into the sex trade.

During the first days of China's Lunar New Year holiday, the consumer market boomed, despite a fall in luxury gift sales, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Wednesday.

The year began with a gloomy start for emerging markets in January. According to a Bloomberg report, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index declined 1 percent to 917.74, a five-month low. This marked an overall decline of 8.5 p...

Everyone's talking about cigarettes today in the wake of CVS Caremark's huge decision to ban sales of tobacco. Thanks to varying excise taxes, a pack of Marlboro reds runs just under $5 in Kentucky, compared to $14.50 i...

Ninety-eight gold medals will be given out at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Norway, thanks to dominance in endurance skiing sports, is the favorite to win the most golds. But the U.S. isn't far behind. We compiled the gold me...

[From GadgeTell] The Samsung Galaxy S5 may be arriving soon but that doesn't mean we'll forget about the Galaxy S4.

Some of you may have made a New Year's Resolution to get more exercise. Luckily, there are plenty of high-tech devices out there that can track your exercise and recommend some better habits.  To give you a head start, ...

Promoting his new movie, "The Monuments Men," the suave actor reaffirms his loathing of tweeting.

Credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Puerto Rico's general-obligation bonds to junk levels Tuesday, making it even more difficult for the fiscally distressed island to borrow money and dig out from its sever...

The are many questions still swirling around the Sochi Olympics. Will it be safe? Will there be protests? Who will actually win the events? But there is one certainty: It will be expensive. At a projected cost of approxi...

Panel to NSA: Change your ways -- or else. "Lawmakers on Tuesday bluntly warned the Obama administration it will lose its sweeping surveillance powers if major changes aren't made at the National Security Agency (NSA)," ...

Putin insists Sochi is ready for Winter Games despite hang-ups, criticism     

Gay rights activists across the world hold a day of protests against the Russian government, just days before the Winter Olympics begin in Sochi.

North Korea on Tuesday denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an "Asian Hitler" intent on amassing military power under the guise of ensuring regional stability. The attack in an editorial carried by the North's...

After compiling a list of more than 100 CEO candidates, Microsoft settled on Satya Nadella a home-grown leader who joined the software maker in the early 1990s. That's back when Google's founders were teenagers and Faceb...

The farm bill is a hard-fought compromise that sets policy over agricultural subsidies, nutrition programs and the food stamp safety net for the next five years.WASHINGTON — In a rare display of bipartisanship, Congres...

There's a lingering misconception out there that deflation will be a problem for Bitcoin, and that will prevent it from widespread use. The argument (which, full disclosure I used to believe) basically goes like this: Be...