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'The Blacklist" closed out its freshman season Monday night with some huge question marks -- perfectly setting the dramatic table for Season 2. If fans of NBC's hit drama were...

Holy Beep! 5SoS' Album Is Coming!!! The post 5 Seconds of Summer Unwraps Self-Titled Album Cover, Tracklist, And Release Dates appeared first on Popdust.

What there aren't enough people in their 20s and 30s?

More than 500 years after it sank, the wreckage of Christopher Columbus' famous ship, the Santa Maria, might be sitting on at the bottom of the ocean near Haiti, The Independent reports. Archaeological researchers were a...

Amid political pressure over its decisions to put on a "lesbian" play and offer incoming freshmen pro-LGBT readings, an embattled college in the South Carolina public university system has suddenly announced it's closing...

Lowlights, and link to the full CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, following the jump.

Move over, Nicki -- Iggy has arrived. The post Iggy Azalea Makes History On The Billboard Hot 100 appeared first on Popdust.

The bill, which had drawn unusual bipartisan support, was derailed in a standoff over the Keystone XL pipeline and climate change regulations.

In 2010, Amazon bought Quidsi — the e-commerce company responsible for Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and other sites — for $450 million.  Quidsi's founders, Marc Lore and Vinit Bharara, made a killing, but the sal...

The pungent aroma of chiles has set off a dispute in Irwindale, where officials are considering whether to declare the hot sauce factory a public nuisance.

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Like they did for baseball fandoms , The Upshot has put together a map of which zip codes root for which NBA teams, based on Facebook data. It's pretty cool.

Saga, the provider of insurance and services for the over-50s, is floating on the stock market. So should you buy in, or steer well clear? Ed Bowsher investigates. The post Should you buy shares in Saga? was first publis...

China detains man accused of faking information sent to US-based dissident news site

Chinese authorities say man set bus ablaze, killing self and injuring dozens

Pedophile teacher abused dozens of boys around world as chances to stop him were missed

This is not a new issue, but there is new urgency as the global aviation community looks closely at more robust flight tracking in response to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Fawaz al-Itan was taken in Tripoli last month by gunmen who demanded a fighter be freed from a Jordan jail in exchange.

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Twitter has implemented a new feature that lets you still follow people whose updates you do not see on your timeline. It is called the mute button.

Google Glass was secretly being sold at a PGA golf event last weekend. But for $1500, who else could buy them?

It might not come as a huge surprise, but the wealthiest ZIP code in the country belongs to a peaceful little town in the Silicon Valley.  The ZIP is 94027, which is the ZIP code for Atherton, California; it has a popul...