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(Reuters) - Four major Silicon Valley companies have formally agreed to pay $324.5 million to settle claims brought by employees accusing them of colluding not to poach each other's talent.

By Kiran Dhillon In general, the breakfast food items that generate all the love—bacon, cheese, eggs, syrup, sausage— are packed with fat, sodium, sugar, and cholesterol. To find the worst offenders, research engine ...

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the three most powerful people in state government, had a rather novel excuse when the New York Times dug up evidence of him fighting attempts to build low income housing ...

Toni Braxton drops more than a few bombshells in her new memoir, but by far the most extreme is her apparent belief that God gave her 11-year-old son autism because she once had an abortion.

Do you want to go meat free but are sick of the animal rights crowd? Can't remember a single stat about sustainable land use? Then try these alternative reasons (excuses) on for size

The 2014 edition of the Berlin Air Show took place this week at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport, with festivities both in the air and on the ground. First held in 1909, the air show proclaims itself to be the longest-running s...

Financial Times economics editor Chris Giles says French economist Thomas Piketty's best-selling "Capitalism in the 21st Century," about rising inequality in the West, contains serious errors that undermine his conclusio...

Tennessee approves a bill that would allow the electric chair to be used in executions if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

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Snowden at SXSW 2014 YouTube Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden may have a new job.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft today confirmed the rumors of a new edition of its latest operating system by unveiling Windows 8.1 with Bing. The company says the main purpose of the new SKU is to allow its hardwa...

The deputy leader of NI21 calls for his party leader to step aside while allegations of sexual impropriety against a young woman are investigated.

Not too long ago, credit card companies could jack up your interest rate or change your payment due date without warning, a tactic that, not surprisingly, led to late payments. And if you paid late or exceeded your credi...

Remember the days when Facebook was simple? There was no News Feed, no FarmVille requests, no massive privacy violations--it was a nice, clean directory of all your friends and their basic information. Well, thanks to a ...

Mortar fire has hit a pro-Assad rally in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, killing at least 20 people, state media and activists say.

The Indian consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat was attacked Friday by four heavily armed gunmen suspected to belong to the militant group Taliban. The attack reportedly began at 3:25 a.m. local time (6:55 p.m. ...

Survivors tell of terror after deadly China market attack in violence-plagued western region

The Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Herat is attacked by gunmen, as the area is surrounded by security forces.