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WARNING: There are major spoilers if you haven't seen Sunday's episode "Game of Thrones" is one TV's hottest shows right now, so fans are doing whatever they can to avoid spoilers. If that's the case, fans may want to st...

A rogue text chime during a wedding ceremony. An errant cell phone alarm during a bar mitzvah. A guest not-so-discreetly thumbing a phone under the table during a dinner party. If you've ever planned a big event, you're ...

Rihanna attended Monday's 2014 CDFA Awards in New York wearing full-length bedazzled pantyhose ... er, body-hose?

"Blue's Clues" was one of the most popular children's shows on Nickelodeon throughout it's decade-long run from 1996-2006. Steve Burns, who hosted the show, became a major celebrity among the younger crowds and was even...

In the end the solution is diplomatic. It has to take into account Russia's legitimate security interests and recognize that Ukraine is neither Russian nor Western European, but a country divided, dependent on both. It i...

Asus already makes one of the best routers in the land with the face-melting RT-AC68U, but the company's not going soft just because it's in the lead today. At Computex 2014, Asus announced the RT-AC3200, which it calls ...

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, the inventor of more than 200 psychedelic compounds, died yesterday at 88. While Shulgin is best known for his work with the popular party drug Ecstasy (or MDMA), the anti-establishment scienti...

Hundreds of pro-Russia rebels armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a daylong assault Monday on a key government base used to coordinate the defense of the country's border with Russia, promp...

The European Commission says the UK should raise taxes on higher value properties, build more homes and adjust the Help to Buy scheme to help boost growth.

U.S. auto sales completely annihilated everyone's expectations. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 16,722.3 (-21.2, -0.1%) S&P 500: 1,924.2 (-0.7, -0.0%) Nasdaq: 4,234.0, (-3.1, -0.0%) And now the top stories: The world's big a...

Championing biophysics research: MIT professor Jeff Gore brings together interdisciplinary team, explores population dynamics in yeast and honeybees.

British firm London Mining evacuates "non-essential" personnel from Sierra Leone following an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the west African country.

You may have heard of the crazy-immersive Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, but gaming company Valve has also been developing its own VR headset for internal use and research purposes. Pictures of the device have been...

Polls are now open in Syria's presidential election, although government critics have denounced the vote as a sham.

On Monday, a strong sandstorm hit the capital of Iran, killing at least four and injuring close to 30 people, the BBC reports. In Tehran, winds reached 70 mph, damaging windows and knocking over trees. Witnesses say the ...

India's newly-appointed Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde dies in a car crash in the capital, Delhi.

A letter sent to Prime Minister John Major detailed concerns about the influence of an extremist group in Birmingham schools.

Prosecutors in Wisconsin say two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods on Saturday to stab and kill her. The reason? They wanted to appease a mythological creature they read about on the internet. One of th...

Syrians vote in election that incumbent Assad appears certain to win amid fears of violence around polling stations.

US is seeking 30-year-old Evegniy Bogachev for stealing banking information and extorting computer owners.

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A San Francisco social media maven and former political consultant who was wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives has been taken into custody after a three-day manhunt. Federal agents and the San Francisco police s...