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Reynolds American Inc., the producer of Camel and Pall Mall cigarettes, agreed to buy rival Lorillard Inc. for $27.4 billion including debt in a deal that reduces the 400-year-old U.S. tobacco industry to two major compe...

Mobile app Snapchat has announced a new feature called Geofilters. They're photo filters that become available to you whenever you're in a specific city or location. To unlock Geofilters, open the Snapchat app, then snap...

A small village in eastern Ukraine looks like something from the post-apocalypse after a month of heavy fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian fighters.  The village of Semenovka, located on the outskir...

Chimpanzees are our closest genetic relatives in the animal kingdom, sharing 99 percent of our DNA. But inside that one percent hides perhaps the biggest difference--human-level intelligence. Dawn of the Planet of the Ap...

"Transformers: Age of Extinction" is currently dominating at theaters.  The Michael Bay-directed sequel is now the top-grossing movie of the year with more than $750 worldwide, and that's only after two weeks of release...

Libya's main international airport in Tripoli is hit by a new rocket attack a day after fierce clashes forced it to close, with one person killed.

About 20 years ago, I traveled around India for several weeks. It was a time in my life when I was very unhappy, when I spent a lot of time alone, lacking confidence and worrying about my future. But travelling around In...

Israel accepts Egypt's proposal to end Gaza air strikes in return for militants stopping rocket fire, but Hamas's armed wing calls it a "surrender".

Spaceports for the budding commercial space industry can create jobs and new vacations.

Banking institutions are in a race to provide the newest online and mobile features to their users, as retail banking branches lose their relevance fast. That's because banks know that these services are how they will wi...

In a world where professional titles help people advance their careers, earn more money and gain stronger social status, Zappos.com - an online retailer that has made headlines before for being innovative in their busine...

Attorney general sues settlement firmsAfter injuring her back on the job and getting a stomach illness, Sharone Brown of Chicago had trouble making her student loan payments, even after she sold her condo.

Faraj al-Shibli, a suspect in the September 2012 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, was found dead Monday while in the custody of local police in the northeastern city of Marj, CNN reported.

Olympic athlete and murder accused Oscar Pistorius has been involved in an argument at a trendy Sandton nightclub.

The 6-month-old anonymous gossip app reportedly raised $25 million in its most recent round of funding.

New Yorkers awaiting the arrival of Lyft services in the Big Apple will have to wait a little longer as the ride service still needs to comply to some government regulations.

The Georgia mom whose husband is accused of killing their son by leaving him in a scorching SUV is "living every parent's nightmare," her lawyer said in a statement today.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The price of gold has changed direction, and after adding more than $90 to its value since the end of May, gold kicked off the week with more than a $30 fall. This decline also dragged down the l...

The E.U.'s "right to be forgotten" law lets people remove links they don't want on Google - but does that just call attention to them?

A train derails in the Russian capital Moscow, killing at least three people and injuring many more, officials say.

Sprint-T-Mobile merger in the works with basic agreement between SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom, awaits DOJ and FCC approval. Is this Sprint's chance at market domination?

WASHINGTON -- He's known as the consummate politician, but Bill Clinton's instincts sometimes go haywire -- like when he told a questionable Jewish joke to a group of stunned Jewish...