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In just over one week Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters all over the world, presumably causing entire economies to grind to a halt as workers everywhere suddenly experience Force-related illnesses that convenien...

Who knew that an often ignorant cartoon 6-year-old could have so much in common with a United States presidential candidate? On Dec. 7, Redditor eucalyptusfire uploaded a Calvin and Hobbes strip, replacing Calvin's head ...

Wall Street has been griping for years that Twitter Inc. is missing opportunities to generate more revenue with its vast audience.But in a major step announced Thursday that could ease some of those complaints, the socia...

Researchers in Scotland have developed a camera that is able to use laser tracking to see around corners. The technology basically bounces lasers off the walls and objects in a room, calculating the the size and shape of...

The nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday. The 2016 Golden Globes will be held on Jan. 10. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which hosts the annual boozy affair, will dole out awards to wi...

On the Apple TV app store, entertainment apps, including streaming video from the likes of HBONow and Netflix, are a clear winner, followed next by games. AppFigures, an app tracking service for publishers and developers...

Andrew Burton/Getty Images CFO Insider is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for chief financial officers and other finance experts. Low oil prices to "force" M&A in 2016 (...

FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the U.S. is at its greatest threat level from terrorist groups since 9/11.

Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive who was widely criticized for jacking up the price of a drug mainly used by cancer and HIV-AIDS patients by more than 5,000 percent, is the secret buyer of a one-of-a-kind Wu-...

Relations between the two have been tense since Turkey downed a Russian warplane in late November

Brotherly love? Liam Hemsworth and Chris Hemsworth are continuing their friendly Instagram war.

Someone on the Golden Globes social media team skipped the fact checking Thursday morning.  Ahead of their 2016 nominations announcement, the Golden Globes Twitter account sent out photos of presenters Angela Bassett, C...

Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters OPEC is the ultimate cartel, it was formed to get its members a better price for their product than the free market would allow, and the members did that by working together to restrict supp...

Finnish police say they have arrested two Iraqi brothers believed to have been members of the Islamic State group in Iraq and suspected of fatally shooting "11 unarmed and defenseless prisoners" in June 2014. …

San Francisco police chief urges adoption of stun guns after officers kill suspect

Saudi FM Jubeir's remarks come as Syrian opposition groups meet in Riyadh in a bid to unite before Vienna peace talks.

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A Dutch court convicted six Muslim men Thursday of membership in a terror network that recruited youngsters to fight with groups such as Islamic State in Syria, a trial that pitted tough terror laws against the Netherlan...

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North Korean state media indicated Thursday that the reclusive nation has added hydrogen bombs -- also known as thermonuclear bombs -- to its arsenal, a development that, if true, would represent an upgrade to its nuclea...

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A hacking group said Thursday it has crashed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official website to protest Japan's plans to hunt whales. …