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It was a big year for LinkedIn. While it seems like the stock of newly public tech companies such as Groupon, Zynga, and Facebook have been stagnant or falling, LinkedIn's stock has been on a tear. Add that to the slew o...

The defensive swat has become one of the most effective trends in the NFL. Led by JJ Watt and the Houston Texans, coaches are now teaching defensive players to stop, collect themselves, and leap in the air to try and blo...

Design changes to Google Search that Jon Wiley and his team have worked on in the past few years:

If it wasn't for this swagged-out little guy, Eagles-Bucs (Philly led 10-0 at half) would be even more unwatchable than it is. GIF via Dan McQuade: Please follow Sports Page on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation...

Earlier today we said that a little kid dancing with Buccaneers cheerleaders was the best thing about the Eagles-Bucs game. But it turns out we were wrong, because the little guy was thoroughly outclassed by this Catch o...

You've got to feel bad for Appalachian State's seven-foot-tall center Brian Okam after this historically bad free-throw attempt in his team's 70-64 loss to Western Carolina yesterday. His shot made it a little less than ...

Five years ago, a Brooklyn, N.Y., accountant named Martin Nissenbaum was indicted and charged with trying to defraud the U.S. government by helping clients set up bogus tax shelters.

The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize and regulate its recreational use la...

Mitt and Ann Romney were sitting up front at the big bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. As guests of the Nevada Athletic Commission, Mitt visited Pacquiao before the fight in the dressing room to ...

The Obama administration has decided to launch a covert operation to send heavy weapons to Syrian rebels, Christina Lamb of The Sunday Times of London reports. But that covert operation may have already taken place. Dipl...

Sebastien Galy of SocGen writes, in regards to the latest developments: The market wanted a year end rally and it just got a nice boost over the week end. ... Hold your breath. Republicans are starting to give in on taxe...

Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, announcers can get carried away. That's what HBO's Jim Lampley did last night after Juan Manuel Marquez's shocking sixth-round knockout of Filipino superhero Manny Pacquiao. Lampley'...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp, Japan's struggling maker of Viera brand TVs, owns more than 10 million square meters of office and factory space, dormitories for its workers and sports facilities for its rugby, basebal...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi just set the all-time record for goals in a calender year with 86. Gerd Muller had held the record since 1972, but Messi tied it with a goal in the 15th minute against Real Betis, and broke it le...

All entrepreneurs are inherently risk-takers, but some are willing to go above and beyond for an idea they believe in. NYU Stern alumnus Samir Ibrahim and serial entrepreneur Charles Nichols, winners of the Audience Choi...

The prospect of cutting Medicare benefits in a "fiscal cliff" deal has prompted an outcry from concerned liberals. But whether or not legislators actually end up raising the Medicare age or paring back Social Security pa...

As everyone knows by now, Alexander Wang, the 28-year-old wunderkind of the fashion world, was named creative director of the renowned fashion house Balenciaga.

This is a guest post by Wendy S. Goffe, a trusts and estates lawyer with Stoel Rives in Seattle. You can follow her on Twitter.

In a bid to make its virtual currency platform more useful for Android game developers, Pocket Change has opened up its platform, allowing devs to give players rewards for any actions they'd like.

The dream of a superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. died last night when Pacquiao got knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez. There still may be a tiny sliver of hope that Pacquiao-Mayweather may eve...

It was a tough choice this week in selecting the lead for our weekly recap. John Boehner’s fiscal cliff comment, “There has been absolutely no progress”, was certainly up there in the running, as were ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The contrast could not be sharper: Economists are all but certain the U.S. Federal Reserve will expand its monetary stimulus this week, but they have no clue how the fiscal battle in Congress will ...