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For most people, education is usually seen as a right, not a fight. But that’s exactly what it was for Malala Yousafzai, a teenage girl attending school in northwest Pakistan. Yousafzai, now 15 years old, gained w...

Fast food giants decided to get a little too creative with their promotional menu items this year. From cheeseburger stuffed pizzas to macaroni and shrimp stuffed burger patties, 2012's newest fast food additions didn't ...

Everyone deserves a second chance. And ex-criminals like Frank William Abagnale — the man who inspired 'Catch Me If You Can' — and rap mogul Jay-Z prove that anyone can turn their lives around if given the ...

Earlier this year, a Reuters investigative reporting team led by Brian Grow documented alleged conflict of interest at Chesapeake Energy, the country's second-largest natural gas company.  Today, Grow and his team wra...

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The Dow industrials nearly escaped a fourth-straight daily loss, recouping most of a 151-point intraday slide on reports the House of Representatives will reconvene early to try to avert the fiscal cliff.

While 2012 will be known for its mega-popular YouTube videos and other big pop culture phenoms, what media was being pirated tells yet another story the year.

Everyone is talking about Microsoft's new Windows Phone milestone today. It's a big one: The company announced it published a whopping 75,000 new apps for its mobile operating system. Not bad.  In fact, if I remember ...

Here's an interesting tidbit from Apple's preliminary proxy statement: Apple is asking shareholders, for the first time, to assign a value to its shares. What? Don't investors assign a value to Apple's shares every secon...

After ESPN's Merril Hoge made his latest critical comments of Tim Tebow, actor Josh Duhamel went to Twitter with some harsh words for the commentator... "@merrilhoge hey merril. Josh Duhamel here. Wondering why you're...

We all know Apple has become a big company. But, a new proxy statement it filed with the SEC puts in context just how big it has become. In the filing, Apple says it had to adjust the companies it uses as comparisons for...

Stocks staged a sharp recovery in the final hour of trading Thursday following news that the House of Representatives will reconvene on Sunday evening.

When the Founding Fathers included in the First Amendment the right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” they probably did not have in mind Piers Morgan’s residency status.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy last week awarded submarine contracts worth up to $4.5 billion to General Dynamics Corp and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. , securing the funds from automatic budget cuts if Congr...

When she was at Google – a company that makes billions of dollars from advertising – Marissa Mayer was notorious for her unwillingness to meet with the advertising agency executives who were Google's best c...

My dream is to create four new global businesses. Each one of these businesses will serve at least 100 million customers, generate at least ten...

Stocks fell into negative territory today with investors reacting to a mixed bag of economic reports.

Today's advice comes from Alexis Dormandy, founder of the social recommendation sharing startup LoveThis: "What I usually see is you tend to fire people for attitude and hire people for skills. When you’re hiring ...

New Year's Eve is the time for champagne toasts, resolutions, and celebrations with family and friends. And one of the most epic places to usher in the New Year is in New York City's Times Square. The six-hour-long bash ...

Energy stocks trade mostly lower on Thursday, as fiscal-cliff uncertainties and the holiday week’s low volumes keep equities under pressure.

Here are ten of the best game trailers to grace our screens during 2012. They represent a cross-section of the gaming world, and feature a variety of styles and budgets. The one thing they have in common? They’re ...

Pilots have been falling asleep in the cockpit because of shift patterns which can see them at the controls of an aircraft 23 hours after waking up, a study has found. The findings of a study by Simon Bennett of Leiceste...