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Days after President Barack Obama officially kicked off his second term, Republican leaders and activists have gathered in Charlotte for three days of soul-searching into what ails their party. Although the reasons given...

Two former members of the Church of Scientology have filed a lawsuit claiming the church and its affiliates deceived members into donating millions to misrepresentd causes. Luis and Maria Garcia of Irvine, California, fi...

The Europas European startup awards just held in Berlin may not have been an unqualified success (the bone-cracking temperatures didn't help) but the event did shine a welcome light on tech startups from across the conti...

This week, the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company set up camp in Scotsdale, Arizona, to sell dozens of its amazing classic cars to the highest bidder. Some were once owned by celebrities, like Clark Gable's 1955 Mercedes-Be...

Given that bond purchasers are literally paying the federal government for the privilege of giving us their money for the next 10 years, it's hard to justify the amount of attention that the budget deficit has received f...

President Barack Obama's inauguration was quite the spectacle on Monday, with between 800,000 to 1 million people descending on Washington, D.C., for the ceremony. We took a look at some of the best photos from press pho...

(WASHINGTON) -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest level in five years, evidence that employers are cutting fewer jobs and may step up hiring. The Labor Department says weekly u...

Here it is folks, your ultimate guide to how Wall Street is reacting to last night's Apple earnings catastrophe. BARCLAYS: Capitulation Process Seems Well Underway: "It seems the reaction to this EPS report is universall...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized the recent vote to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling on Wednesday, claiming that the House of Representatives should have taken...

On February 1, JCPenney will be holding a sales event, sources told us. But it's still not calling the "event" a "sale." The event seems to be a Valentine's Day sale for fine jewelry. It's happening precisely one year af...

Clinical Evidence, a project of the British Medical Journal, recently combed through the 3,000 medical treatments that have been studied in controlled, randomized studies. They found, for half of those, we have no idea h...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State nominee John Kerry calls global climate change a "life-threatening issue" and says the United States must play a key role...

The search for a "Star Wars" director is over! After telling Entertainment Weekly in November he wouldn't helm the next installment from Disney, The Wrap reports Abrams will indeed take us once again to (another) galaxy ...

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Red Lodge is a small town in southern Montana where cowboys, ski bums, and ranchers live, work and play. It's one of the last strongholds of the Western frontier, but it's also surprisingly modern and sophisticated. Sure...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago urged the executives of two major banks to cease the financing of firearms companies. Other cities are making similar efforts.

Lots of us dream about leaving the office behind. But career break travel can be refreshing -- and help you do better on the job afterward.

Both the Ravens and 49ers managed to make it to this year's Super Bowl without a single player among the 25 highest-paid players in the NFL. And the 49ers don't have a single player among the top 50. On the other hand, b...

AT&T Inc's revenue rose faster than expected in the fourth quarter as it added more subscribers due to strong sales of smartphones like Apple Inc's iPhone, sending its shares up 1 percent in late trade.

At this point, the feud between Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman is legendary, but it's rare that either of the two parties actually talk about it. Today, we got lucky. Icahn was on Bloomberg TV with Trish Regan this afternoon...

Bonds, which have been in a bull market for 30-plus years, may have lulled investors into a state of complacency as prices have risen and volatility has been low.

Microsoft's earnings for the latest quarter slipped 4 percent, despite a lift from its latest version of Windows.