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The final piece of One World Trade Center was lifted into place earlier this month - making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at a symbolic 1,776 feet. One of the coolest things from this historical event...

This just out: The Treasury Department's Inspector General report argues that the IRS developed "inappropriate criteria" in focusing on conservative groups. Here are the key findings: The IRS used inappropriate criteria ...

The United States keeps 2.26 million people behind bars, by far the world's highest incarceration rate. So many prisoners are expensive, costing taxpayers $68 billion annually. So many prisoners are also exceeding availa...

Google's chief executive said he has paralyzed vocal cords, a rare health problem that causes a hoarse voice and constricted breathing. The company said a year ago that he had a voice problem.

Jan Chipchase has one of the coolest jobs in the world. As the executive creative director of Global Insights at frog, a global design and innovation consultancy, he travels around the globe on behalf of big-name clients...

The presentations are outlining how the teams propose to renovate and expand the convention center, add an 800-room hotel, and redevelop its parking lots with a mix of green spaces and residential, cultural and retail bu...

Last week, in the midst of commencement season, small L.A. video production company The Glossary released a five-minute cinematic interpretation of David Foster Wallace's philosophically resonant 2005 commencement addres...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finds many dangerous items every week, including a lot of loaded guns and a surprising number of swords hidden in canes. Last week's haul, detailed in the TSA Blog's Week ...

A government adviser has suggested that manufacturers pay a 1 percent levy on the price of the devices to finance French movies, music and books.

THE BACKBONE: An improvement in small business sentiment gave investors a reason to push stocks back into record territory Tuesday. The Russell 2000, an index of small company stocks, climbed 1.3 percent. The index is up...

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CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) -- Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind.

A new 200-page report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations suggests that if more people incorporate insects into their diet, we could reduce world hunger, food shortages, and food insecu...

DETROIT (AP) -- Three Ohio drivers are suing Ford Motor Co., claiming the company's six-cylinder EcoBoost engine is defective.

Flash sale sites are reaching the end of their growth trajectory, and might start consolidating soon. Many analysts have blamed the problem on an inability to get designer labels. But a recent study shows that various cu...

The Internal Revenue Service came under greater pressure on Tuesday as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he ordered the Justice Department to probe the agency for targeting conservative political groups.

Cloud startup SugarSync just closed an additional $3 million in funding, according to an SEC filing.

Top officials at the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday challenged financial regulators imposing far-reaching reforms on the biggest banks, arguing that the global benefits of...

Background Recently, I participated in SC Magazine's eSymposium on Corporate Espionage. Ira Winkler, President of Secure Mentem and the Internet Security Advisors Group (ISAG) gave...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A Wyoming congresswoman is sponsoring legislation that would restore $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey man has been charged with running a scheme to sell airplane parts that had been scrapped or rejected.

Online art gallery UGallery announced today that it now has over 500 artists in its community and 6,000 original pieces of art in its marketplace- "the biggest numbers today for an all-original art focused startup."