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AT&T home automation service Digital Life has launched in seven new cities including Baltimore, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C.

A farmer was quoted as saying the Oklahoma City tornado has left "total devastation." Looking at the images and pictures of the areas hit by the massive F4 or F5, it is hard to disagree with his assessment. Some are sayi...

Christian Roldan, a senior at El Rancho High School in California, was named the Gatorade High School Soccer Player of the Year today. Roldan will play soccer for the University of Washington next year. Soccer analyst Al...

Despite reports that the New York Four Seasons Restaurant could face a massive rent hike, we doubt the landmark eatery is going anywhere. The Four Seasons continues to make headlines, from co-owner Julian Niccolini's wry...

WASHINGTON

While rumors have been swirling for days, Yahoo finally confirmed this morning that it has acquired popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

It's the narcissist rally.Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher -- record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may be strengthening, central banks flooding the...

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- It will be an anxious wait for a small Florida city to find out who won the biggest Powerball jackpot in history. The winning ticket worth $590.5 million was bought sometime late last week at a ...

I'm in Philly for the weekend, determined to prove I can have a great time by spending the least amount of cash possible -- $100 or less. So far, so awesome. I've taken advantage of just about every free attraction the c...

Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion, announced Monday, is a big gamble by Marissa Mayer, the company's recently hired CEO.

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NEW YORK

NEW YORK (AP) -- Small-company stocks were a bright spot in a subdued start to the week for Wall Street.

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: Small company stocks were a bright spot for the market in a subdued start to the week for Wall Street. The Russell 2000 index climbed above 1,000 points for the first time and ended higher Monday, eve...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil leaking in 2010 from th...

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: Small company stocks were a bright spot for the market in a subdued start to the week for Wall Street. The Russell 2000 index climbed above 1,000...

All Things D's Peter Kafka summed up Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition best, saying on Twitter, "Resist urge to attach Big Ideas to Yahumblr. Yahoo is a declining company trying to buy growth. Might work, might not. Full ...

The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & poor's 500 index edged lower on Monday as investors waited on more information about the Federal Reserve's economic stimulus program. On...

We interviewed Tumblr founder David Karp all the way back in November 2010, and asked him for any words of wisdom he would give to startup founders. Since he just sold his company for $1.1 billion to Yahoo, we thought we...

After a damaging tornado tore through areas south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, severe weather, including hail, heavy winds, and strong tornados, will remain a threat from Central Missouri to North Texas through ...

Intellectual property, the modern source of wealth, is protected by a jumbled maze of common law, statutes, judicial decisions, and treaties.

As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy k...