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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's trailblazing electric car company Better Place says it has reached the end of the road.

Two major malls, in Braintree and Wrentham, are stepping up security through new camera surveillance in response to persistent crime in recent years.

CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) -- Cleanup of the collapsed southeast Missouri highway overpass continued Sunday, more than 24 hours after a cargo train crash led to a chain reaction.

A 22-year-old who lives with his parents is the new mayor of Ivory Coast's largest city, at least according to the West African nation's active community of self-described Internet geeks.

America's current account deficit--the widest and most meaningful measure of its trade - exceeded 3 percent of GDP last year. Meanwhile manufacturing was down to 11 percent. Given that services are weak exporters (and ar...

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It is time to retire the three-legged stool and#8212; the well-worn analogy for retirement security.

This item has been excerpted from the prepared Commencement Address to the graduates of Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., on May 18, 2013. I...

Today, the popular idea that our devices should fade into the background -- exemplified by Google's aim to get technology 'out of the way' via its Google Glass -- is alarming. If technology becomes invisible to us, we ri...

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is experiencing a foodie revolution. The hipster neighborhood has recently seen an influx of fantastic restaurants that serve everything from fresh farm-to-table ingredients to hand-made Japanese ...

After shepherding a handful of nontraded real estate investment trusts to the public markets, American Realty Capital's Nicholas Schorsch now plans an initial public offering for his broker-dealer.

Better Place, the electric car company that hoped to change the world with its ambitious battery-swapping stations, said today it is shutting down. The closure brings to an end the most audacious "clean-tech" company eve...

Virginia Military Institute is steeped in rules and tradition but it recognizes that tomorrow's leaders need a new and diverse set of skills.

Fans of wearable computers can capture what is happening around them with a wink or a subtle click, which raises the question of whether bystanders have a say in being recorded.

There were a record 68 lead changes in the Indianapolis 500. But when it was all over, Brazilian Tony Kanaan was the one drinking the milk given to the winner.

Better Place is the latest casualty in an electric vehicle market that has struggled to lure consumers who are skeptical of the short battery life, high price, and a lack of infrastructure that can require recharging sto...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Plans are underway to construct a pair of temporary steel bridges across the Skagit River in northern Washington state where a highway span collapsed into the water this past week.

Peter Molyneux, like Aladdin's genie, is granting one wish to the winner of Curiosity -- What's Inside the Cube?: The power to be a digital god.

Guest Post This is a guest post by Gary Gentry, SVP of solid state drives at Seagate. "Flash or disk?" That question -- whether the future of data storage would be defined by flash memory or hard drives -- has been a ...

Guest Post By analyzing years of social data that is difficult to fake, we can more intelligently combat ever-more-sophisticated cybercriminals.

Digital currency Liberty Reserve has been shut down after U.S. and Costa Rican authorities arrested founder Arthur Belanchuk in Spain. Central American newspaper The Tico Times reports that Belanchuk was arrested Friday....

Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is willing to take a huge hit on the Kensington London mansion he bought for a mere 117 million pounds back in 2008. He's selling the place on the market now for 110 million. Any taker...