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Museums house spectacular historical artifacts and works of art. But many museum buildings are pretty spectacular in their own right. A jury of experts from buildings database Emporis selected the world's most impressive...

New York's new bike share system is compact and dense. Washington DC's is expansive and sparse. Seoul's is bifurcated. Paris's is comprehensive. The geographic footprint of a city's bike-sharing system can reveal both th...

About two dozen protestors staged a rally in front of Tribune Tower Wednesday as part of a "national day of action" to dissuade Tribune Co. from selling its newspapers to brothers Charles and David Koch, conservative bil...

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The White House is considering a no-fly-zone in Syria. Russia plans to send the S-300 missile system to Syria, which could down aircraft attempting to enforce a no-fly zone. Someone has to blink -- or things could get re...

Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) retirement will put an end to one of Washington's most fact-checkable and newsmaking politicians. Bachmann, who was first elected to Congress in 2006, quickly rose to fame -- some might ...

Warren Buffett will tell you that his investment career began in the 1940s when he bought shares in a company as an 11-year. However, there isn't much footage of the Oracle of Omaha available before the 1980s. Reformed B...

The easiest remedy is to abolish the overseas income loophole: impose a single rate on all income earned by U.S. multinationals, with a credit for taxes paid to foreign countries.Apple Inc.'s success at avoiding billions...

Tim Cook does not think Google Glass will be a mainstream product. He thinks it can be interesting for certain "verticals" but does not think it will be for the general public. One reason he doesn't think Glass will be p...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street's passion for high-dividend stocks is fading.

Usually, employers rapidly scan the resume of each job applicant looking for relevant education, skills, and work experience. They select 10 candidates for telephone calls, invite three in for interviews, and hire the on...

PHOENIX (AP) -- Civil rights groups on Wednesday sued Arizona to block a 2011 law banning abortions based on the race or sex of the child that makes it a felony to knowingly provide a sex- or race-based abortion.

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College is a step toward adulthood for many, but the transition from bachelor's degree to entrepreneur can feel a bit jarring. Keeping your chin up, a stiff upper-lip and other empty clichés everyone says to you can't r...

It is PM Abe's implementation of Structural Reforms that will determine whether the Prime Minister will be seen as Japan's greatest modern post-war leader or a flash in the pan.

HONOLULU (AP) -- A Chinese fast-food chain is paying $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming sexual harassment at a Hawaii restaurant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.

"You can build a person, build a group, build a spaceship, or build a Cylon," Mehr says with a smile.

A letter that was addressed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has tested positive for ricin, The New York Times reports. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the news with the NYPD. Bloomberg never personally rec...

What does Robert Scoble love so much about Google Glass? For one thing, he loves "that it pisses everybody off." The blogger and Glass enthusiast...

An approximately 5,200-square-foot home, including a legal second unit, on a double lot with seven bedrooms, 5½ bathrooms and a pool, is on the market in San Francisco's Eureka Valley for $6.75 million.

After several recent high-profile Twitter accounts hacks, Twitter last week rolled out an optional two-factor login to give users added security. But some experts say most social networkers are unlikely to bother using i...

It feels good to win an argument. But in every fight there's a loser too, and your counterpart may leave the discussion feeling discouraged and disengaged. Instead of combating, try connecting: Set rules of engagement. I...