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Playing a superhero on the big screen is like a rite of passage, a secret club for actors. Chris Hemsworth has already proven he's got the muscle, brawn, and acting chops to conjure up a mean God of Thunder in Thor, The ...

Danny Green is still white-hot for the San Antonio Spurs. Tonight in Game 5 he set the all-time record for 3-pointers made in an NBA Finals. Amazingly, he did it in just over four and a half games. The previous record wa...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to CNN's Richard Quest about privacy, G8 and competitiveness in Europe.

Lululemon's notorious sheer pants are back with "more fabric across the bum," but convincing customers still skeptical of its black yoga pants hasn't been simple....

Audi has managed to earn itself quite a reputation in the U.K. While many people formerly believed that BMW owners were the most obnoxious drivers on the roads (a view still popular in the U.S.), Audi is fast taking over...

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) has blocked millions of dollars in governmental funds for Afghanistan until the Obama administration answers his questions about a secret CIA program to provide cash to people within the Afghan gov...

A former housekeeper violated the Waffle House chairman's privacy by recording sex tapes of the two in an attempt to prove that he allegedly demanded sex acts from her, a Georgia judge ruled.

Heroes and psychopaths may have something in common, according to new research that links psychopathic personality traits to selfless behavior. The finding may seem incongruous, given that lack of empathy for others is a...

The Securities and Exchange Commission's settlement with Revlon raises the question of whether the agency might start to police buyout offers from management and controlling shareholders that are rife with conflicts of i...

Congress is gearing up to tackle an issue that Washington has mostly ignored for nearly five years: What to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the bailed-out but now-profitable mortgage companies.

Kabel Deutschland said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover bid by John Malone's Liberty Global, setting up a potential bidding war for the German cable operator.

Federal Reserve officials begin a pivotal two-day meeting Tuesday facing a dilemma. The economy is showing enough improvement to justify dialing back some of the Fed's life support, yet financial markets are terrified of...

New skyscrapers are being built all the time. But it's still pretty cool to look back and compare New York's tallest building in 1913 to New York's tallest building in 2013. Below are two pictures: One shows the Woolwort...

Soon-to-be NBA free agent Nate Robinson is spending his summer making tremendous Vines. We've already seen Lolo Jones create some clever, well-produced Vines, and now it looks like Nate is coming for her title. Amazing V...

Celebrity Cruises said one more weeklong voyage must be canceled before it can start sailing again in Galapagos National Park.

A new study finds that labor's share of the world's income is plunging, and suggests the technology boom is to blame.

In Switzerland, where it's legal to kill cats, the illegal business of selling or trading cat furs is booming. The sale of cat fur was made illegal in 2008, and people who sell cat fur face tough new penalties, enacted l...

Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end?

We've reached the "New Abnormal," an era marked by slow growth, austerity fatigue, and partisan gridlock. This is how Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini describe the economy in a new piece in Institutional Investor. And the...

If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion...

You gotta love security geeks -- they can make it so easy for you. At least, if you're a black hat hacker.

Health startup Medivo has raised $15 million to expand its health monitoring platform that connects doctors, consumers, and clinical labs. The company's vision is to save and improve lives through faster and easier acces...