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The eagle-eyed hermit kingdom watchers at NK News have noticed something unusual in the latest round of photos from North Korean news agency KCNA -- a luxury yacht, mysteriously docked at the 'August 25th Fishery Station...

One of this summer's biggest blockbuster movies will be "World War Z," a tale about the spread of a pandemic virus that turns people into zombies. While the movie is fictional, there is indeed a zombie plague sweeping th...

It's time to begin paying attention to the tech policies formulated in the U.S right now., starting with the 5 very important policy issues we've listed below:

The Federal Open Market Committee will make its hugely anticipated announcement about its next monetary moves at 2 pm today. To mark the occasion, we figured we'd come up with a playlist to get you pumped. While there ar...

Brooklyn startup MakerBot, which brought 3D printing to the masses, was just acquired by Stratasys, a professional-grade 3D printing company, for $403 million in stock. Bre Pettis, a former schoolteacher, and his co-foun...

The closest and largest full moon of the year, called a "supermoon" peaks on Sunday, June 23, 2013. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its orbit, also known as perigee. ...

To try out photo comments now, you can post to Facebooker Bob Baldwin's thread or just wait for the public rollout.

Nextt is building a private social network for people to plan activities with friends. Its mission is to get people away from their computers and out into the real world.

Palm Desert, CALIFORNIA-based rock band Queens of the Stone Age?s latest album, ...Like Clockwork, was released on Matador Records on June 4. Within a week, the record sold 91,000 copies, shooting to number one on the Bi...

A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed. The virus now has spread to 13 states - wi...

How much more news about weight loss supplements can there be to share? More every year, it turns out, as researchers synthesize new plant-derived compounds and test methods to optimize them for effectiveness. Based on s...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are pushing to eliminate money for high-speed rail and a popular grant program for transportation projects. The belt-tightening comes as the...

After months of testing, Dunkin' Donuts is finally ready to unleash its range of gluten-free goodies to customers across the country. According to Bloomberg, Dunkin'...

Lawmakers said they were open to alternatives, but for now rejected a plan that would allow Swiss banks to share account data with U.S. tax officials.

On Wedesday, clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse announced it had fired its founder and executive chairman, George Zimmer. We're going to miss Zimmer's TV commercials. We...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year because the economy is strengtheni...

George Zimmer releases statement following his termination as executive chairman.

Villanova University in Pennsylvania is on lockdown as police search for the last in a group of armed suspects who held up a bank on Wednesday. ABC 6 in Philadelphia reports that the suspected robbers drove away as polic...

Internet Explorer is getting its own version of Adblock Plus -- though Windows 8 users are going to be disappointed.

This article is the third in Foroohar's series on Chinese business developments and their effects on the global economy; read earlier installments here and here. There are many questionable bits of conventional wisdom ab...

Twitter has acquired Boston-based local social startup Spindle, the "discovery engine for the social web."

Guest Post Like most stereotypes, the 20-something, unencumbered entrepreneur and the 30-something, distracted parent entrepreneur are both a load of hogwash.