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UPDATE: He made it! After nearly 23 minutes, Nik Wallenda is the first human to ever cross the Grand Canyon on a wire. Daredevil Nik Wallenda has a wife, three children, and he's been training for one moment his entire l...

American English dialects and pronunciation have been a point of interest from coast to coast among linguists for years. The idea first appeared in mainstream culture in 1937, when George and Ira Gershwin's song "Let's C...

Warning: Some spoilers ahead. Despite early bad press, on-set drama, and a completely reshot ending, Brad Pitt's zombie apocalyptic "World War Z" took a bite out of the box office this weekend. The film surged past low $...

It's no secret that hospital bills in the U.S.--especially ones from the E.R.--can often hit astronomical proportions. According to a recent cost study conducted by researchers at Stanford University, the University of M...

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration video shows where plants thrive on Earth and how this "greenness" changes with the seasons. The week-by-week changes in vegetation make allow scientists to assess fire...

Sub Pop Records addresses its letter "Dear Loser." The New York Times does not like the use of the word "***." Source: Other People's Rejection Letters / Random House The literary quarterly New Delta Review couldn't desc...

Untangling the weirdness of sexism and racism in the car and auto-repair market

Untangling the weirdness of sexism and racism in the car and auto-repair market

Starbucks will start posting calorie counts on its menus nationwide on June 25, 2013. Here, we give you a heads up on the nutritional values of your favorite drinks and snacks at the coffee giant.

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Navistar International Corp. said Monday that its chief financial officer will leave the company in less than a week.

The number of renters has swelled nationwide following the collapse of the housing bubble. Some renters face stiffer competition for vacancies and higher rents. All renters who take the time to study the quirks of their ...

The U.S. government should help to develop a market for student loan borrowers to refinance high-cost debt in order to allow younger households to benefit...

Benchmark index in major swoon, down 47% so far this year; 'rough ride'

In the Internet era, when a company screws up it may face backlash by millions of people around the world. Stephen Andriole, professor at Villanova School of Business, and his co-authors at ListenLogic, a PA social media...

Americans don't pay much attention to Olympic sports during non-Olympic years, but track and field figures that could change for itself thanks to a 17-year-old named Mary Cain. With her second-place finish over the weeke...

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Although Apple has over $102.2 billion of profits offshore, it decided to borrow $17 billion to pay dividends because doing so was "tax advantaged." Does that give you an indication of how our tax policies have skewed th...

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Diversifying Among Actively Managed Funds Within An Asset Class Isn't The Smartest Bet (Rick Ferri...

A new version of Google Groups was released today. Users will have access to a new shared inbox feature and improved moderation tools.

When policy folks talk about America?s federal borrowing, their go-to measures are the public debt, currently $12 trillion, and its ratio to gross domestic product, which is approaching 75 percent. Those figures represen...

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