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Late today, the Treasury Department announced that it will delay the "employer mandate" in Obamacare for one year. This is the provision of the law that requires large employers to provide health insurance to full-time e...

Last night, ex-NYU professor Heleen Mees was arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing chief Citi economist Willem Buiter. We later found out that the two were apparently acquainted at least as far back as 2008, as M...

Following increasing pressure from veterans, Florida's Sanford Police Department announced Wednesday it would discontinue use of military ribbons in their award system. Combat veteran Jeremiah Workman first noticed the r...

Amanda Seyfried has come a long way from her soap opera days. Since her role in last year's "Les Misérables," Seyfried takes on her most adult role yet in the story of porn star Linda Lovelace. Lovelace of course went o...

The older authority figure wins the trust of the young target by cultivating a false friendship, having heart-to-heart conversations, giving gifts, offering protection. And then the sex ensues, sometimes forced, sometime...

While lunar images have proven that the American flags planted during the Apollo missions are still standing on the moon, lunar scientists have now said that they probably no longer hold the iconic stars and stripes -- r...

Average US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 4.29 percent after hitting 2-year high

Rate-your-company startup Glassdoor released the results of an employment confidence survey which showed that just one in five employees rate "office perks" as important.

Under Sandiaga Uno, Saratoga is the first private equity firm to go public in Indonesia.

An undocumented migrant who suffered horrific injuries in a savage beating by a bouncer has been awarded $58 million, one of the largest ever payouts by a California court, his lawyer said Wednesday. Antonio Lopez Chaj, ...

Yahoo has acquired email inbox sanity provider Xobni for $30 to $40 million. Xobni announced the acquisition on its blog today -- as well as the fact that no premium product purchases will be accepted going forward.

Payments startup Braintree is on a mission to conquer the European market before competitors or clones.

Rock Health's midyear funding report found that investment in digital health startups is growing, but not as quickly as in previous quarters.

It's different to rationally know that a Barbie doll's figure is based on wishful -- and anatomically impossible -- thinking, and then see the gaping disparity between what the doll and an average woman would look like s...

Douglas Engelbart, who invented the graphical user interface, the mouse, and a score of other pioneering computing tools, has passed away.

Motorola is following in Microsoft's footsteps.

Thalmic says that whether a developer is accepted into the pilot program for third parties will depend on several factors, such as compatibility with early APIs and the details of the ideas themselves.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Across-the-board budget cuts are leaving federal agencies with fewer firefighters and less equipment to battle the nation's wildfires this summer.

Boston University is seeking a ban on all iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air sales based on a patent dating back 22 years ago that runs out in two years.

Guest Post Here are the five most important metrics you need to focus on to improve and maintain healthy engagement.

Fitly takes the pain points out of healthy eating by providing families with healthy meal ideas, online ordering, free grocery delivery, and simple preparation instructions.

If you don't want American spy agencies to spy on your Google searches, don't use Google, says Germany's privacy head.