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This new spot produced by a Marine Corps combat camera unit totally lampoons the government shutdown (and the sequester for that matter). In it, the Marine Corps is feeling the pinch, so it's time to sacrifice a few thin...

Investors have put $1.16 billion into Twitter since it was founded by Ev Williams and Biz Stone back in 2006. Go directly to our list of Twitter millionaires » The company has also shelled out $640 million in cash and s...

Today is National Diversity Day in America — a day to celebrate and come together no matter our race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality or disability. It's also a time to remember that the U.S.'s d...

Steven G. Mandis of Columbia Business School discusses his book, "What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences."

With the release of Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity," it appears the portrayal of outer space in science fiction is about to take another huge leap forward. From all accounts so far, the special effects and visions of outer sp...

Asian shares trade lower, giving way to rising political uncertainties in the U.S. and putting Japan's benchmark Nikkei briefly below the 14,000 mark for the first time in nearly a month.

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) -- Some Maine residents are raising concerns about L.L. Bean's plans to build a new 7,200 square-foot lodge to expand its paddling center.     

The former head of sales and marketing at Miami-based Azamara Club Cruises is taking a higher-profile job at the luxury Crystal Cruises.

Which is quieter, ninjas or Navy SEALs? Six (nearly 7) year-old Walker Greentree is a kid in a military family, and he was pretty determined to find out the answer, so he wrote to Admiral William McRaven. McRaven is head...

When Susan Bennett, a voice actress from the suburbs of Atlanta, first heard Siri on Apple's website, she says it was "a little creepy." It was her voice, or so she and a number of her peers tell CNN's Jessica Ravitz. "I...

WASHINGTON -- Andrea Sloan, 45, had been down to one good lung. Fluid had started to build up in the other, the right one, and it had to be drained once a week. "I literally can't breathe," she told The Huffington Post l...

The federal government will take down a critical part of HealthCare.gov, the Obamacare web portal, for a portion of the coming weekend as programmers feverishly work to fix major glitches that are impeding enrollment and...

Shares of Potbelly Corp. have more than doubled in their market debut.

Michael Jordan has been doing a lot of promotion for the new video game NBA 2k14. Out today is an extensive interview with the former NBA star. Jordan talks about his career, compares the NBA now to the NBA he played in,...

This week's jury verdict sent shock waves through Michael Jackson fans who were hoping to see concert promoter AEG Live held at least partially responsible for Michael Jackson's death.  Many expressed outrage at the ver...

A flood of self-published books washes ashore. Bestseller prices are down significantly. Bad grammar speeds through the ether at a faster pace than ever before.  This should be a dreadful year for publishers.  Only it'...

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Motors Inc, defended the safety performance of electric cars on Friday, three days after a battery fire in a Tesla Model S helped sparked a decline in the automaker's market value....

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Outerwall, parent of Redbox and Coinstar, now counts with Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners as its major shareholder. Jana intends to go activist on Outerwall.

Jonathan Shell acknowledges that smoking isn't good for you, but he says growing 190 acres of burley tobacco on his family's farm in Lancaster, Ky., has provided a long list…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A North Carolina congresswoman who said she needed her paycheck during the government shutdown now says she won't cash the check until the shutdown ends.     

Google will debut its new wearable computer Saturday at Durham's American Tobacco Campus.