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Athens County's prosecutor announced Monday that he won't file charges against the man accused of raping a student on the street during Ohio University's homecoming festivities. Neither the male accused of rape nor the 2...

Lou Reed passed away this weekend at the age of 71. He'd been enjoying a relatively busy year, including embarking on a promo tour for a book of photos by legendary scenester Mick Rock, as well as reviewing Kanye West's ...

The BBC has a fantastic and — if you live in the U.S. — disturbing report on international broadband internet access. It turns out that America is not, as it sees itself, the foremost shining beacon of progress, spee...

The 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante is one of Neiman Marcus' highly coveted fantasy gifts this holiday season. The limited edition featured in the upscale retailer's Christmas Book costs a cool $344,500.

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Brace yourself: two more Chinese startups get ready to list this week in New York and produce some returns for starved venture capitalists.

The mainstream of Chinese culture is relentlessly urban. Yay for big shiny buildings, noisy streetscapes, big stores. Vistas of grandeur, fishing, hiking, physical exertion? Not so much. But that may be changing.

Looking to create local jobs for aborigines, a pastor builds a cultural attraction, teaching Taiwan all about the island's first inhabitants.

A proposed new Mexican tax on soft drinks and junk food may hurt consumption in Mexico, but is unlikely to put much of a dent in the net wealth of Mexico?s beverage barons -- who oppose it.

Flexibility and the ability to try new approaches on a core platform are some of the strongest attributes that open source software bring to the technology world. Unfortunately these attributes can also result in  a sca...

LG has officially announced a phone with curved glass, the G Flex. Curved glass, which could eventually lead to bendable phones, is a pretty neat concept. But the G Flex offers an even more interesting feature. LG claims...

Tesla could well come to be the 'Apple of automakers' in the years ahead.

As web publications cause circulation numbers for their print counterparts to dwindle and online platforms steal viewers from television broadcasts, content producers are scrambling to find ways to hold onto audiences. S...

My 35th wedding anniversary is rapidly approaching. It occurs to me that the definition of marriage has become far more complicated than it was from when I was first married. The various states have conflicting definitio...

The F.D.A.'s move to tighten restrictions for prescribing painkillers is a rare victory by lawmakers from states hard hit by prescription drug abuse over well-financed lobbyists for business and patient groups.     

In 1980 John Paul DeJoria was living in his car. Today, after creating Paul Mitchell shampoo and Patron tequilia, he's one of the world's richest people. Here are four start-up secrets from a marketing master.

If so, then we're looking for you. The search for America's Most Promising Companies, FORBES' list of the best young privately-held businesses in the country, begins today. Apply To This Year's List

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We get asked by web sites all the time to check the box to approve their privacy policies. Do you read them? I didn't think so. They're complicated and dull to read, and change all the time. Who can be bothered? Well, it...

A proposal by Clark County commissioners to ban news racks along the Las Vegas Strip is drawing criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union and rack owners.

Can professional executives survive in this fast-paced chaotic world where trends emerge and collide with increasing frequency to create instant industries that destroy the older Neanderthals? Do we need a new generation...

FreedomWorks endorsed Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) for Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-MS) Senate seat, according to an announcement from McDaniel's campaign.