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A federal judge ruled Friday that an overwhelmingly white, wealthy Long Island village illegally tried to keep minority families from living there.

A 20,000-square-foot mansion in Colts Neck, N.J. is listed for $34,999,000, which makes it the most expensive home currently on the market in New Jersey.  Besides its impressive size and price, the 9-bedroom house is al...

It's been a big year in consumer tech.  Let's take a look at some of the best startups that launched this year. How do we define best? Well, we kept things in mind like great growth, promise, VC interest, and actual rev...

ESPN cancelled Ron Burgundy hosting SportsCenter on Thursday, but they released the full uncensored interview with quarterback Peyton Manning online. Manning's reactions were absolutely priceless (See the full video belo...

As a teenager, Jack Dorsey developed dispatch routing software for taxi cabs. During this time, he was intrigued by the way taxis could briefly update others on their whereabouts. Soon, he began to contemplate developing...

The design and screen printing program at the Keith Center in Brockton pushes students to use their creativity to produce a product, said Robert Leary, who teaches the course.

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. In his book Start With Why Simon Sinek says "People don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it." Finding your "why" before communicating your "what" or your "ho...

PowerUp 3.0, a device that lets you control paper airplanes with a smartphone app, is becoming the must-have new toy, though, sadly, it won't be  available in time for Christmas. That hasn't stopped people from lining u...

Barry Bonds' mansion in L.A., first offered at $25 million, is now listed for $23.5 million. The former San Francisco Giants slugger bought it in 2002 for $8.7 million. The 17,000-sq. ft. home and 2-story guesthouse sits...

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Ask just about anyone who manages an animal shelter and they will tell you pit bulls are difficult to find homes for and their kennels are full of them, more than all other breeds combined.    �...

The Google-backed genetics company 23andMe will no longer be providing personalized health analyses to consumers based on their DNA samples in an effort to comply with a federal safety warning. When the Food and Drug Adm...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- As Gov. Henrique Capriles campaigned for president of Venezuela last April, he couldn't venture more than a few steps without being hounded by dozens of sharp-elbowed cameramen and photographer...

A $114 million contract to build three more Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned surveillance aircraft was announced back in September, despite the Air Force not even wanting them. Facing budget cuts and wanting to save so...

(Reuters) - AT&T has asked regulators to let it ignore a shareholder request for details of its customer-information sharing with government agencies, a move that could forestall a heated debate at the telecommunications...

Two people familiar with the negotiations say outfielder Carlos Beltran and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $45 million, three-year contract.

Graduating from college and entering the real world can easily put you in a state of anxiety. You may have the world at your feet, but that world involves dealing with money -- something many of us were never really taug...

(Adds Cuba objection, WTO risk) NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec 7

This otherwise typical New England Colonial has two unusual features that set it off from its neighbors in this quiet section off the VFW Parkway. One, the two-car garage has been converted into a very large one-bedroom ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials have approved a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences Inc. that is expected to offer a faster, more palatable cure to millions of people infected with the liver-d...

A newly finalized U.S. rule would grant wind farms and other projects 30-year exemptions from prosecution for accidentally kill federally protected eagles provided they take steps to avoid such kills.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge refused to block a merger between American Airlines and US Airways on Friday, saying a bankruptcy judge correctly rejected arguments made by a lawyer for some consumers.     

Protesters may be staging anti-government rallies, but behind the scenes an equally fierce tug-of-war is being waged among a small group of ultra-wealthy businessmen.