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Former NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Drew Bledsoe is selling his home in Bend, Ore. for $9.95 million according to Pursuitist. The rustic-style home sits on 10 acres of land in a gated community. The home has seven bedrooms, ...

The quadriplegic Iraq War veteran who wrote an open letter to President George W. Bush before announcing he would choose to end his life amid unbearable physical and emotional pain has changed his changed his mind, NPR r...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bombing targeting soldiers on patrol and a drive-by shooting, killed at least 14 people Sunday, officials said. The day's deadliest attack happened in the northern...

Closing of Dominick's stores, firing of Groupon CEO make the listIt's usually hard to select the 10 most memorable stories in Chicago business, because the local economy is diverse and overflowing with corporate narrativ...

Companies Abt Associates of Bethesda appointed Christopher Spera vice president of its health division. Array Information Technology of Greenbelt appointed Marty Heinrich director. Association of State and Territorial He...

John Hendricks founded the Discover Channel in 1985. Now, as the chairman of Discovery Communications, the world's top nonfiction media company, he supervises 27 entertainment brands that appear on more than 100 channels...

Mary-Dell Chilton's biotech research has revolutionized the way farmers can grow their crops. A pure love of science has fed her career for more than 50 years.

Some cautions for investors when using financial models…

Marissa Mayer is getting her 2014 off to a flying start. The Yahoo! CEO is headed to Las Vegas to deliver the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show on...

Over the bustling post-Christmas weekend, Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" continued to lead the box office, landing in the No. 1 slot for the third weekend in a row.

A gay Tennessee man who claimed to have been robbed and beaten inside his health food shop has been charged with filing a false report. The Paris Post-Intelligencer reports that 32-year-old Joe Williams was arrested Dec....

DENVER (AP) -- A man suspected of killing three people and setting fire to a home in southern Colorado has been captured in Oklahoma after a nationwide manhunt, authorities said Sunday.     

Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort Still Owes Restitution, and Some Victims Could Collect.

It's almost New Year's Eve. Do you know where your hangover cure is? A young New York pharmacist, Stanley George, is creating buzz with a namesake pharmacy on the Lower...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress said Sunday they weren't impressed with Edward Snowden's recent publicity blitz calling for an end to mass surveillance and declaring that he's already accomplished his mission. Dem...

The market value of the world's major stock markets rose by more than $6 trillion in 2013 -- and Ireland's listed stocks were among the best performers with a collective jump in market capitalization of more than 70% ove...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Increasingly vocal in its frustration over U.S. policies in the Mideast, Saudi Arabia is strengthening ties elsewhere, seeking out an alignment that will bolster its position after it ...

GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa college known for liberal activism is welcoming an unlikely neighbor: one of the nation's largest suppliers of high-capacity ammunition magazines and accessories for assault rifles and othe...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The countdown to the new year in Times Square is getting some high-profile help -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR'). The organizers of the annual celebration announce...

A Swedish gamer is attempting to play the classic Atari game Missile Command for 100 hours straight. In March, 27-year-old economics student Victor Sanberg broke the high score record, which was set in in 1982, over 56 ...

Social enterprise Violet Health wants to eliminate maternal anemia in India with an iron-enriched cookie.

The excerpt below comes from our recent full-length interview with Brian Pereira, CEO of Visterra Inc. We sit with Brian as he shares how Visterra is using a proprietary platform to engineer new antibodies to combat infl...