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When you first walk in, you'll be amazed by just how gorgeous the home is. Hardwood floors, modern-day appliances, black granite countertops, and a beautiful outdoor patio with a hot tub for up to several people. You may...

SEATTLE (AP) -- For marijuana dispensaries around the country, the days of doing business in cash -- driving around with bill-stuffed envelopes to pay the rent, or showing up at a state revenue office with $20,000 in pap...

An L.A. proposal would nearly double the minimum wage paid to workers at large hotels, but owners and managers say it could lead to job cuts.On the road to Los Angeles International Airport in the pre-dawn dark, Inez Lun...

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis turned out for a peaceful demonstration on Saturday, according to Reuters.

After a disappointing performance thus far at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the U.S. speedskating team wants to return to the ice Saturday in an older Under Armour suit — the same one that scored them impressive results a...

Like it or not, Obamacare put the IRS in the health care business. Now, a huge new slug of IRS Final Regulations has hit the books defining full-time employees that employers must cover. Under the Affordable Care Act, an...

The United States and China promised Saturday to cooperate more closely in combatting climate change following a visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

If you already own a mega yacht, the next big investment is the support yacht. It's nearly as long and sails alongside your primary yacht, carrying helicopters, jet skis speedboats, and submarines on its empty upper dec...

Things get pretty wild in the Senate during Season 2 of "House Of Cards," which came out Friday on Netflix. If you haven't watched though the end of the third episode of the new season, consider this a fair warning that ...

President Barack Obama says the U.S. has to stop thinking of water as a "zero-sum" game and must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone's water needs are satisfied.

Just 87 votes at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee separated the United Auto Workers union from what would have been its first successful organization of workers at a foreign automaker in the South.

Cuba will no longer process visas for U.S. travel to the country, The Hill reported on Saturday.

Playing host to the Olympics or World Cup can showcase an ambitious country's rise and cast a harsh light on its weaknesses.

Genevieve Bell, an anthropologist at Intel who leads a globe-trotting team, is trying to learn what consumers want most in their future electronics.     

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway joined the investment frenzy around cable companies, disclosing that it scooped up shares in John Malone's international holding company Liberty Global in the fourth quarter.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have rejected the United Auto Workers union. The 712 to 626 vote is a devastating blow to the union and its efforts to organize other Southern plant...

BEIJING (AP) -- The major city of Guangzhou in southern China closed its live poultry markets on Saturday for two weeks to halt the spread of the H7N9 strain of bird flu.     

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc eliminated its stake in Dish Network Corp in the fourth quarter and added a stake in financial giant Goldman Sachs, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.

The Japanese exchange Mt. Gox has long been one of the Bitcoin community's most prominent institutions. It has also been one of its biggest PR headaches. In 2011, the value of a bitcoin soared from less than $1 to more t...

West Liberty in eastern Iowa has been chosen as the site of new restaurant that will open as part of an annual contest that plies winners with financial and other…

Occidental Petroleum is re-evaluating its four-year relationship with top oil trader Andy Hall after deciding to pull back from placing bets on the direction of crude and other commodity prices.

Founder of the new mobile sensation that lets you post anonymous missives to your contacts, says Secret will do more to help people connect and also remain private.