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Russia has invaded the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and and is in the process of solidifying control of the isolated Black Sea region.  Only eight days ago, Ukraine's parliament deposed President Viktor Yanukovych afte...

For 13 years, Mexico's most powerful drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman lived on the run, staying well ahead of authorities. But it was one slipup — an associate of his being caught on a wiretap — that led to his...

Want a different perspective on the crisis in Ukraine? Check out RT.com, the state Russian broadcaster that's tasked with improving Russia's image abroad (AKA: propaganda). The top stories currently are about how Crimea ...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln course will help farmers and registered crop advisers learn to manage pests better.

Volvo is showing off a gorgeous concept station wagon at the Geneva Motor Show next week, but the most important bit isn't what the car looks like — it's what's inside. According to the Swedish automaker, the "most str...

In this OECD chart of life expectancy vs. per-capita healthcare spending (tweeted by Conrad Hackett), one nation is clearly different than all the rest: The United States. The U.S. has by far the highest per-capita healt...

MEXICO CITY -- It is a tale of two cities that became one. Separated by a mere 23 miles and a border, San Diego and Tijuana have merged into one common metropolitan area. Residents from both towns roam around it to their...

(Reuters) - Britain's revenue collector is preparing to abort its plans to tax Bitcoin trading only days after the currency's leading exchange, Mt Gox, collapsed after losing almost $500 million of customer deposits to h...

Since the financial crisis, liberals have been correct that the proper economic remedy was aggressive monetary and fiscal policy. But things are changing. Economists increasingly think the job market is getting tight and...

Repealing Michigan's rarely enforced ban against scalping tickets is, on its face, an effort to help out the average customer looking to sell a few unused tickets to a game or concert.

Chinese households have an overwhelming share of their assets in their homes, and any slump in prices could lead to widespread anger, findings say.     

Americans, including student borrowers and would-be homeowners, are again becoming comfortable with taking on more red ink. Personal debt levels are rising again, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of...

It's almost Oscar night, so let's celebrate some of the smart, talented female Oscar winners from Hollywood's Golden Age, including Mary Pickford, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rita Moreno.

One of an entrepreneur's biggest challenges is knowing how to explain their idea simply, quickly, and in a way that grabs an investor's attention, and convinces them that its worth betting on. You often only have one cha...

Lobbying behind closed doors, Washington's largest health insurance company persuaded Republicans in the state Senate to gut a widely supported bill that aimed to reveal health care price and quality information to consu...

This post has been updated. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior administration official says Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Tuesday to meet with government officials. Kerry's trip come...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Residents in three California foothill communities headed home Sunday after a powerful storm that threatened to unleash mud on neighborhoods beneath unstable hills scarred by recent wildfires.    �...

Guest Post: There are more parallels than you'd think.     

After losing $473 million worth of Bitcoins, the failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is finally offering a way for former users to ask questions about what remains of their digital currency. The site announced today that it�...

It's time for the 2014 Oscars!  While we at Trial & Heirs won't make any Oscar predictions, we can look back at past Oscar winners like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Heath Ledger, Frank Sinatra, and Marlon B...

About two-thirds of nearly 1,000 business owners surveyed recently by Pepperdine University’s Private Capital Markets Project expect to transfer their ownership in the next 10 years. But will those owners be able to se...

Guest Post: Software developers are the superheroes of the startup world, and Silicon Valley can't seem to get enough of them.