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More than a quarter of California currently falls into the "exceptional drought category," which is the most severe.  Last week we published a photo of Folsom Lake, which is northeast of Sacramento in northern Californ...

You may never be an Oscar winner but you can pose for a selfie like the best of them! Ellen DeGeneres (with help from Bradley Cooper) posted this A-list selfie to Twitter last night at the Oscars. It swiftly became the m...

"12 Years A Slave" actress Lupita Nyong'o has beaten out Jennifer Lawrence to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Nyong'o plays an abused cotton-picking slave in the Steve Mcqueen film. "12 Years A Slave" is the ...

The 86th annual Academy Awards were filled photobombs, selfies, pizza, and a lot of throwbacks to "The Wizard of Oz." There was no big flashy beginning this year, but at three-and-a-half hours long the Academy Awards did...

The White House conceded Sunday night that Russia had full operational control of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine, but senior U.S. officials painted the picture of a weak, soft Russian President Vladimir Putin who stood...

By winning the League Cup final, Manchester City now has 12 major trophies in the club's 134-year history. Manchester City now ranks eighth all-time in trophies won among English soccer clubs, breaking a tie with Newcast...

Rising military tensions on the border between Ukraine and Russia have sent global markets into a tailspin of risk aversion to begin the week. S&P 500 futures are down 0.8%, while 10-year U.S. Treasury futures are up 0.4...

Benedict Cumberbatch may have just taken the crown for photobombs. While U2 gathered together for a photo op, the "Sherlock" and "12 Years A Slave" actor jumped high to make sure he made his way into their photo. Perfect...

The 86th annual Academy Awards commence at 8:30pm EST. Watch below as stars like Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence take the red carpet beforehand.   Get More: Oscars 2014, Oscar Winners SEE ALSO:�...

As Russian troops roll in, Ukraine's second-richest man, Victor Pinchuk, must choose between his head and heart.

A clinical trial due to be completed by year-end will determine whether Pfizer applies for U.S. regulatory approval for Lipitor to become the first OTC version of a statin.

Standard Chartered is nearing deals to sell roughly a half-dozen units in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, amid an emerging-markets slowdown.

Activist investor Carl Icahn is, once again, out with a new letter to eBay shareholders. Icahn has been going back and forth with eBay board member Marc Andreessen. And in the new letter, he doesn't pull punches. Andree...

Two days after publishing his annual letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett is on speaking on CNBC with Becky Quick. Equity fund managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler will also be on later in an extremely rare appearance....

Cate Blanchett wins the Best Actress Oscar for "Blue Jasmine." This is the second Oscar win for the actress. Blanchett previously won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2005 for "The Aviator." Blanchett beat out Sandra B...

    Municipal recycling in New York City is more complicated than the process in any other city in the world. Tom Outerbridge, the General Manager of SIMS Municipal Recycling, explains the intricacies of tackling not j...

We live in a culture where youth and beauty are prized — even for men. "Over the last three to five years, there's been a huge boom is men's aesthetic surgery," Dr. Douglas Steinbrech, a Manhattan-based plastic surgeon...

I am a woman who straddles two seemingly opposing worlds, technology and fashion. Yet they are not so different from each other. Both have creativity at their core, both rely on the ability to imagine the impossible, bot...

Catalina, a Florida company that uses digital media to help supermarket chains and consumer brands drive customer loyalty, said that Boston-based investment firm Berkshire Partners LLC has agreed to acquire majority cont...

Markit's U.S. purchasing managers' index came in at 57.1 in February, which was a bit higher than the 56.7 expected by economists. This is up from 53.7 in January. Any reading above 50 signals growth. Here are the key po...

How to avoid a bozo explosion.

The list of the world's billionaires has risen to new heights, with many more women joining the ranks of the ultrawealthy, according to Forbes' annual ranking, released Monday.Microsoft founder Bill Gates returned to the...