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Today in Pictures: Jan. 14, 2013

From Siri to NeXT, retracing Apple's biggest acquisitions over the years.

The Israeli government has denied any involvement in the attack that has killed a Palestinian.

High levels of pollution in northern China and the capital, Beijing, in recent days prompt calls for government action in state and social media.

Do your pruney fingers give you better grip in wet conditions? New evidence, and the story behind the science.

The Pentagon is preparing to provide military support to French forces in their new fight against rebel militants in Northern Mali. The U.S. is considering a range of options to including sending cargo aircraft to lift m...

The Queen is left standing after her Bentley fails to start first time at the Royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

The Regional Transportation Authority alleges United Aviation Fuels Corp., a subsidy of United Airlines, has operated a "sham" office in the DeKalb County community of Sycamore since 2001.

Jodie Foster's speech at the Golden Globes will definitely be the talk of the entertainment world tomorrow. Accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, she not only came out -- as a single woman -- but...

If you lost your Sprint cell phone, don't come knocking on the door of Wayne Dobson, 58.

Wall Street Journal employees began their day this morning with a bit of a headscratcher. (More of a head-to-toe scratcher, really.)

The Herbalife and AIG headline stories have prominent legal angles. It is tempting to invest in a stock on the premise that the courts will ultimately uphold the clear meaning of a law or contract. History teaches that t...

We now know that the 2012/2013 flu season will go down on record as one of the most severe in the past decade. While we haven't quite reached circa 2009 swine flu levels, the CDC is reporting that 47 states have "widespr...

WASHINGTON -- The wife of a California medical marijuana provider who is facing 10 years in prison after being indicted by federal authorities last year is appealing to President Barack Obama to end her family's "nightma...

When Jason Jones saw that one of his typically friendly customers hadn't picked up his mail in days and left no footprints on his snow-laden stoop, the postal worker started to worry. "I started noticing that something m...

Carl Icahn owns a 3.26% stake in Transocean and is looking to buy more, a press release showed on Monday, potentially making him one of the drilling company's largest shareholders.

A recruitment drive has begun to find up to 15,000 volunteers to help out at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

If you ask Bernie Madoff, Wall Street has a major pay problem on its hands. In a letter to CNBC from prison, the infamous Ponzi schemer wrote that signing bonuses, which Wall Street firms use to capture top staffers, are...

Mr Chavez's former deputy claims he is fighting for his life, but government officials insist his condition is improving.

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The layoffs came swiftly at JPMorgan Chase and Co. last week following the announcement that a much-maligned program meant to identify and compensate borrowers who were hurt by fraudulent foreclosures was being shut down...

Last week, I wrote the article below for the Wall Street Journal: Charlie Rose, the TV interview-show host, last month settled a class-action lawsuit against his production company for failing to pay college interns a mi...