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Three Tennessee homecoming king nominees made a unanimous and touching decision that no matter who won they would give the crown to a beloved student with a genetic condition.

There are few things people do for their health that are harder than losing weight and keeping the weight off. In this week's Tweet Chat, we looked for advice from the experts as well as the general public on how to set ...

You'd think that after a lifetime in this business, I'd have seen thousands of memorable ads and commercials. Nope.

This article is by Derek Rucker, associate professor of marketing, and Tim Calkins, clinical professor of marketing, both at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard is sent off for kicking a ball boy during the Capital One Cup semi-final exit to Swansea.

Apple Inc reported quarterly revenue that slightly missed Wall Street expectations as sales of its flagship iPhone came in below target, sending its shares down more than 4 percent.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday that it has received court approval to borrow up to $844 million to finance the rest of its restructuring. The company wants to emerge from bankruptcy protection i...

Lack of sanitary drinking water leads to death and serious illness for thousands of people in the developing world each year. Many of the sick or deceased are children. Motivated to help solve this problem, students Kory...

Severe chest pains drove one man to do the unthinkable to receive the medical attention he desired. Stephen Espalin, a homeless 57-year-old man living in Florida, recently told a federal judge that he threatened to kill ...

Flash memory products company SanDisk this afternoon posted better-than-expected Q4 results.

Intel is bidding a fond farewell to the traditional desktop PC as the chip maker diverts the majority of its resources into the burgeoning smartphone, tablet, and ultrabook markets.

We breathe it. Why not drive it? Peugeot Citroen this week introduced a car that runs on air. The car manufacturer said the vehicle should be available by 2016. "We're quite confident," company spokesman Jean-Baptiste Th...

The sun launched a beautiful prominence today high into the corona today and a NASA space telescope was there to witness the event. ->

"Monty Python" actor John Cleese is doing everything he can to fund his pricy 2008 divorce from Alyce Faye Eichelberger. First, the British funnyman launched a stand-up comedy "Alimony Tour," then he moved to Monaco to s...

A Fox News host notorious for his skepticism made a controversial suggestion about climate scientists during an on-air debate this week. Fox's Brian Kilmeade became testy during his radio show Tuesday when a caller argue...

WASHINGTON -- Congress failed to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act last year, a first since the law's inception in 1994. But Senate Democrats reintroduced their bipartisan bill this week, with a twist that makes...

From EarthTechling's Nino Marchetti: High speed rail development here in the United States, particularly California, continues to limp along. Even as China recently opened its longest high-speed rail line as part of a gr...

Primavera Sound has announced the complete lineup for its 2013 festival, which takes place from May 22-26 in Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to previously announced headliners Blur, the festival features...

WASHINGTON -- A former CIA officer scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for leaking protected information said in an interview Wednesday that the suspected suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz demonstrates how aggres...

By Bethany Lyttle

Five people are accused of imprisoning disabled adults in a dank Philadelphia basement to steal their Social Security checks, a scheme that led to the murders of two of the victims, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday...

Unlike Jamie Dimon, I don't think people should stop picking on bankers. Lest we forget, UBS was fined $1.5 billion for manipulating LIBOR's rate structure and JPMorgan Chase dropped $6 billion in trading derivatives. Co...