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The actress Shirley MacLaine is being portrayed as a woman whose mothering suffers in contrast to her talent and success as an entertainer. Maclaine's lookalike daughter, Sachi Parker, reveals secrets of her childhood in...

You have to hand it to Mercedes-Benz, it knows just who to go to when it wants to draw attention. In the case of its new entry-level 2014 CLA-Class coming this June, it's supermodel Kate Upton.

The Jodi Arias murder trial has cast a spotlight on the tight-knit Mormon community in Mesa, Ariz., and its strict social mores, including a ban on premarital sex.

Super Bowl history is littered with famous names and punctuated by iconic performances. Joe Montana, Terrell Davis, Jack Lambert ... and Betty White. That's right, Betty White. For those Super Bowl viewers who tune in mo...

When three brothers fell into Salmon Creek in southwest Washington, inmates working nearby dove into the freezing water to save them, The Columbian reports. "Just cause we're incarcerated, doesn't mean we're bad people. ...

New York City's ever-colorful, and ever-single former mayor died Friday at the age of 88. Ed Koch will be remembered for many things -- namely his financial savvy during the fiscally disastrous 1970s -- but among LGBT ad...

And we don't mean the chocolates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007. The index closed at 14,009.79 in New York trading this afternoon, up 149.21 points or more than 1 percent. Economic news stories...

Jobs report pushes stocks higher, with Dow closing above 14,000 mark

NEW DELHI -- Seychelles is flooding, Mali is parched, Kiribati is eroding and the one bright spot would seem to be the fact that the United States president finally uttered the words "climate change." Nations on the fron...

Between Washington's bans on Chinese wind power companies from setting up shop in some areas of the west coast, tariffs on solar panel makers and tire exporters, and constant nagging over the yuan, deep pocketed Chinese ...

Bills, Bills, Bills: Highlights from the State Capitols

Outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu's Parting Warning on Warming

A day after an explosion rocked its offices in Mexico City, Mexico's state-run oil giant Pemex says it's too early to speculate on the cause of the deadly blast.

It's easy for businesses to keep track of what we buy, but harder to figure out why. Enter a nascent field called neuromarketing, which uses the tools of neuroscience to determine why we prefer some products over others....

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 14,000 level for the first time since Oct. 12, 2007, as February got off to a fast start on the heels of an upbeat January.

First Read: Mark Sullivan, the director of the Secret Service, plans to step down, administration sources say.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's stock climbed to a new high Friday as Wall Street's best known indexes approached record territory, too. The shares of the Internet search leader peaked at $776.70 during the afternoon to e...

To get the job, first you have to look the part. Alfred Coffee & Kitchen, a little cafe that opened on Melrose Place Jan. 30, is doing its very best to fit in with high-fashion neighbors like Monique Lhuillier, Vince and...

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Ever since Apple Computers aired its "1984" commercial during that year's Super Bowl, advertisers have tried to achieve a similar effect. No company that has run a Super Bowl ad since Apple's ran almost 30 years ago has ...

New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz is coming off two straight 1,000-yard seasons and is currently a restricted free agent. The 26-year-old Pro Bowler caught up with The Huffington Post to talk about upcoming Super...