The sons of former prime minister Ariel Sharon, Gilad (L) and Omri (2nd L). Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner. All of his battled ended, Ariel Sharon, 85, was laid to rest on Sunday afternoon on a grassy hilltop over looking the Sycamore Ranch home he so loved ...
Amy Poehler landed a joke about slavery, Bono paid moving tribute to Nelson Mandela, Leonardo DiCaprio launched the term "Philomania," and Jacqueline Bisset, well, one doesn't like to conjecture but, in the end, she did leave the stage under her own ...
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The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer's sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.
You can offer a toast to this mega-deal for its sheer audacity. And its cultural smarts. With news that the Japanese whiskey and beer giant Suntory Holdings has agreed to purchase the maker of the legendary Jim Beam bourbon for $13.6 billion, another chunk ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The lawyer for a Memphis woman whose 7-week-old daughter has been missing for five days says abuse and neglect charges against her should be dismissed, but he is preparing for the possibility that they could be upgraded to ...
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - About half of New Jersey adults think Gov. Chris Christie knew his staff was involved in the "Bridgegate" scandal before e-mails became public last week, according to a new Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press Poll.
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"Octomom" Nadya Suleman, who drew international attention in 2009 when she gave birth to octuplets, could face years in jail for allegedly failing to disclose nearly $30,000 in earnings when she applied for welfare last year, prosecutors announced Monday.
A brother and sister, both under 10 years old, died after they were trapped inside a chest while playing in their Massachusetts home late Sunday, authorities said.
National Organization for Women supporters rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2013. Photographer: Allison Shelley/Getty Images.
Hearing arguments today in Washington, justices across the ideological spectrum questioned whether U.S. President Barack Obama complied with the Constitution when he appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board during a Senate ...
COLUMBUS: Ohio is opposing a condemned killer's request that the U.S. Supreme Court spare him because a jury never heard the full extent of his chaotic and abusive childhood.
WASHINGTON - A public policy group says a review of U.S. terrorist arrests shows the government's collection of bulk phone records does little to prevent terrorism, adding fuel to a debate over whether the spy program should be ended.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. George Miller, a San Francisco Bay area liberal and dean of the California congressional delegation, announced Monday that he will retire when his term ends, closing a 40-year career on Capitol Hill.
Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign kept a running list of allies and enemies that the candidate wanted to use to reward or punish colleagues, a new report claims.
The Weather Channel is using a letter from meteorologist Jim Cantore, who warns viewers will lose "potentially life-saving information" if DirecTV blacks it out.
(Changes source to school district, adds details, quotes). HOUSTON Jan 13 (Reuters) - A student was taken into custody after a possible explosive device was found near the premises of a Houston-area school on Monday, the Katy Independent School ...
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say one person died, one is hospitalized and one is missing after three people fell into the icy Chicago River shortly after midnight.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Maria Shriver on Tuesday will present President Barack Obama with a copy of her report on the economic status of women.
A former personal secretary to Imelda R. Marcos was sentenced on Monday to two to six years in state prison in New York for conspiring to sell Impressionist masterpieces belonging to the Philippine government that disappeared when Ferdinand Marcos was ...
Former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to charges that he filed a false federal income-tax return to illegally reduce his tax liability.
LOS ANGELES - A father and his two children died Monday after they were pulled from a fire at a Los Angeles residence that left the children's mother in grave condition.
You can offer a toast to this mega-deal for its sheer audacity. And its cultural smarts. With news that the Japanese whiskey and beer giant Suntory Holdings has agreed to purchase the maker of the legendary Jim Beam bourbon for $13.6 billion, another chunk ...
Stocks extended losses, with blue chips falling to a three-week low, as investors digested Friday's weak jobs data and awaited further guidance from earnings reports later this week.
The U.S. government ran a $53.2 billion surplus in December, signaling further improvement in the nation's finances. The surplus was the largest since September and a record for the month of December.
WASHINGTON - People signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's federal and state marketplaces tend to be older and potentially less healthy, officials said Monday, a demographic mix that could cause premiums to rise in the future if ...
The U.S. dollar fell against the yen, Australian dollar and other currencies Monday, as investors backed off on bullish bets on the greenback following disappointing jobs data last week.
SAN FRANCISCO - Genzyme, the Cambridge-based biotechnology company that has built a franchise around developing drugs to treat rare genetic disorders, is disclosing Monday that it will pay $700 million to buy a chunk of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Shares of Juniper Networks rallied Monday morning after shareholder Elliott Management unveiled what it called “value plan” for the networking gear company, although the proposal drew mixed reactions from analysts.
NEW YORK--Oil futures declined Monday after Iran said it would begin to curb its nuclear program later this month, sparking concerns the pact would add more crude to an already well-supplied market.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks sold off by mid-afternoon on Monday as lingering effects of disappointing jobs data weighed on markets while investors also booked profits ahead of earnings releases from large banks J.P Morgan and Wells Fargo.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Federal investigators have determined that 400,000 gallons of oil was lost last month when a train derailed and caught fire in North Dakota, according to a report released Monday.
The company's statement confirmed weekend reports, and while Total didn't confirm the amount it plans to invest, people close to the matter estimated the investment at $50 million.
A presentation by Airbus officials Monday in Blagnac, France. A strong recovery in demand for more fuel-efficient jets helped push Airbus ahead of its American rival, Boeing.
McKesson Corp. (MCK:US) said it failed to garner enough stakeholder support to buy Celesio AG (CLS1) and may pursue a joint venture with the European drug distributor.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Energy-related carbon dioxide pollution grew by 2 percent last year after declining several years in a row, a government report said Monday.
CHICAGO (AP) - As it looks to expand beyond the email daily deals business, Groupon has purchased online "flash-sale" retailer ideeli for $43 million in cash.
WASHINGTON Jan 13 (Reuters) - The United States is asking China to participate in formal talks over Chinese duties on U.S. high-tech steel exports following a World Trade Organisation dispute.
NEW YORK - Pizza Hut plans to start offering pizza by the slice for the first time in two test locations this week, as the chain looks to keep pace with trendy competitors offering quick, made-to-order pies.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Eminence Capital, LLC, which owns 4.9% of the common stock of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (JOSB), today delivered a letter to the JOSB Board expressing its support of an acquisition of JOSB by The Men's ...
IDG News Service - Google will add prices for Ryanair to its flight search engine, the CEO of the discount airline said in an interview published Sunday.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has ignored the rapidly growing Indian smartphone market for years. The Cupertino-based company began focusing on India last year, only after realizing that it can no longer stay ahead without solid presence in the Asian nation.
The phones show the phone in a protective cover with the Nokia logo emblazoned across the screen, while the other shows the first glimpse of Nokia's forked version of Android.
CES has now come to a close, and the ordered chaos which comes from one of the largest events in the industry has ended. As ever, CES was a show of contrasts.
10 months after its controversial release, the PC and Mac reboot of SimCity will allow offline play. Offline mode will arrive as part of the game's tenth update, due to be released soon.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Snapchat has issued another mea culpa to users of the popular messaging service. Venice Beach, Calif.-based Snapchat on Monday said it had received complaints over the weekend of a jump in Snap Spam on its service, which allows ...
... larger. - Advanced Sport Sedan Concept emphasizes next-generation design and sporty style in North American International Auto Show debut - Highly emotional and energetic design direction, including new V-Motion front aspect and "floating" roof, to be ...
The tussle between taxi drivers and new driving services like Uber has been well documented. In Paris, the turf war is ongoing, with Uber fighting a new French law that would protect traditional taxi services.
The mobile world is growing at breakneck pace, according to the latest data from app analytics company Flurry: usage of apps on average doubled over the last year, and some categories posted even greater gains.
With the recent Dropbox outage, CBR looks at what other cloud storage solutions are out there. This weekend, the Dropbox website suffered an outage that was originally claimed to be a result of a hacker DDOS attack.
Dreaming of striking it rich with your great mobile app idea? Don't bank on it. While a few big names are raking in big bucks with their smartphone and tablet apps, the reality is that most developers aren't so successful.
Matt Mullenweg swaps roles with current Automattic CEO Toni Schneider. It may be because Mullenweg's now 30, and he thinks twenty-somethings shouldn't run companies.
An early benchmark of NVIDIA's Tegra K1 system-on-chip (SoC), which was announced at CES 2014, shows the new mobile processor may potentially be “the next big thing in SoCs” this year, as Tom's Hardware puts it.
Here we are looking at another new Glassware, this one is called the DriveSafe app for Glass. Based on the name, you probably know exactly what this app does, but it aims to help keep drivers from falling asleep while driving.
Ultra HD 4K was a big hit at CES 2014 with big, curved 105-inch screens from both Samsung and LG, as well as notable additions from other manufacturers including Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic.
Ford Motor Co.'s new F-150 truck, unveiled Monday in Detroit, uses a lot more aluminum than it used to. That is a welcome development for aluminum producers and investors given the price has been falling fairly steadily for almost three years.
Rhode Island resident Lisa Kondvar remembers her mother as a beautiful, small and vivacious blonde, so she was shocked to see the body of a tall brunette woman lying in the casket at her mother's wake in New Jersey. FULL STORY
