Agloe, N.Y., is not a town in any real sense. Instead, it's among a number of fakes that mapmakers planted to foil plagiarists. It inspired John Green to write his book (and now movie) Paper Towns.
With a young, well-educated population, Iran has the potential to be a boom market for tech. But sanctions and negative political implications for doing business there seem to limit prospects.
In the state's agricultural Central Valley, planning is under way to transform peach and plum fields into Kings River Village, a solar-powered community that will send wastewater back into an aquifer.
NEW YORK - Three New York Yankees pitchers in the Dominican Summer League have been suspended 72 games each for positive tests under baseball's minor league drug program.
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Eva Longoria hit back at an Australian journalist who claimed the actress lied about her vision to land a Specsavers gig.
Ben Rumsby Inside Sport: Fight to use name of Youdan Trophy, which featured on Antiques Roadshow, could end in legal action
A 550-hp race-track hustler and off-roader in one machine — who doesn’t want that?
SAN ANTONIO - The WNBA suspended Danielle Adams of the San Antonio Stars for three games without pay for an unspecified violation of the league's anti-drug program.
Louis Tomlinson isn't backing down. At a July 28 One Direction concert, the singer was filmed lashing out at a piñata (we've all been there) adorned with record...
NSA whistleblower William Binney claims that the most prominent users of data collected by NSA are federal and international law enforcement agencies.
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NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- Whoopi Goldberg, Nicolle Wallace and Rosie Perez fiercely defended "The View" alum Elisabeth Hasselbeck Wednesday.
The great racing commentator, who understood the value of silence, was a fun-loving, chance-taking character to the end, writes Paul Hayward
The great racing commentator, who understood the value of silence, was a fun-loving, chance-taking character to the end, writes Paul Hayward
U.S. private equity firms racked up $125 billion of exits during the second quarter, the highest level on record and an 80% increase from first-quarter exits, according to industry trade group Private Equity Growth Capital Council.
Central Jail authorities have made the final preparations to execute 1993 bomb blast convict Yakub Memon, with work completed on a war footing on Wednesday.
GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Most of the world's top players are skipping the Quicken Loans National. Justin Rose wouldn't miss it — even if he weren't the defending champion.
GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Most of the world's top players are skipping the Quicken Loans National. Justin Rose wouldn't miss it — even if he weren't the defending champion.
GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Most of the world's top players are skipping the Quicken Loans National. Justin Rose wouldn't miss it — even if he weren't the defending champion.
The Willamette Chamber Orchestra is getting set for a pair of concerts this weekend with a distinct summertime feel — even if it includes a selection from Wagner.
The Manhattan, the daiquiri, the martini. These classic cocktails were all born between the 1860s and Prohibition, an era when American bartending got inventive — and theatrical.
Members of the Right to Rise executive committee have raised big money for Jeb Bush's super PAC and have big ties to the Bush family. Here's a look at who some of them are. Photo: AP.
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's second-quarter revenue barely squeaked past Wall Street's outsized expectations, sending its high-flying stock down in after-hours trading.
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's second-quarter revenue barely squeaked past Wall Street's outsized expectations, sending its high-flying stock down in after-hours trading.
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's second-quarter revenue barely squeaked past Wall Street's outsized expectations, sending its high-flying stock down in after-hours trading. While the results surpassed forecasts on all fronts, some investors may have been looking for a bigger beat, or simply cashing in on some profits as Facebook's shares have been trading near record highs. The world's largest online social network continued to expand its massive user base, reaching 1.49 billion monthly users as of June 30, up 13 percent from a year earlier.
