President Obama has removed one of the last obstacles to oil drilling in the Arctic and granted Shell permission to develop new exploratory wells that could bring the company enormous profits.
The United States manufactures more guns now than it ever has before, according to a new report on firearms commerce from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Just minutes after rumors of Axel Springer Verlag's interest in buying The Financial Times were flatly denied, Marketwatch reports that Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei said Thursday that it is buying Financial Times from U.K. publishing group Pea
The EU accused six top Hollywood studios and the Sky TV pay channel on Thursday of breaching antitrust laws, in the latest salvo in Brussels' efforts to break down digital barriers in Europe.
The streets of downtown Austin are stirring blearily to life as the turducken street taco that is SXSW--a weeklong tech expo wrapped inside a film festival and finished off with a music showcase--shakes off the previous night's revelry.
In March of this year, 25-year-old Providence escort and mother of three, Ashley Masi, posted an ad on Backpage, a Craigslist-esque message board website where one can find everything from old furniture to 15-minute blowjobs for sale.
BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has opened for operations in Shanghai, and will seek to deploy its $50 billion initial capital to fund infrastructure and sustainable development projects.
AshleyMadison, a website that helps individuals hook up for affairs, has been hacked. The site claims to serve over 37.5 million users, and the hackers responsible say that the stolen data includes customer information including real names and addres
When Pope Francis used his bully pulpit to speak out about climate change, conservative global warming deniers were quick to dismiss him. U.S. Sen. James Inhofe said, "The pope ought to stay with his job, and we'll stay with ours."
Last week, former Secretary of Education and US Senator Lamar Alexander wrote in the Wall Street Journal that a college degree is both affordable and an excellent investment.
SPERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA--
At Cooter's, a store in rural Sperryville, Virginia, about 120 kilometers west of Washington, D.C., Confederate flags sell briskly.
Des Moines doesn't have a reputation for being particularly hip … or space-constrained. In this city of a bit more than 200,000 people, you can buy a three-bedroom house for less than $150,000 and find yourself a short drive from acres of rolling
Under pressure from shareholders, company promised eight years ago to stop funding climate denial but financial and tax records tell a different story.
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