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More than 600 people aboard Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas fell ill this past week. The suspected culprit: norovirus.

BitInstant was intended to provide a platform to quickly and easily turn traditional currencies into digital bitcoins.

Tom Perkins says he regrets the comparison to Nazi Germany but not the message.

Alzheimer's patients have higher levels of DDT breakdown products in their blood, researchers found.

Here are a few of the key issues that the science and technology sector will be paying attention to on Tuesday night.

New analysis of death and injury rates among U.S. children 19 years and younger shows that gunshot wounds send 20 kids to the hospital every day.

Rep. Mark Takano has called for more oversight of rental-backed securities, a new financial innovation introduced by Blackstone late in 2013.

Lorde is now a name to remember, after the 17-year-old won two Grammy awards Sunday night for her hit "Royals."

Respawn's "Titanfall" may release a beta version this Valentine's Day.

And other nuggets from the U.S. Secretary of State’s New Orleans visit to the auto dealers expo.

Countries with significant constraints on Internet use are losing out on average 2.5 percent of their annual GDP.

American Airlines should post a big revenue uptick, thanks to US Airways merger and increased winter travel.

Wall Street opened mixed on Monday, as investors weighed earnings from Caterpillar Inc. ahead of Apple Inc.'s results after the bell.

Nebraska has nation's highest rate of black homicide victimization, according VPC.

Cheap Chinese steel has led many U.S. traders to buy Chinese steel instead of U.S.-produced steel.

China's 2012 drilling in the South China Sea, with its first deep-water oil drilling rig, triggered tensions with the Philippines and Vietnam.

It remains to be seen whether US stocks can put last week’s woes behind them or if they will go the way of European and Asian stocks.

While delegates at the Syria talks in Switzerland reached a minor agreement, Homs continued to witness fighting and shelling.

The bill is named after Avonte Oquendo, 14, who ran away in October and was recently found dead.

Paris Hilton and Birdman arrived to the Grammys 2014 together on Sunday wearing risqué fashion.

It's not much to look at, but vintage status inspires big bidders; breaks previous record held by Legend of Zelda.