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Some 308,000 people (mostly youths) have left Ireland since 2009 (in a country with a population of only about 4.6 million).

Hispanic voters were more optimistic than white respondents, and black voters were the most optimistic.

Former Microsoft executive Jamen Shively wants to start the Starbucks of pot, which would be the first national brand of marijuana in the U.S.

Beyoncé reportedly told fans at her Oslo show that her new album will come in November.

Kim Dotcom scored another victory when a judge ordered police in New Zealand and the FBI in the U.S. to return personal data illegally seized in a raid.

A British nongovernmental organization documented more than a dozen cases of migrant workers enslaved on Thai fishing boats.

The currency's new low, 10.13 rand per U.S. dollar, is part of a broader investor sell-off in 20 emerging market currencies.

Goldman Sachs analysts said in a research report Friday that a mass sale of U.S. Treasury bonds is under way.

Move over Picasso. Works by a 20th century Chinese artist have sold for more than your works ever raked in. Lo siento, Pablo.

The banks have provided term loans to finance the Smithfield deal, the largest purchase of an American company by a Chinese company.

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s index on consumer sentiment came in unexpectedly stronger in May.

John Eastman, 45, of Waterbury, Conn., was arraigned Thursday for allegedly posing as One Direction band mate Harry Styles on Skype to lure underage girls to perform sexual acts.

Patrick Stewart explains his first pizza slice tweet, LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian are planning a TV show, and Justin Bieber has another alleged love child. Here are the hottest headlines and latest gossip on your favorite celebrities.

The American Heart Association, American Lung Association and several other health groups are asking at least two state attorneys to investigate a new Camel cigarette ad campaign.

If the United States intervenes in Syria, the cost of a no-fly zone might be more than the American public bargained for.

In two separate drug busts over the Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Customs officials were able to prevent more than $1 billion worth of cocaine headed to American shores.

The damage to U.S. household balance sheets has fallen disproportionately on minorities and the uneducated.

Is there a doctor on board? Turns out, most time fliers experience a midair medical emergency, a trained health professional is nearby.

The short reign of “naked-image” body scanners at U.S. airports came to a modest end this week, according to TSA.

An economic impact study by a pair of mineral developers who want to tap a valuable Alaskan mine faces skepticism from activists, who are backed by a recent EPA report.

The wheat trade is already being hit within hours of reports that unapproved genetically modified wheat has been found growing on an Oregon farm.