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Conspiracy theories abound over two bleached American Flags planted atop the Brooklyn Bridge, but the whodunit has the NYPD stumped.

Coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash and Israeli invasion of Gaza lifted CNN, but Fox News still dominates.

Unsubstantiated rumors say the celebrity power couple may be on the outs, but a PR expert said that both of their brands are "too big to fail."

In the wake of a plane shot down over eastern Ukraine, fraudsters are already on the prowl.

The now-infamous phone rep who wouldn’t let Ryan Block cancel his Comcast account wasn’t just pushy. He was lying.

Power outages in the U.S. have skyrocketed nearly 300 percent since the '80s.

Amid consolidation mania, a merger for Time Warner is likely, but not everyone wants to work for Rupert Murdoch.

It's not too late to comment on the future of net neutrality: After its website crashed, the FCC extended the online comment period through Friday.

Cable customers may be ready to cut the cord, but companies aren’t ready to let them.

After her parents allegedly cut her off, a University of Pittsburgh student launched a GoFundMe campaign to pay for tuition.

In a decisive statement on gun violence, Archie Comics will kill off its title character -- but there's more to the story.

Forget Kimye: Single-copy sales of the Lupita Nyong'o cover of Vogue are up despite a major disruption in magazine distribution.

Jill Abramson has spoken out about her firing at the New York Times, and some of the biggest stories the paper did and didn't cover under her tenure.

Lawmakers mull legislation to combat rogue Elmos and Minnies, but copyright and First Amendment questions loom.

Would-be cooks are storming the Kickstarter kitchen after an Ohio man raised more than $52,000 to make potato salad.

A vociferous boycott effort over Anthony Cumia’s firing is likely to have little effect on satellite-radio company SiriusXM.

Company says Kendall Jones’ safari images promote poaching of endangered species.

Kick off your soccer viewing with booze on Friday, as the World Cup 2014 enters the quarter-finals.

Some tech investors say the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Tinder could encourage more gender parity in the industry.

A class-action lawsuit accuses Twitter of sending illegal texts to recycled phone numbers without the owners’ consent.

Some users feel violated after learning they were part of a secret study, but a legal challenge would be tricky.

The government is likely to subsidize contraceptives, but Justice Ginsberg predicts a wave of religious freedom claims.

Despite the worrisome statistics, illegal displays are often touted as tradition.

Americans are watching the World Cup in record numbers. Here’s why.

CEOs for AT&T and DirecTV made their case to antitrust policymakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Sunday’s 2-2 game may be the most-watched soccer match ever on American television.

Commercial featuring a narcolepsy joke has been set to “private” on YouTube following complaints by people with the condition.

The social network is expanding its long-form publishing tool, but not everyone wants to know when their connections use it.

The New York Times canceled Joe Nocera's popular "The Gun Report" blog last week, days after his assistant filed a salary grievance.