Facebook is likely to begin its IPO roadshow next week, which would confirm several reports that the company will premiere on the public market sometime in mid-May.
A coalition of interest groups encompassing immigration advocates, organized labor groups and members of Occupy Wall Street gathered in Union Square on Tuesday afternoon for a May Day rally.
Houston-based oil ang gas giant ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has been fined $257 million to settle charges brought by the Chinese government following a massive oil spill. The company's Chinese venture partner, CNOOC Ltd., was also fined, to the tune of $76 million.
Tasers can cause cardiac arrest and even death, according to a new study.
Julia Bluhm is the teen protesting the use of airbrushing in photo shoots at Seventeen magazine. Here's 5 things you should know about the socially-conscious Maine girl who is already taking on the media's portrayal of women despite being only 14 years old.
Charles Taylor's conviction at the Hague was important for Sierra Leone, but it represents only a single step in the country's long journey toward lasting peace.
Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni announced her resignation Tuesday from the Israeli parliament weeks after losing the leadership of the centrist Kadima Party.
Dania Suarez, the Colombian escort made infamous by getting caught up in the Secret Service prostitution scandal last month, may now become even more famous, as rumors are abuzz that she is negotiating a deal to pose nude for Playboy or Hustler. View the slideshow to see photos of Dania Suarez.
President Barack Obama will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. EDT to announce an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, announced it'll invest $300 million into a new business with Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) to burnish the future of the Nook.
Tom Morello and his 'guitarmy' will play a free concert at NY's Union Square Park today at 4 p.m. alongside Immortal Techinque, Das Racist, Dan Deacon and other musicians. Watch the live stream here
The fire extinguisher that endured the brunt of New York Knicks Amar'e Stoudemire's anger fought back, with a Twitter handle yucking up Stoudemire's bad luck, a T-Shirt meant to get under the skin of Knicks fans and the first of likely many gif animations.
Repopulating oyster beds can help clean polluted waterways and provide a healthy habitat for other marine life.
Ron Paul and economist Paul Krugman faced off for the first time Monday in a debate video that is essential viewing for any fan of either Paul.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney ignored a heckler shouting Mitt Romney you're a racist! while he and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized Barack Obama for politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Stephanie Prezant, a Universirty of Delaware senior from Haworth, N.J., died on Sunday, April 29, after a climbing accident on Mohonk Mountain in New York. New York State Police say that Prezant, 22, was part of a group climbing on the Trapps Cliff section the of preserve on Sunday afternoon.
Amare Stoudemire is done for the series with lacerations in his hand, according to a report.
In spite of organizers providing free coffee and bagels, planned May Day demonstrations across New York convened by the loosely organized movement against social and economic inequality known as Occupy Wall Street got off to a wet, slow, sleepy start. Much like the day itself, however, the street actions began warming up into the late afternoon and, by lunchtime, seemed to be close to going into full swing.
Various Brooklyn-based contingents of Occupy Wall Street poured across the Williamsburg Bridge and into the Lower East Side on Tuesday morning, part of a New York City-wide effort to display the movement's vitality in commemoration of May Day.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief who faced sexual assault charges, failed to convince a New York judge that he has immunity from the civil suit against him from his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo.
The asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs (except for those that went on to become birds) may have just been the final blow for some species that were already on the decline, a new study claims.
All the May Day General Strike online live streams are compiled here for you to watch as the protests sweep the United States today, May 1.
