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The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that allows firearms owners with concealed weapons permits to carry concealed guns across state lines.

There are certain values and vows I hold sacred, said Demi

As Occupy Wall Street enters its third month and its members try to regroup from Tuesday's police raid of Zuccotti Park, Occupy Vermont protesters are suggesting that the movement use the eviction as an opportunity to move into a new phase. But is that the best strategy?

Verizon and unions representing landline employees are working through issues such as job security, healthcare and retirement benefits.

Hathaway has been filming Dark Knight Rises

A rare look at Beyonce's personal life, including her wedding dress.

Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez will be the focus at Sports Authority Field

Sensing that end is nigh for their favorite vampire romance franchise, members of Team Edward and Team Jacob will flock to the movie theaters this weekend to see The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.

Poker News Report says defrauded players are getting anxious

Three men accused of stealing more than a quarter of a million dollars from 1,500 people have been arrested. The men had installed card-reading devices and surveillance video cameras on Chase ATMs near Union Square in January.

German fashion house Hugo Boss AG expects good business in the United States and Europe this holiday season

Google, Facebook, Mozilla, Yahoo, Twitter, eBay, AOL, LinkedIn and Zynga wrote a joint letter to Congress, urging the House of Representatives to prevent the Stop Online Piracy Act from becoming law.

In what appears to be a rapidly developing trend, Chinese visitors to the United States are being noticed more for the flash of their newly-bought designer bags than that of their Nikons. Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF), Coach, Inc. (NYSE:COH) and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) are just a few of the companies in the luxury retail sector that have recently noted how higher revenue at their North American operations has largely been boosted by Chinese shoppers on vacation.

The White House issued a statement on Thursday after Benetton's 'Unhate' ad campaign featured a digitally altered picture of Obama kissing two of his perceived enemies.

New York City's legislative branch is crawling with politicians who are under state and city investigations, accused of various corruption and fraud crimes or allegedly engaged in unethical behavior.

There’s been an upsurge of reporting on the happenings of young Americans. If the news isn’t reporting on the recession’s impact on fresh graduates, they’re noting that young Americans are marrying later in life and suffering from what some call “failure to launch syndrome.” As the New York Times so recently, and aptly, asked: “What is it about Twenty-Somethings?”

The cause and manner of death for Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the 22-year-old co-founder of Diaspora, is still pending Amy Hart, chief medical examiner at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco told the International Business Times on Thursday.

Stocks fell sharply in early afternoon on Thursday as nervous investors bailed out of the market, after the S&P 500 broke a key technical level.

The job cull would slash the number of bankers to 16,000.

An advertising campaign that depicts President Barack Obama kissing two male world leaders on the mouth drew a critical response from the White House on Thursday.

Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label.