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Stacy Robinson died Tuesday at the age of 50. He's just one of a growing list of NFL players who died too young.

Social media gives companies a chance to humanize themselves, giving fans exclusive content in return for their loyalty. It's an effective strategy, and it's helped change the fortunes of several companies on the brink of solvency.

Featured in the latest Google Doodle is Howard Carter, an English archaeologist and Egyptologist known for having a primary role in the discovery of the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun (a.k.a. King Tut). Carter, who discovered King Tut's tomb on Nov. 4, 1922, is illustrated in the Google Doodle on the 138th anniversary of his birthday.

Terrell Owens appeared on the Dr. Phil Tuesday two meet with three mothers of his children.

Experimental drugs that show a big effect early in development for treating serious or life-threatening diseases would get a faster and cheaper path to U.S. approval, under a proposal likely to become law this year. U.S. drug regulators would be able to label such treatments breakthrough therapies, and work with companies to speed up clinical trials, for example by testing the drugs for a shorter time or enrolling fewer patients.

The band members of British pop sensation One Direction have been the object of Twitter gossip for quite some time. But a recent Internet rumor may have just crossed the line.

U.S. drug reviewers on Tuesday said Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's obesity pill appeared to help people lose weight and was unlikely to cause tumors in humans, but questioned if the company had provided enough data to rule out heart problems.

Two days after the death of bandmate Adam MCA Yauch, Beastie Boys rapper Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz reached out to fans with a note thanking his family and friends for their outpouring of love and support for his late friend.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving money through the state, her office said in a statement.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc is adding to its shareholdings of two U.S. companies amid a market dip, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday.

A Phoenix woman was arrested Wednesday on accounts of fraud and theft after authorities alleged that she faked cancer to raise charitable funds because she wanted breast implants for herself.

Warren Buffett attempted to assure Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders at their annual meeting Saturday that the company will be in good hands whenever he steps down, in an effort to counter fears surrounding its succession plan following the news that the legendary businessman has prostate cancer.

Dechen Wangdu is an American-born activist of Tibetan descent. For her entire life, she has been devoted to the cause of Tibetan liberation from China. When she met Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, the two joined forces to fight against injustice together.

Interview videos of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, provide some of the best insight into the Beastie Boy who died too young.

Beastie Boy co-founder Adam MCA Yauch's death today at age 43 sent shock waves through the music world as millions of fans paid tribute to the rap pioneer.

The Beastie Boys rapper is reported dead at 47, according to Richard Simmons' entertainment website and gossip site TMZ.

Patricia Krentcil is tan and proud. The tanorexic New Jersey mother accused of bringing her redheaded, five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth with her recently called critics of her tanning jealous, fat and ugly.

On social media, there are calls to boycott the Miramar-based Spirit Airline after the airline refused to refund a dying veteran's nontransferable ticket.

An Iowa couple saw through their wish for marital bliss in the face of death, only to have the groom, Gordon Gordy Wolder, pass away minutes after exchanging vows.

The case of Patricia Krentcil, the mother accused of taking her five-year-old daughter to a tanning salon, has not only had an impact by shocking society, but has shed a light on an illness called tanorexia, an addiction to tan skin. After she was arrested and charged with second-degree child endangerment, Krentcil's bronzed face appeared on broadcast news reports, websites and newspapers in photos across the country shedding light on the controversial phenomenon called ta...

HBO has been releasing teaser clips from season five of True Blood for the last couple weeks, and now fans can be treated to a brand new poster. For fans who find that waiting sucks, the series is almost a month away from its June 10 premiere.