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A recently released survey from priceline.com gathered the 50 most popular destinations for July 4th weekend. One big surprise may be that several of the top spots are across the border in Canada!

Despite the summer heat, numerous natural disasters across the nation have chilled the authorities and local citizens - not just because if their innate threats, but due to the extending threats posed by their neighboring nuclear power plants. The almost record-breaking wildfire in Los Alamos, New Mexico has been raging dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Nuclear Laboratory, while record floods in Missouri threaten two nuclear plants in Nebraska.

Medicare continues paying for cancer drugs Avastin for breast cancer, and Provenge, for prostate cancer, regardless of what health regulators rule on the medicine's fate.

Actors Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts star in Larry Crowne released in theaters nationwide today. Critics give the romantic comedy uninspired mixed reviews.

Where to go for the fourth of July can always be a difficult decision to make. We have created an events list to help you have a great Independence day!

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who may soon be a free man after serious questions have been raised about the credibility of the woman who accused him of sexual assault, might be able to enter the 2012 presidential race in France, according to a report in the British paper The Daily Telegraph.

Bankrupt bookseller Borders will soon hHave a new owner, following a $215 Million sale.

Investigators in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office have discovered significant inconsistencies with the account of the chambermaid who claimed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, sexually assaulted her in a luxury hotel room in May, sources said Thursday.

The sexual assault case against disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is falling apart as the investigators have found evidence for lies, prevarication and possible criminal links of his accuser, a Manhattan hotel maid.

An ATM receipt found in Hamptons this month shows a balance of nearly $100 million in billionaire David Tepper's account, reports say.

Investigators have found evidence of a sexual encounter between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn but an unidentified law enforcement official says the accuser has repeatedly lied, the New York Times reported.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be freed on bail six weeks after being arrested on charges of sexual assault, the New York Times reported Thursday evening.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday at a conference that he would remain as President Obama's top economic official for the foreseeable future after a report saying he was considering stepping down.

Giant online retailer Amazon.com has ended its relationship with some 10,000 internet business partners while Overstock also severed a couple hundred business relationship in California, in order to avoid state taxes that Gov. Jerry Brown signed.

Amazon has ended affiliate relationships in California over a new state law requiring online retailers to collect sales tax there.

In order to take a break from government service, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering leaving his post after President Barack Obama and Congress reach an agreement on raising the national debt ceiling.

The color red appears to have a long positive association in Russian culture – from long before the rise of Communism.

Seven state prisons, camps, and work release facilities will close within 60 days, due to the state’s declining inmate population - something that will save the state millions of dollars, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.

Did Hitler escape the fall of Berlin? Newly public FBI documents show that the bureau followed up on sightings and Argentine-leads.

The Yankees have some solid players in the minors.

In this new feature, IBTimes Books provides a handy roundup of what authors are saying out there in the Twitterverse. Today, Margaret Atwood is working away on the third Madd Addam book, and Paulo Coelho is warning about attacks by mediocres.