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MIAMI (AP) -- A byzantine maze of maritime rules and regulations, fragmented oversight and a patchwork quilt of nations that do business with cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health and safety recor...

So you've survived for five days stranded at sea aboard the Carnival Triumph. The ship had no working toilets, sewage dripped from walls, and the whole place smelled "like a hot port-o-potty." Here's $500 for your troubl...

Our ad of the day is a commercial created by Ohio's Crossroads Church that promotes "Unpretentiousil," a drug that cures "HIPSTER," defined as Hyper Involuntary Panic Stress Tension Elevation Response disorder. The medic...

Brian Balthazar, director of programming at HGTV, likes business travel. He says when you fly a lot, almost anything can happen.

Most luxury yachts are pretty slow, with top speeds under 20 mph. For those who want to spend a relaxing vacation while also getting somewhere on time, there's Harmony. The luxury yacht has room for 12 guests in 6 stater...

Microsoft announced this evening that its new web-based email service, Outlook.com, will leave its preview version and begin replacing Hotmail. The revamped Outlook.com launched six months ago, and Microsoft says it's do...

The ocean is still mysterious place, but one thing we know: The Great White shark is a fearsome predator. Why would someone willingly jump into the water with one, as we see freediver Ocean Ramsey do in the video below? ...

Dispute stems from overtime payments between 2010 - 2012; deal must be reviewed by court

New York City, which already has the country's largest mass transit system, is in the midst of an ambitious $8.3 billion development project to build a new concourse beneath Grand Central Terminal. The construction site,...

White House Photographer Pete Souza has the latest round of photos up on the official White House Flickr account, offering an inside look at a very busy time for President Barack Obama. January was quite a month for Obam...

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. By now many of you know the Harlem Shake but what you may not appreciate is the broader trend behind the video and it has mirrored my general views on how TV will work in t...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (AMEX: LQD) where we have detected an...

Earlier it was reported that armed men stole as much as $67 million worth of diamonds from the Brussels airport. Other reports -- including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Belgium broadcaster VRT -- said the loot...

Meredith Whitney has once again come out with a bold market prediction. But this time, she's not alone in her thinking.

A traffic ticket won't always raise your insurance rates, study says

Soon we could all have one

Manufacturing may never be the same, now that 3D printing systems are winning awards and making money, Caixin Online reports.

eBay is rolling out a new, personalized homepage to U.S. users tomorrow. It is at once a major improvement to eBay's aging website, and a crushing disappointment--a glaring missed opportunity to take a more substantial l...

Here's what you can learn by spending six months studying the profiles of 10,000 porn stars.

Herbalife, the company caught in the middle of a hedge fund dogfight, says revenue and profit grew at the end of last year.

When I moved abroad three and a half years ago for work, it wasn't really part of my original life plan. My partner, Alex, and I made the decision to leave the United States over sushi one night in our Brooklyn neighborh...

There's a new trend in the venture funding world where startups are landing really big seed rounds of well over $1 million. They're doing this by getting handfuls of angel investors involved, says Larry Augustin, a longt...