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Kobe Bryant had one of his best games of the season in a huge 103-99 win against the Mavericks yesterday. He scored 38 points while shooting 62% (13 for 21), grabbed 12 rebounds, and handed out 7 assists. He went full Ko...

Kristen Stewart showed up to this year's Oscars on crutches, and no one seems to know why. Before announcing an award, Stewart ran into Anne Hathaway back stage, and here's how part of their conversation went, according ...

Jennifer Lawrence beat out Jessica Chastain to take home the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook." At 22, this is Lawrence's first Oscar win and second nomination. Lawrence was nominated for a Bes...

Over the past few decades, Hong Kong has become one of the world's most important cities and a global financial hub. However, increased prosperity hasn't trickled down to everyone. According to the Gina co-efficiency, wh...

Last night's Oscar awards carried on for a lengthy three-and-a-half hours. If you turned away, or tuned out before the marathon event was over, you may have missed an Oscar-worthy moment on or off stage. Jennifer Lawrenc...

Home Depot will report earnings Tuesday morning. What to expect, with CNBC's Diana Olick; David Strasser, Janney Capital Markets; and Michael Lasser, UBS.

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Forget historical trends. "Argo" just won Best Picture. Despite getting snubbed for Best Director, Ben Affleck's CIA operative took home the most coveted award of the night. The film swept awards season taking home the B...

As predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis takes home his third Best Actor Oscar for the lead in "Lincoln." Day-Lewis' win makes him the first actor in the history of the Academy Awards to win three Best Actor awards. The actor was ...

Adele performed an amazing performance of "Skyfall" during the Oscars; however, we couldn't take our eyes off the background. It distinctly resembled the opening to the film. The glittering of her dress even blended in w...

With fuel costs soaring, try these tips to ease pain at the pump.

Ridiculously high. Linebacker Jamie Collins jumped 41.5 inches in the vertical jump today at the NFL Combine -- which is a workout camp where potential NFL Draft prospects perform a variety of exercises in front of scout...

Few companies grow exactly as their founders expect them to. That was certainly the case for Shafqat Islam and NewsCred. After leaving Merril Lynch, Islam, an engineer by training, started the company as a consumer facin...

The ball is in the White House's court when it comes to getting Richard Cordray approved to head a consumer bureau responsible for writing rules for mortgages and other financial services products.

E-commerce startup Warby Parker adds American Express and J. Crew to its group of investors to continue "disrupting glasses."

Two Butterball workers at a North Carolina turkey facility were convicted of animal cruelty on Feb. 22 following a 2011 undercover investigation by the nonprofit...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Under Armour Inc. wants to protect its "I will" catchphrase. The athletic clothing maker, based in Baltimore, has filed a trademark infringement suit against Nike Inc., claiming its rival has inappropria...

The grumbling is gaining ground about the end of paper Social Security checks - a change that officially takes place March 1.

During the tribute to musicals of the past decade, Catherine Zeta-Jones reprised her role from "Chicago" to perform "All That Jazz." The film may have come out a decade ago, but it very easily could have been 2002 from h...

Intel's new Atom chips will have twice the computing power and three times the graphics of last year's model.

Well Sandra Bullock had a little trouble opening her Oscar envelope. Bullock announced the award for best film editing, and Argo took it home. Watch Bullock's awesome struggle face via @CJZero: Please follow The Wire on ...

The New York Times decided to provide its web readers with live video coverage of the Oscars ... except they didn't have any footage of the actual ceremony or its participants. Instead, the coverage consisted almost enti...