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The "Superclásico" between Argentine soccer clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate had to be halted for 15 minutes yesterday when violence spilled onto the field. The game was stopped in the second half when fans lit smoke ...

Four FIU students develop glasses that allow the blind to hear written text.

A few recent articles tackled the issue of increasing numbers of recent grads living at home, a.k.a., the "boomerang kid."

Each year, the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley bestows the Berkeley Prize(s) in order to promote the investigation of architecture as a social art. This year's theme was "The Architec...

A report by the International Monetary Fund praises Greece for its efforts to reduce big deficits and improve its competitiveness, but warns that more structural reforms, including better tax collection,

Congress is considering legislation that would give states the ability to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes. If the measure passes, consumers would lose a loophole that has resulted in years of tax-fr...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Taiwanese businessman and his son have been charged in Chicago with endeavoring to bypass a U.S. ban on the export of machinery that could have been used for weapons production in North Korea, federal p...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The owner of a San Fernando Valley jewelry store has reached a plea agreement for his role in an insider-trading case involving a former senior partner at accounting firm KPMG.

Part rock concert, part investment workshop, the annual gathering of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is an odd mix.

Country preparing to sell largest telecommunications operator and second largest bank as it races to reassure investors Slovenia is looking to sell its largest telecommunications operator and second largest bank, sources...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Congress is considering legislation that would give states the ability to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes. If the measure passes, consumers would lose a loophole that has resulted i...

Flight delays caused by furloughs of air traffic controllers aren't as severe in Boston as at other airports, but they have increased.

Florida attorney general Pam Biondi declined to say whether her office is planning to follow New York, which is taking legal action against two institutions that are part of a massive, five-bank settlement related to mor...

(Reuters) - Eli Lilly & Co's longtime Chief Executive John Lechleiter will undergo surgery next Monday for a dilated aorta, but is expected to make a full recovery from the potentially dangerous condition and return to w...

Dell today announced the acquisition of Enstratius, the Minneapolis-based cloud infrastructure management solution provider, for an undisclosed amount.

By putting them back into the market, the coalition will fire the starter's pistol for another crisis down the track Cliche has it that this is a post-ideological age; yet ideology runs through this government's policy o...

RECAP: Bank of America led a rally in big-bank stocks on a mostly quiet Monday. Stock indexes ended little changed following a record-setting run last week.

R&B singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to 3 months in prison for failing to pay nearly $1 million in federal and state taxes, The Associated Press reports. She dodged a bullet on this one. Hill was facing up to three ...

Police finally recaptured a 17-year-old suspect who escaped custody Monday morning and fled into the subway system wearing handcuffs, Reuters reported. Service on four New York City subway lines was shut down for nearly ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony said Monday he believed there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Judge B...

A San Fernando Valley jeweler has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy for allegedly making illegal stock trades based on inside information given to him by a KPMG partner.

Private philanthropists are best positioned to be the principal catalysts for effecting major social change in the years ahead, write Gordon Moore and Steve McCormick.