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Two airliners groping through a snowstorm toward International Airport and LaGuardia collided over the city yesterday, killing at least 133.

Police are looking for Issac Lolya.

A few tweaks to the URL of a Delta boarding pass online allowed passengers to look up others' flight plans and sensitive information.

A year of political gossip, levity and intrigue from the sharpest pen in Westminster

'They burnt a teacher in front of the students in a classroom,' a source told NBC.

Continuing our voyage of exploration of the Best of 2014, today we’re taking a look at the smallest of filmic building blocks —the single shot. If you consider the hundreds of thousands of shots that make up the sum total of feature films released in a year, it’s a daunting task, but one that then becomes quite simple (if immensely subjective) if we insist on one simple parameter: it had to be a single shot, no cuts, that stayed with us long after we finished watching the film. However this year... Читать дальше...

Behind the massive, blindly fast moves on the market's widely watched fear gauge.

The technology removes the need to put down shopping bags or rummage through wallets.

Thiel is considering a multimillion dollar stake in a private equity firm that's investing in the cannabis space, a source said.

Ex-Diageo chief Walsh walks away from plans to chair

In September, James Harrison, in his 30s, was found near the fire station in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, at 5:30 am.

Sign-ups for plans sold on HealthCare.gov rose in advance of the deadline for buying insurance taking effect Jan. 1.

The spitting image of her mama—and her papa! Shiloh Jolie-Pitt attended the L.A. premiere of [...]

Every person has different goals for himself, which means everyone will value differently the means to attain those ends. No central planner can know these goals and values, writes Frank Shostak.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Dianna Keiler.

States wish to gain monopolies and maintain them in all facets of life, while entrepreneurs strive to offer alternatives to the state. It's our job to prevent the state from simply declaring the competition illegal, writes Julian Adorney.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Dianna Keiler.

By now you've heard the buzz around Jack O'Connell, the actor who wowed critics and audiences with his turn in "Starred Up" and leads Angelina Jolie's upcoming "Unbroken" (oh yeah, he was also in "300: Age Of Empires," but he probably would prefer if no one talked about that). But the movie that put him on the radar is "'71." After debuting at the Berlin Film Festival, picking up steam on the festival circuit and opening abroad, the movie is finally landing stateside, and the first trailer is here. Читать дальше...

T-Mobile's plan to allow customers to roll over unused data attacks an infuriating aspect of wireless plans, CEO John Legere said.

The War on Christmas can't win in the South.

Bradley Birkenfeld, who was paid $104 million for information he provided, wants to leave the U.S. now. Why he can't.

As the musician and philosopher David Bowie once said: 'Is there life on Mars?'

Central question is whether dynastic politician can win over hard right primary voters

In just a few of days, "The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies" will be in cinemas everywhere. It's the closing chapter in what is already widely considered one of the most unnecessary trilogies ever made. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in "The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug," the nearly three hour middle entry of the series and focus of the latest Honest Trailer from Screen Junkies. Even though it bears the name of the dragon in its title, the meandering, mostly forgettable movie... Читать дальше...