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You Hate My Job: I work at the DMV

Aug 7, 2013
Next in our series, "You Hate My Job" -- a day on the other side of the counter at the DMV.

Wouldn't you like the dial-in info for the Al Qaeda conference call?

Aug 7, 2013
The Daily Beast reported the tip that led to closing U.S. embassies in the Middle East and Africa came from an Al Qaeda conference call.

Dinosaur bones for sale, at auction

Aug 6, 2013
Auction house plans to sell the bones of two fighting dinosaurs.

Customers like Jeff Bezos also bought ...

Aug 6, 2013
Last year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spent at least $42 million on a 200-foot clock being built in Texas.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post

Aug 5, 2013
Days after the New York Times sold the Boston Globe to investor John Henry, the Washington Post Co. sold its flagship paper to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

'Five Star Billionaire': Hidden side of China's economy

Aug 5, 2013
In a new novel, author Tash Aw follows five characters as they try to make their way in the big city of Shanghai.

Calculating the rent at the White House

Aug 5, 2013
If President Obama were renting out the White House, he'd only be able to stay for four months.

The suburbs: No longer the American Dream?

Aug 1, 2013
The American Dream is moving away from suburbia. Why?

A-Rod and the case for stronger incentives not to dope

Aug 1, 2013
Major League Baseball is weighing a life-long ban for New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez over using performance-enhancing drugs. What might that mean for baseball's future?

Why gay activists shouldn't be boycotting Stolichnaya Russian vodka

Aug 1, 2013
Latvians are saying not to boycott Stolichnaya Vodka over Russian gay rights abuses...because Stolichnaya is actually made in their country.