You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the

ALBANY, N.Y. — Superstorm Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City congressional leaders are preparing big requests for federal disaster aid. The cost includes $32 billion for repairs and restoration, but also includes an additional accounting of $9 billion for mit...

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Today is Cyber Monday, when retailers offer tons of great deals online. Just one problem: Mostly, they'll mean having your purchases shipped, and customers hate shipping costs more than any other part of e-commerce. Here are the best ways to can dodge those pesky shipping fees.

Video - Ruby's potentially fatal car accident becomes a mere fender bender with the help of her deceased grandfather's otherworldly voice and life-saving grip.

On Cyber Monday, U.S. consumers are expected to empty their wallets of more than $1 billion, Merchants are offering some of their best deals, and it's time to take advantage. Here are a few strategies that should help you land the lowest prices.

Whether a customer's shopping preferences run more toward Black Friday or Cyber Monday, one thing is for sure: the holidays are open season for identity

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least six people and wounded some 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the minority Muslim sect observes the annual Ashoura holiday. Since Wednesday, at least 31 have be...

Meet the winners from the 11th Annual National Dog Show presented by Purina in Philadelphia.

We're ramping up the giveaways as we race towards the end of the year, and we've got a sweet load of prizes to help make your Black Friday that much brighter.

South Korean rapper PSY's 'Gangnam Style' has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time.

Nothing like being nude and noshing on a midnight snack while watching dozens of fans break into your home. Well, that's exactly what happened to Lady Gaga on Thanksgiving.

The first step to enjoying the holidays is letting go of the "supposed tos" so you can consciously create the holiday experience you want to have.

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 11/24/2012 09:19 AM EST on SPACE.com A NASA spacecraft is keeping tabs on a vast dust storm on Mars that has spawned changes in the Martian atmosphere felt by two rovers on the planet's surface. The Martian dust storm was first spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance O...

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Barneys Simon Doonan Talks Electric HolidayShare this page Barneys New York Creative Ambassador, Simon Doonan discusses the unique partnership between Barneys New York and Disney to create Electric Holiday. Electric Holiday is a video window display experience that transforms fashion icons like Lady...

President Obama pardons another Turkey this year. Meet the lucky gobbler!

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* Drank four bottles of champagne a day before sobriety * Son of "Peter Pan" star Mary Martin * Became campaigner for organ transplants (Rewrites with statement from co-star) By Bill Trott Nov 23 (Reuters) - Larry Hagman, who created on...

After a particularly strong Thanksgiving for online sales, shoppers continued to look for e-commerce deals on Black Friday. IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark is reporting the final tally for Black Friday online sales: a surge of 20.7 percent growth in spending from last year. The biggest surge on F..

Maria Alekhina, a member of jailed Russian protest rockers Pussy Riot, has been put in a solitary prison cell for safety.

While the day after Halloween is typically Facebook's biggest photo sharing day, Instagram had its busiest 24 hours to date over Thanksgiving when users shared 10 million photos with holiday references, peaking at 226 per second. The surge likely inspired plenty of sign-ups too, as iphonogra..

You people may assemble with ritual correctness at the annual table under the ancestral roof, but in my family, Thanksgiving is as homeless as the Pilgrims. Our family tree has no trunk; it's all roots and branches.

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Peter Frampton talks Comes Alive, getting back his guitar that went missing for over 30 years and almost becoming a Rolling Stone.

NEW YORK — CBS is getting a bigger bang out of its most popular comedy. "The Big Bang Theory" set a series record with 17.6 million viewers last week, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday.

Marlo Thomas joins Josh to talk about St. Jude's - the Children's Research Hospital her father founded - and the impact & importance of its work.

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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will roll through Manhattan Thursday morning, heralding the beginning of a day of eating, giving thanks and nursing Wednesday night's hangover with Bloody Marys. But, like anything, the parade has its pros and cons, and Jimmy Fallon is here to lay them out for us.

NEW YORK -- A New York City police officer charged with plotting to kidnap, torture, cook and eat at least 100 women had discussed having "girl meat" for Thanksgiving. Prosecutors say Gilberto Valle made the remark in an online chat in February with an unidentified man. They read the transcript duri...

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According to the National Retail Federation, 147 million Americans plan to shop on Black Friday weekend, because that's when they'll get the best deals. But that's just not always so. For these five types of purchase, you'd be better off skipping the post-Thanksgiving stampede.

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WASHINGTON -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire in the week-old conflagration in Gaza that has left more than a hundred dead and many more wounded. The halt in hostilities was announced during a Wednesday press conference in Cairo, Egypt, by the Egyptian foreign minister Mohammed Kamel Am...

I'm not trying to impose or advocate a vegetarian lifestyle for everyone. But as we celebrate our different holidays, we might pause, if just for a moment, to remember and appreciate where our meal came from.

Thus far, the American media has given Israeli officials and spokespersons a free pass to shape the narrative of this conflict with falsehoods. Here are the top 5 lies the media doesn't challenge about the crisis in Gaza.

A group of hackers claims to have successfully defaced social media accounts belonging to the Israeli vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom. The group ('ZCompanyHackingCrew') said they were acting to protest the recent violence in Gaza, which has left many people dead and injured on both sides.

David Mendelowitz, a former dean at Scarsdale High School, was one of three 'johns' arrested, authorities said.

JERUSALEM — Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a cease-fire Tuesday to end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, but after a day of furious diplomatic efforts involving the U.S. secretary of state, U.N. chief and Egypt's president, a deal remained elusive and fighting rage...