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CDC says it has confirmed 100 listeria illnesses in 20 states; Death toll continues to climb in food-borne illness

Small cars are (at last) on a roll in America. The BMW-wrought Mini Cooper proved beyond any doubt that an economical small car could transcend its humble station and catch the eye of the leisure class as well as the working class. And this year, Fiat’s too-cute-for-its-own-good 500 coupe and ...

Known for bold gold and colorful gemstone designs reflecting a modern Italian spirit, Marina Bulgari forged a signature collection bearing the name Marina B in the mid-1970s. A member of the famous Bulgari jewelry family, the designer created a following of loyal fans that lasted nearly three decades, and now ...

Not since 1977, when Grand Marnier introduced the extraordinary Cent Cinquantenaire to commemorate its 150th anniversary, has the brand produced a liqueur as in-depth and haunting as Grand Marnier Quintessence (approximately $800). Created by master blender Patrick Raguenaud, Quintessence—as a limited edition of just 2,000 bottles—comprises vintage Grande Champagne Cognacs ...

The Afghanistan province of Badakshan was once recorded to have the world's highest maternal mortality rate.

Apple's new CEO Tim Cook, and senior execs Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall just revealed all we need to know about the iPhone 5 and what was rumored or expected to be a suite of new Apple hardware and software products and tweaks. Some of what we thought was going to happen happened. Some of it, for reasons we'll understand later, didn't.

Janine Benyus helped bring the word "biomimicry" into 21st century vocabularies. What is biomimicry? Let Benyus explain in this video

It's here, Apple's iPhone 5, or rather the iPhone 4S--ending a ton of speculation about its name, and spurring hundreds of "what, no iPhone 5?" comments from webizens who'd been hoping for that exciting-sounding re-design to surface. The thing is, though, the iPhone for 2011 is very similar in external design to the iPhone for 2010, but its real selling power is what's inside

Steve Jobs wasn't there to understate the moment with his trademark "one more thing." But Apple CEO Tim Cook and company held their own today rolling out several more things after unveiling the new iPhone.

The iPhone 4S is a beaut. But no one has it yet, nor can every Apple fan afford to

Not everyone lost out in the tech bubble. Here's how Kevin Ryan, a serial entrepreneur, actually cashed in on it. Kevin Ryan, the serial entrepreneur behind notable companies like Gilt Group and Business Insider, got involved in the Internet business in 1996 when he founded DoubleClick, a start-up that built ad management software for websites

Preliminary study suggests that Alzheimer's can spread from person to person much like "mad cow" disease spreads

The Lord's Resistance Army has been waging a brutal war in Uganda for more than 20 years, with hardly a mention in the media. A new piece of software--based on Salesforce--is now tracking the atrocities.

First there were rumors based on some patent applications and thus it seemed Apple was going to use face recognition tech from its acquisition of Polar Rose in future iPhones. Then hackers digging through the code inside a beta test version of iOS5 found hooks that confirmed face recognition was going to be a big part of it

Researchers tested vitamin D levels in 1,200 people people and found 730 of them had below-normal levels