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Since he experienced tragedy at age of 14, the real-life psychologist who inspired the show "Lie To Me" has searched for signs of hidden human emotion in faces. New applications based on his findings are getting attention from Apple, Pixar, Google, the Army, and others. Expert humans or face-reading machines could have saved thousands of lives on 9/11 by detecting the emotional states of hijackers

The lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case against Obama's health care act filed for bankruptcy. That raises some thorny legal questions about the future of the case. Mary Brown became the face of the anti-Obamacare movement last year, as she and Kaj Ahlburg became the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit to stop the administration's healthcare overhaul.

The founder of FamiliesGo!, a travel website, describes the ins and outs of choosing the right affiliate marketing partners. I've been exploring affiliate programs this week, to compare the Amazon and Eversave programs I've been using with other affiliate programs from Google, LivingSocial, and other "daily deal" providers

If you haven’t made your marketing to-do list for 2012, this should give a good head start. Here’s a trivia question for you: What was George Harrison’s last released single?

The end result looks seamless and spontaneous, but how much preparation is really needed to stage a daytime musical right in the middle of a bustling mall during the holidays? An everyday location. A sudden burst of inappropriate activity.

In their haste to seem savvy about social media, some very smart people have done some dumb things. Don't join them

Tablets like the iPad are great for frequent travelers, but youll want the right headset for making Skype calls and watching movies. Tablet computers can be great for making Skype calls, watching movies, and listening to music, especially during business trips.

Business owners: For better sales efforts, do each of these 30-minute tasks just once a week--but do them every week. Feeling overwhelmed

A bit of off-the-cuff praise can literally change someone's day. Try it. It only takes a second to make another person feel valued, yet the effect can last a lifetime.

Picture your business helping millions of people solve a problem.

Whether it's firing someone or telling an employee they have bad BO, Donna Flagg's cheat sheet will help you through it. Have you ever struggled over how to fire an employee?

Facebook will likely go public by next summer, making its founder Mark Zuckerberg (even more) stinking rich. Clearly, the 27-year-old has done a few things right.

How, and when, to react to employees' social media posts can be challenging. Here, some tips. I treat Facebook and Twitter pretty differently – I use Twitter ( @janinepopick ) for business and Facebook for both.

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"It was devastating," says multi-hyphenate performer-musician-artist Aleksa Palladino about the too-short life of one of Boardwalk Empire's nuanced characters. And she shares the alternate ending for Angela that never aired. To play Angela Darmody, the dreamer wife of conflicted gangster Jimmy Darmody [Michael Pitt] on Martin Scorsese project