Gap back in style as 1Q profit jumps 43 percent

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of struggle, Gap is back in style.

full story

15 Most Stressful Jobs in the World

Everyone has a bad day at work now and then. But if you have one of these 15 Most Stressful Jobs in the World, even one bad day can get you or someone else killed. From EMT to Coal Miner to Ice Road Trucker, these are the jobs that will keep you up at nights!

full story

Yen higher after Japan stocks sell-off
THE yen has gained amid a sharp sell-off of Japanese stocks while the US dollar has fallen against the euro.

full story

Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gay youth

The controversial move passed by more than 60% of the national council.

full story

Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gay youth

The controversial move passed by more than 60% of the national council.

full story

Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gay youth

The controversial move passed by more than 60% of the national council.

full story

Woolwich victim was young dad
THE soldier slain in London has been named as officials say both suspects had featured in previous investigations by security services.

full story

Woolwich attack victim popular dad
THE soldier slain in London has been named as officials say both suspects had featured in previous investigations by security services.

full story

Sex Doesn't Sell
An old industry is in deep recession.

full story

Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert tickets.

full story

Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei Has A Heavy Metal Single

Warning: NSFW language. He says he prefers the fake prison in his music video to the boredom of the real one.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei released a heavy metal song called "Idiot BoYi."

BoYi was a Chinese nobleman who starved himself to death for the Shang Dynasty. His name is now synonymous with gullible shill of the state, or useless pacifist.

He simplified the English title to "Dumbass."

The music video depicts his two months in isolated detention, after he tweeted his support for Arab Spring-inspired protests in China in 2011.

Ai was remarkably silent about his prison experience after his release. When The Daily Beast spoke to him a year later, he said he was so anxiously bored in isolation that he wished someone would beat him. "At least that’s human contact . . . You should commit suicide before you have to go through this."

He said his music debut was inspired by a bored prison guard asking him if he could sing a song.

"[The song] doesn't sound very good, because I don't have any real skill," he told Reuters.

View Entire List ›

full story

Victim IDed in London Attack, But Mysteries Remain
Victim IDed in London Attack, But Mysteries Remain

full story