Residents brace for more monster storms a day after dozens of tornadoes touched down in Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and...
In 2012, sheriff's deputies in Brooks County found 129 bodies, around double the amount from the year before and six times the number recorded in 2010. Most of those...
After two Chechen brothers were named in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, Reuters photographer Maxim Shemetov took this collection of images titled "Inside...
Cast members pose during the photocall for Hong Kong film "Blind Detective" at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 20, 2013.
Stars arrive for the screening of American film Inside Llewyn Davis in competition at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 19, 2013.
A division under the Chengdu Military Area Command of the Chinese People???s Liberation Army (PLA)conducted confrontation drills in Yunnan province in recent days.
The World's Most Dangerous Waters Maritime pirates are honing their tactics and beefing up their weaponry. Here are the world’s most pirate-infested waters, and learn about individual attacks from each place.
Here's What the Billionaires Are Buying Hedge fund managers and investment gurus have to notify the SEC about their moves every quarter. Investors pore over this data in the belief the big fish have special insight.
Yum or Yuck? Cutting-Edge Restaurant Menu Items Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are upping the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.
10 Hardware Companies Hot With VCs While hardware companies were once considered too risky to invest in, advancements in technology have made the space much more appealing.
The 10 Best States for Retirement Whether you'd really consider retiring to North Dakota or West Virginia, this unconventional list will at least get you thinking about what you really need from a retirement spot.
Small Businesses You Can’t Believe Exist Some small businesses provoked skepticism, but the public embraced them and the entrepreneurs who backed them had the last laugh. Here are 10 small businesses founded on unorthodox ideas.
New Tech That Could Change Everything There's little doubt that the 20th century was full of breakthroughs that changed history. But the 21st century could go a step further, according to Citi.
Mega Homes From the Top Three Zip Codes There were more than 200 sales in the top 15 Zip Codes for homes priced at $10 million or more in 2012, and the mega-home market shows no signs of slowing.
8 Wacky Business Ideas We look at bizarre "Made in Asia" innovations that have caught the consumer's imagination.
Cursed and Haunted Treasures Some treasures have become legendary for their bad luck. These are treasures rumored to be cursed or haunted, which reside in the limbo of legend and superstition. Nonetheless, many have track records that even the most hardened skeptic might find hard to ignore.
Twitter Trading: 8 Tweets That Moved Markets News that breaks on Twitter is now news that moves the markets, sometimes even when it's not news. Here's a look at some tweets that affected trading.
Captured! Scenes From the Boston Manhunt It was a dramatic two days that left one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings dead and one alive in custody. Click ahead for images from the manhunt.
The Best Jobs in America for 2013 The economy is sputtering back to life and many an employee has an itch to see what else is out there. Before you blast out your resume, check out the 10 best jobs for 2013.
....The Worst Jobs in America for 2013 There are a variety of reasons a job can get slapped with the "worst job" title,be it danger, stress or just a poor outlook. Here are the 10 Worst Jobs for 2013.
Hot Cars From Shanghai Auto Show Here are the some of the show stoppers at the Auto Shanghai Summit, together with highly anticipated models scheduled to be released soon in this red-hot market.
"I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of." -Jane Austen
"Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." -Charles Dickens
"Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty." -Ellen Glasgow
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." -Will Rogers
"The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up." -Scott Adams
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -Jack London
"They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum." -Tallulah Bankhead
"Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation." -Judith Martin
Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. federal telecommunications regulators are pushing ahead with efforts to bring faster Internet service to commercial and private airline flights. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday started deliberations on a proposal that would offer a new type of in-flight broadband service promising U.S. fliers higher Wi-Fi speeds and better connections.
Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri was named the NBA's executive of the year on Thursday, a day after George Karl was named the league's top coach. Even as Masai Ujiri accepted the NBA's executive of the year trophy from club President Josh Kroenke on Thursday, the Denver Nuggets general manager said he would have given it up gladly in exchange for a deep playoff run.
According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture.
Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts.
Talk about high expectations for a newborn: King and Messiah are among the fastest-rising baby names for American boys. They're just a little behind Major, the boy's name that jumped the most spots on the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names.
A gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
We hope you weren't counting too heavily on Jurassic Park 4 making its projected summer 2014 release date, because it looks like Universal has gone back to the drawing boardat least temporarily. The news, as it so often does these days, leaked via Twitter, where Digital Asset Manager Todd Smoyer and Concept Artist Dean Sherriff shared JP4's delay with varying degrees of unhappiness and/or panic. In Smoyer's words, "Hollywood makes and crushes dreams. Goodbye JP4." Sherriff was a little less visibly upset, simply tweeting, "Jp4 on hold."
Preparing you for storm season To help get ready for hurricane season, the Red Cross is pairing up with the Treasure Coast Square Mall for the 19th Annual Hurricane, Health and Safety Fair.
Deadly shooting in Lantana It happened Thursday night around 10 in the 59-hundred block of Via Vermilya.
Delray Beach man accused of driving naked, arrested twice in 12 hours A Delray Beach man was arrested twice in a 12-hour span -- once for driving around naked and again for stealing a motorcycle while shirtless, according to arrest reports. Brian Bienvenu, 24, was arrested early Thursday morning in Highland Beach when he parked a car near the entrance to the Highland Beach Club and stepped out naked, police said. ALSO: High School Student Allegedly Bit Boyfriend's ... Fort Pierce woman killed after tripping in front of bus at South Fla. airport A woman meeting her husband at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was struck and killed by a private charter bus Saturday, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies said. Cheryl Bazilius, 68, of Fort Pierce, tripped and fell into the tires of a passing bus, deputies said. Bazilius was a passenger in an SUV that deputies said was parked in the traffic lane and not in the drop-off lane ... Tonight on WPBF 25 News at 11: The Chef's Challenge You think your kitchen is in good shape, but does it pass inspection from a local chef? WPBF 25 News sets a master chef on every inch of an unsuspecting local kitchen to reveal things you'd never suspect could be making you and your family sick. MOBILE USERS: Tap right here to watch a sneak-preview. Future Track: Storms likely to be severe today Stay with WPBF 25 News and WPBF.com throughout the day Monday for the latest on this volatile weather pattern. MOBILE USERS: Tap right here for a look at Monday's Future Track imagery to see when severe weather might hit your part of town. First Alert Weather: Storms, some severe, on the way Monday Monday brings a good chance of showers and storms, including possible severe storms. The presence of heavy tropical moisture marks the beginning of the work week, and the stormy weather could start early in the afternoon and linger into the evening Monday. WPBF FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Facebook | Twitter | Get Alerts ALSO: Radar | Forecast | Maps Otherwise, variably cloudy skies and humid ...
Richard Milhous Obama He’s compared himself to Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, evoked nostalgia for John F. Kennedy, sought to emulate Ronald Reagan, (belatedly) praised George W. Bush, and enlisted the assistance of Bill Clinton in his 2012 re-election effort, but as his second term stumbles along, the president with whom Barack Obama finds himself being compared is Richard M. Nixon.My father, Lou Cannon, covered the White House with distinction for the Washington Post for many years, beginning in the Nixon administration. He employed an easy rule of thumb when fielding phone calls from anonymous...
Richard Milhous Obama My father, Lou Cannon, covered the White House with distinction for the Washington Post for many years, beginning in the Nixon administration. He employed an easy rule of thumb when fielding phone calls from anonymous tipsters:If the caller said, “I have a story that will make Watergate look like a picnic,” Dad would hang up on him.In the past week, Richard Nixon’s name has been invoked often, and not in a way that pleases President Obama or his loyalists. Unless it’s a reference to his dramatic 1972 visit to China, Nixon is not the president any of...
IRS and AP Scandals Cast a Big Chill on Free Speech Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.There have been plenty of examples in the past 10 days.The Obama administration's Justice Department issued a sweeping demand for two months of office, cellular and home telephone records from multiple Associated Press reporters and editors to investigate an alleged breach of national security.The AP story in question, on a foiled terrorist plot, had been withheld for days at the request of the CIA. It finally went out...
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