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In an attempt to improve Italy's debt ratio, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says the country will include illegal drug sales and prostitution when it figures its gross domestic product.

The news about both last quarter and last week is positive. Fewer people signed up for unemployment insurance last week, and consumer spending was stronger than previously thought in late 2013.

President Petro Poroshenko announced the weeklong halt to the fighting, but there was no indication whether pro-Russia rebels would follow suit.

The shooting of Trayvon Martin is dramatized in a controversial ad by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Executive Director Josh Horwitz, talks with guest host Celeste Headlee about trying to overturn 'stand your ground' laws.

Science fiction is littered with warnings of a consumerist future ruled by all-powerful corporations. Commentator and science-fiction fan Adam Frank offers up a clever song he saw on YouTube as one small defense against falling into that trap.

The Super Bowl game was so lopsided last night, the only real competition was the battle of the ads. We take a look at which ads worked and why.

The chipmaker is purchasing a smaller chip manufacturer, Altera, for about $16.7 billion in cash.

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti surpassed a space endurance record for a female spacefarer.

A plastic jar of animal crackers was too enticing for a young bear in New Jersey, which got its head irretrievably wedged

On Saturday morning, the Urban League held its ninth annual Schools Expo. Hundreds of families came out to the Superdome to learn about school options.The…