One of the most contentious issues in the debate over how to increase revenue may be a difference of about 8 percentage points, but it has encouraged over a hundred companies to scramble to issue special dividend payments to shareholders ahead of the New Year. It's called the capital gains tax and it's the tax paid on the difference between the sale price of an investment asset, like a stock, and the cost. ...

Serbia's retail tycoon, his son and 8 others detained in government anti-corruption sweep
Lovelorn Las Vegas promotes gimmicky dates as couples look elsewhere for quickie weddings
Crews work to reopen portion of West Virginia interstate melted in natural gas line explosion
"Nightline" was given rare, behind-the-scenes access to the cast on set at Highclere Castle.
Police say a masked gunman with a rifle started shooting inside of a Macy's at Clackamas Mall.
Lindsay Lohan to be arraigned on new driving charges in LA; actress not required in court
North Korea has launched a long-range rocket despite international calls to abandon the effort, U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials said Wednesday.
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They are staples in many American homes, items like cotton swabs, mouthwash, eye drops, lip balm and mascara. Now according to Consumer Reports these items and five other common products may have hidden hazards that consumers probably never consider. 
Ravi Shankar, sitar virtuoso who brought Indian music to West, mentored Beatles, dies at 92
Lawyers in a salacious New York City assault trial made their closing arguments in a case one attorney compared to a "Lifetime movie" and an episode of the "Jerry Springer Show," in which a 265-pound firefighter is accused of punching, biting and strangling his transsexual ex-lover in a hotel room and outside a strip club last August.
Former U.S. Marine Jon Hammar embarked on a surfing road trip with his buddy in August, but because he brought along his great grandfather's shotgun, he has been stuck in a Mexican prison ever since.