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In this photo provided on Friday Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo, the 2nd prize Sports Stories category of the 2012 World Press Photo contest by Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images shows divers practicing during the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China, July 17, 2011.

Protesters from Westboro Baptist Church, a Kansas church known for its vehement anti-gay positions and for protesting at US soldiers' funeral Seattle, WA -- The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church intends to picket the funeral of the two Powell boys murdered Sunday by their father, blaming their deaths on Washington state's legalizing of same-sex ... (more)

With high unemployment rates and a weak economy, many people are defaulting on rent and mortgage payments leaving the Alameda County Sheriff to enforce an increased number of evictions, as many as 500 a month, up significantly from one year ago.

The Seattle-area bulk retailer has made a few enemies in Washington state, but the rest of the nation seems to love it for its easy-to-use website and its a hodgepodge of wares.

The downtown Manhattan skyline is seen in this photo taken in August. Manhattan leads the list of terrorist hot spots, according to a recent study commissioned by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

Amazon's Kindle products , Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire tablet, and new Kindle are displayed at a press conference in New York on Sept.

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, sending the Dow industrials to their highest close since 2008, as Greece reportedly neared accord on budget cuts, job openings rose in America and the Federal Reserve kept to its low-rate stance.

Gawker is reporting that Amazon.com, the popular website that sells close to everything, is said to be planning an actual store in Seattle -- and is even eyeing the creation of a national chain.

'Visual Assault' of Super Bowl halftime show creat...: Super Bowl XLVI halftime show with Madonna lit by LMG Design Studio Smyrna-based DWP Live got a national audience as it provided video projection for Madonna's halftime show at Sunday's Super Bowl in Indianapolis.

From left, Aurora Jewell, Mandi Moshay and Kirsten Dees hold signs Friday outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Seattle protesting Susan G. Komen for the Cure's severing of funds for poor-women's breast exams.

U.S. stocks leapt Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, as Wall Street embraced the nation's jobless rate dropping to a three-year low.

The 90s movement enabled a female voice to rise up and be heard. Now Russia's all-female punk band are doing the same Pussy Riot performing on top of Lobnoye Mesto stone platform on Red Square in Moscow.

Getty Images today announced the rebranding of the Grants for Good as Getty Images Creative Grants, with an increased emphasis on the innovative use of creative and conceptual imagery and film.A A Fostering the collaboration between photographers and filmmakers with agency creatives and nonprofits, the Getty Images Creative Grants will award two ... (more)

Anticipation over Facebook Inc.'s pending initial public offering has fueled a recent surge in stock prices of social media companies in China, where Facebook is blocked.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces new Amazon and Kindle products in New York on Sept.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses as he delivers a keynote address during a conference in San Francisco, California.

Get out your calendar and make a big exclamation point on May 20. That's when an annual solar eclipse will turn the sun into a glowing ring of fire.

U.S. stocks closed with minor losses Monday as telecommunications and technology stocks advanced, offsetting concern that came with Portugal's soaring borrowing costs.

This distinct music offering will, for the first time, present tracks which have been custom-selected for high profile projects that can command premium licensing fees for a single track.

Getty Images, Inc ., today at Midem, announced the launch of GUESTLIST featuring new, fresh sounds from established artists like Joss Stone, as well as rising indie bands.