Google Employee Shares Easter Eggs for Hangouts Chats

(NEW YORK) -- Google didn’t show off all of the fun features of Hangouts, the company’s new multiplatform text and video chat service at this week’s big I/O conference. If you&rsq... Read More

Powerball Pot Would Near $1 Billion If No One Wins on Saturday

(NEW YORK) -- The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game, but one official estimated Friday that if it goes unclaimed t... Read More

Wall Street Ends Week at Record Highs

(NEW YORK) -- Stocks finishing out another record breaking week. The Dow, S&P and NASDAQ posting four straight weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the Fri... Read More

‘Smart Rifle’ Begins Shipping to Gun Owners This Week

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A Texas startup has developed a “smart rifle”that barely needs to be aimed. The maker of the gun, being shipped to stores this week, brags that &ldqu... Read More

Powerball Jackpot Soars to Record $600 Million

(NEW YORK) -- The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game. The biggest lottery jackpot ever was $656 million... Read More

Unemployment: How Does Your State Rank?

(NEW YORK) -- Forty states showed a drop in unemployment in April. Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota showed an increase in the unemployment rate, while rates were unchanged in seven... Read More

Steak n’ Shake Waitress Scores $446 Tip on $6 Check

(INDIANAPOLIS) -- If service with a smile results in a good tip, then Steak n’ Shake waitress CeCe Bruce is smiling from ear to ear. Bruce, a waitress for the past two years at a S... Read More

Taco Bell Sued By Prisoner for ‘Stealing’ Doritos Locos Idea

(NEW YORK) -- Where do wildly popular fast food ideas come from? According to Gary Cole: Prison. That is the contention of Cole, who claims that it was he who invented Taco Bell’s... Read More

Consumer Confidence Rises to 6-Year High

(NEW YORK) -- American consumers are feeling better about the economy. Consumer confidence rose this month to 83.7 -- better than expected and its highest level since July 2007, accordin... Read More

Microsoft Hides Job Posting in Web Code

(NEW YORK) -- Looking for work? Well, just finding out this Microsoft job exists is work. Microsoft has posted a sort of secret job listing for a Bing software development engineer... Read More