Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday

He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

Inventor will pitch Kevlar garbage can lid on ABC's 'Shark Tank'

Kevin Kiernan, who works in New Rochelle, invented a universal garbage can lid. He will pitch his invention on the ABC show “Shark Tank,” which airs Feb. 17. / Ned P. Rauch/The Journal News

Who Is Sheldon Adelson, the Gingrich Super PAC's Billionaire Backer?

The shadowy billionaire bankrolling Newt Gingrich's super PAC is a Las Vegas casino magnate who's given tens of millions to Republican and pro-Israel causes over the years -- and now, to boosting Gingrich. Sheldon Adelson, CEO of casino developer Las Vegas Sands, and his wife, Miriam, have each given the Winning Our Future super PAC $5 million to date, and the PAC has committed to spending $6 ...

India guides Maldives shift

In 2010, Nasheed was forced to go back on his plans to allow more of his country's islands to be taken over by multinational companies to run resorts. Eventually, New Delhi helped his government with aid to tide over a looming fiscal crisis.

'Please, sir, we want some more': 200 years on, appetite for Dickens still strong

LONDON - He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

Facebook founder

Thanks to Darwin Barton Just because we live in a small town in Tennessee, doesn’t mean I cannot keep up with things going on in the world. Anyone that knows me knows that I love to be on Facebook. I just know that the boy who invented it is such a genius. It is a [...]