When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets its global growth before a $5 billion initial public offering, but the chances it will succeed look slim.

The numbers are rising. Today 40 million Americans are dabbling in online dating, and now you can be pretty specific about the kind of lover you long for.

There's a giant red heart in the middle of New York City's Times Square that can measure love's pulse.

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Head brewer Steve Shaw has been making beer as a hobby for about 10 years, and he's helping Valley Vineyards expand their product line after 42 years in the wine business.

Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising: Jan.

Relevant? Historian Robert Dallek says yes A roving band of Washington Post Style reporters weighs in on the latest arts, fashion and culture news.

Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the vocal group behind those eye-popping anti-fur ads, filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld for capturing and "enslaving" orcas named as plaintiffs in the case.

A Plainfield woman is suing Two Brothers Brewing Co. and its distributor after one of its beer tap handles "shattered into jagged and dangerous pieces" as she tried to pour a brew at the restaurant where she worked.

NASA astronaut Janice Voss, who first worked for the space agency as a teenager and flew five shuttle missions in seven years, has died.

For a president who promotes technology at every opportunity, Barack Obama often strikes an awed, self-effacing pose in the presence of technicians, scientists and high tech machinery.

Online dating has only become more ubiquitous and socially acceptable since the first sites launched in the mid-'90s: in a 2007-2009 study, 22 percent of couples surveyed formed as a result of dating websites, and it's now the second-most common way for people to meet.

New York City Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty says he expect to see about 40 tons of paper showered on the New York Giants during their Super Bowl victory parade up the Canyon of Heroes.

A Zimbabwean Water Resources Minister stunned fellow legislators when he blamed mermaids for two incomplete water dam projects.

President Barack Obama hosted the White House science fair Tuesday and called for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success.

Move over, eHarmony and Match.com, and head to your local animal shelter to Meet Your Match.

An attempted bottle-rocket launch from a drunken frat boy's anus backfired and caused a fellow frat boy to fall off a deck, a lawsuit claims.

A week after announcing that the leading social sound platform had reached a staggering 10 million members, SoundCloud has teamed up with videogames developer and publisher Capcom to support the Street Fighter X Tekken consumer PR campaign in the UK.... [Visit Xboxist.com for full story]

2D Action Brawler Cuts into PSN, PC and XBLA Tomorrow Independent game developer Klei Entertainment and EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that the cinematic 2D action brawler, Shank 2, will be available on the PlayStation... [Visit PS3Informer.com for full story]

Captain Lawrence Brewery proprietor Scott Vaccaro is joined by family and area elected officials at ribbon cutting ceremony of company's new Elmsford location.

Online dating is the second most common way for couples to meet, according to a new report.

Hackers sought $50,000 from U.S. anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails.

A New York woman whose two boys were removed from her custody by child welfare officials has filed a federal lawsuit accusing city officials of violating her civil rights .

Balinese dancers perform in front of a brand new Boeing 737-900 ER series plane during its official launch by Indonesia's Lion Air Monday, April 30, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.