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Today, landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Mount Rushmore monument attract people from around the world who marvel at their impressive design.  

Plastic surgery is big business.

There were more than four million procedures in the US in 2014, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

That represents more than 20% of all the procedures globally. 

Plastic surgery makes up a part of the vanity capital economy. 

Vanity capital spending - which also includes makeup, luxury cars, fitness wear and health supplements - is now worth an estimated $4.5 trillion, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Читать дальше...

Stocks were slightly higher in early afternoon trading on Thursday after we got a raft of economic data that matched upbeat expectations. 

The Honest Company is a Los Angeles-based startup that makes household products with a conscience.

Jenna Marbles, née Mourey, is one of YouTube's biggest success stories. She is the number one female star on the platform with over 15 million subscribers and nearly 2 billion views on her videos. She also has 2.1 million followers on Vine.

Reddit recently hosted an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, that featured Kwasi Enin answering questions about his incredible feat of being accepted into all eight Ivy League schools.

In the nearly nine years since the start of the Mexican Drug War, the cartels have been battered and decapitated through a series of high profile arrests and the deaths of high ranking drug kingpins.

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk's office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge's order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don't excuse officials from following the law.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Muppets, longtime residents of PBS, are getting a second home at HBO.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A Croatian hostage reportedly slain in Egypt was kidnapped by an unidentified group that demanded a ransom from his employer before turning him over to the Islamic State group, Croatia's Foreign Minister said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are buying more homes and at higher prices, yet new data shows that mortgage debt is little changed.

Mastering your money has a lot more to do with psychology and mindset than we might think.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Dre and Ice Cube denied long-standing charges of misogyny against N.W.A in a new interview with Rolling Stone.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pilot reports of drone sightings so far this year are more than double last year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, raising concern about the potential for a deadly collision.

Jessica Alba and Brian Lee's startup The Honest Co. just raised $100 million at a $1.7 billion valuation, The Wall Street Journal reports.

"Fantastic Four" is a strange comic book movie, one that's very shy on the actual superheroics. This could have been one of the film's great strengths, but ultimately served to cripple it in the long run. But how much of it comes from the source material?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — TLC network has set an airdate for its new child sexual abuse documentary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Peter Welch's sister, Maureen, had better intelligence than the five-term Vermont congressman about Pope Francis' upcoming trip to the United States and his historic address to Congress.

The FTSE couldn't have been flatter if it tried today.

The UK's share index closed down 0.04% today, or 2.86 points to 6,568.33.

The FTSE gave up early gains this afternoon as enthusiasm for China's third devaluation waned.

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NOW WATCH: 50 Cent testifies his lifestyle is an illusion

College costs can vary widely across the US, with tuition costing significantly more in some states than others. 

NEW YORK (AP) — With a pitching clinic from their two aces, the New York Mets are making it another miserable trip to Citi Field for the Colorado Rockies.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Yankees' lead in the AL East is gone.

Danny Salazar pitched neatly into the eighth inning, Abraham Almonte's RBI single broke a 1-all tie in the sixth and the Cleveland Indians beat the Yankees 2-1 on Wednesday night.

The loss, coupled with Toronto's 10-3 win over Oakland, knocked New York out of first place for the first time since July 2.

The Yankees, who have lost five straight, led the division by seven games on July 28, but trail the Blue Jays... Читать дальше...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning could be placed in solitary confinement indefinitely for allegedly violating prison rules by having a copy of Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover and an expired tube of toothpaste, among other things, her lawyer said Wednesday.

The morning after two massive explosions rocked China's northeast port city of Tianjin, the magnitude of the damage has become clear.

TIANJIN, China (AP) — The latest on the explosions in China's port city of Tianjin (all times local):