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In high-tech Estonia, home of Skype, one group is using the Internet for a different kind of venture: the Bank of Happiness, an online market for good deeds. The concept is that people do nice things for each other, just because — no payments or products are involved. The bank has more than 500 ads.

Risky bets by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped to trigger the financial crisis. After being bailed out by taxpayers and put under government conservatorship, there's new momentum in Washington to dismantle the mortgage giants.

Authorities in Panama are continuing to search the North Korean cargo ship stopped last week as it moved through the Panama Canal. A search of the ship, which came from Cuba, found aircraft and missile parts hidden under thousands of bags of Cuban sugar.

For a moment, Chris Reynolds was the world's richest man. The Pennsylvania resident checked his PayPal account expecting a zero balance. Instead, he found a credit of more than $92 quadrillion. The error was eventually fixed.

Also: William Blake's cottage is up for sale; Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald is writing a book; Glen Weldon reports from Comic-Con.

The day was bittersweet because Nelson Mandela is marking the day from a hospital bed in Pretoria. However, Mandela's daughter says the anti-apartheid icon is doing better.

A collaboration between Arkansas State University and MFA Oil Biomass means biofuel production is taking place in northeast Arkansas. The source of the…

For many workers, hours are not only short, but increasingly erratic as managers scramble to cover shifts without the steadying influence of experienced full-time employees.

Analysts said the numbers signaled continued recovery in the jobs market. The news — plus good news on some quarterly earning reports — sent the stock markets soaring in early trading.

The action stems from the seizure of the vessel carrying Cold War-era weapons as it attempted to transit the Panama Canal.