div class="yn-story-content">High-end flash sales platformannounced Wednesday that it has acquired home decor site Decorati for an undisclosed amount. is an online resource for interior designers, replete with searchable catalog, matchmaking services for interior designers and inspirational design content. The site also hosts designer portfolios, antiques and sample sales, among other things.The acquisition is part of…

Four Tennesseans accused of smuggling military weapons and parts, some of which were sold to Middle East nations, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court and have agreed to testify against a British firearms manufacturer who currently faces extradition from England.The former executives of Sabre Defence Industries, LLC, a Nashville company that made parts for the…

NEW YORK – The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange has agreed to be acquired by the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange in a deal that will create the world's largest financial markets company.The new company, a combination of NYSE Euronext Inc. and Deutsche Boerse, would have dual headquarters in Frankfurt and…

LOS ANGELES – Prosecutors said Tuesday they plan to charge Lindsay Lohan with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store last month.District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said the charge will be filed Wednesday. She is due in court for an arraignment on Wednesday afternoon.The charge brings the troubled star…

Apple on Thursday released iTunes 10.1.2, a stability and performance update for everyones favorite media-playing / iOS-device-syncing / app-shopping tool.The companys characteristically terse release notes say only that iTunes 10.1.2 provides a number of important stability and performance improvements.However, the updates Read Before You Install iTunes documentwhich you only see if you download the new…

Copper prices edged higher Thursday on expectations that demand will strengthen as the global economy continues to improve.Copper for March delivery added 7.15 cents Thursday to settle at $4.3385 a pound. The metal is used in products from consumer electronics to construction materials.Expectations for stronger demand are being driven by signs that economies in Europe…

NEW YORK – Forget killing them with kindness — Cee Lo Green wants to kill you with music.The singer-rapper-producer's new CD is titled "The Lady Killer," and while it has some romantic tunes on it, the title more reflects his approach to connecting with his audience: He's looking to do it with lethal precision."Instead of…

NEW YORK – There is little doubt Notre Dame will return to Yankee Stadium in the not-too-distant future. When exactly has yet to be decided, but the marriage between two of the country's most famous sports brands is a match made in marketing heaven.Maybe when the Fighting Irish do return to the Big Apple, the…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Rob Lytle, an All-American running back at Michigan who scored a touchdown in the 1978 Super Bowl as a Denver Broncos rookie, has died. He was 56.He had a heart attack Saturday night in Fremont, Ohio, Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Chasity O'Neill said Sunday. Lytle had been taken by ambulance to the…

LIBREVILLE (AFP) – Five associations in Gabon on Monday filed a suit against Transparency International (TI), accusing the watchdog group of defamation against the late president Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died in 2009.The suit targets the French branch of the Berlin-based TI for "defamatory and calumnious statements against the late president Omar Bongo Ondimba, incitement…