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An unusual look at some of the world's densest megacities

For a decade, British photographer Jasper James has shot some of the world's most populated cities for his ongoing series, "City Silhouettes." Using double exposure, a technique that combines two images, James juxtaposes dense cityscapes with lone individuals.

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Bugaboo Boxer and the new luggage changing the way we travel

In some weird distant future, suitcase archeologists will surely marvel over the cumbersome bags we once used to haul inappropriate clothing from one side of the world to the other.

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What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?

Want to feel the warm, gently percolating inner glow of a fireside cognac this Christmas?

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'Rogue One' lands with $290 million worldwide box office debut

The rebels of "Rogue One" helped expand Disney's "Star Wars" empire with a big worldwide opening at the box office this weekend.

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Dubai and Saudi Arabia towers in time war to be world's tallest

The race to the top has just gotten tighter, with two rising mega-towers in the Middle East battling to become the world's tallest.

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Inside Shanghai's first 'seven-star' hotel

Billing itself a "seven-star" hotel -- the first of its kind in Shanghai -- the Wanda Reign on the Bund certainly makes the appropriate first impression.

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Putin's dog gives Japanese journalists an earful

A big, barking dog can be intimidating at the best of times.

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Ballon d'Or 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to best player award

Cristiano Ronaldo secured his fourth Ballon d'Or title Monday, beating old rival Lionel Messi to the title of world's best footballer over the past 12 months.

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Critics Choice Awards 2016: Here's who won

It was a magical night for "La La Land" at the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards. As for television, it was a double dip for HBO.

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'La La Land' scores 7 Golden Globe nominations

"La La Land" is the early darling among contenders for the 74th Golden Globe Awards announced Monday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The movie pulled in seven nominations, including best picture, best director and best actor and actress nods for its stars, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

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The 12 must-have tech gifts of 2016

We get it. Everyone wants an iPhone 7, a 4K TV and a new laptop. At least according to the Consumer Technology Association, which says those items are the year's most sought after.

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World's first permanent ice hotel opens

It's the original pop-up: Northern Sweden's ICEHOTEL was the world's first hotel made of snow and ice when it opened back in 1989.

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he Creator of General Tso’s Chicken Has Died

The spicy chicken dish was first served in 1952

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Trump named Time Person of the Year

Time magazine has named Donald Trump its Person of the Year -- calling him "President of the Divided States of America."

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Twitter released the top hashtag of the year

It was the year of the Olympics, the election ... and Pokemon Go.

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Natalie Portman humanizes former first lady in flawed 'Jackie'

Movie biographies always wrestle with the balance between finding the essence of the subject and replicating his or her look and manner. Natalie Portman devotes so much energy to the latter as to partially sacrifice the former in "Jackie," an intriguing look at Jacqueline Kennedy in the wake of her husband's assassination that plays more like a series of monologues than a wholly realized movie.