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Sugar-spun pom-poms, bushy and fluffy like otherworldly candies, brimming with the aroma of childhood and of a mother's soft embrace. Mimosa is a miracle of nature, a tree with a unique appearance and a scent like no oth...

About 50 to 60 people were injured when a driver drove into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small mountain town.

Zynga has apparently told the makers of the dating website CupidWithFriends that they need to change the site's name, because it allegedly infringes on Zynga's trademarks. CupidWithFriends was built by the startup Apartm...

A senior female member of Imran Khan's Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI) was shot dead outside her home in Karachi on Saturday. Reports suggested that Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was senior vice-president of the ...

The Energy Department gave a terminal near Freeport, Tex., permission Friday to ship liquefied natural gas to Japan, providing a new outlet for rising U.S. production of shale gas despite qualms of environmentalists and ...

A 15-year-old in Las Vegas dies after the passenger in a car allegedly tries to steal his iPad as he walks down the street. Police say the teen wouldn't let go of his iPad and was run over.

Recent events, tragic and triumphant, emphasize the social web's role as a central source for disseminating breaking news. But getting the facts right continues to be a challenge, and a solution requires cooperation and ...

A U.S. Airways official said a jet with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing early this morning at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.

One out of every six women in the US has been the victim of a sexual assault. Elsewhere in the world, the statistics are even more appalling. Yet advertisers often make light of sexual violence towards women. They disgui...

In the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the title hero sets out to find the Holy Grail with only a diary and a map without any labels -- and he has to find the grail before anyone else does. SEE ALSO: More C...

New research out of UC Berkeley reveals some interesting tidbits about how the human brain reacts to music. According to a study headed by scientist...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Funeral services have been held for the New Jersey woman and boy whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last weekend.

There was a brief moment where some conservative were trying to make a scandal out of the President's moment in the rain on Thursday. But unfortunately that scandal died before it could really take off.

For all the talk of how it's a waste to study American Literature or other majors with limited job prospects, even the Chairman of the Federal Reserve acknowledges a value to cultural pursuits. Ben Bernanke ended his com...

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to...

A group of cybersecurity experts has come out in opposition to a White House-backed proposal that would dramatically expand the FBI's wiretapping capabilities for internet communication services. In a new research paper,...

Tejano music legend Lydia Mendoza is being recognized, immortalized and given the respect many feels she deserves for her contributions to the American musical scene. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp comme...

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Up to 60 people injured when car drives into Va. parade; medical emergency possible cause

Paul Haggis' new pic, "Third Person" is scoring brisk biz for Belgian production and sales company Corsan, which has announced sales to 23 markets of the triple-tiered relationship drama with an ensemble cast comprising ...

"Facebook was not originally created to be a company," CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his SEC Registration letter a little more than three months before Facebook went public on May 18, 2012. "It was built to accomplish a s...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is co-sponsoring three bills designed to maintain low interest rates on student loans, hoping to prevent young people from ending up with excessive debt.