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UNC Chapel Hill professor Paul Jones has preserved the world's oldest World Wide Web page. His 1991 version is from a personal demo from the Web's inventor. The hunt is...

The Westboro Baptist Church can add another group to its "hate" list: hackers. The Christian fundamentalist group, notorious for its "God Hates Fags" protests, launched a website on Monday called GodHatesOklahoma.com, ju...

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In January 2013, the staff at Cuentame received a phone call from 9-year-old Stephanie Pucheta and her mom Maria Ortiz. Their request seemed simple and straightforward: Would Cuentame help in preventing the deportation o...

At least 17 children were burned to death when a gas cylinder exploded on a school bus.

Can't get enough of the gorgeous gowns from the French Film Festival? Drag and drop your favorite looks to create your own Top Five, then share it with your fashion-savvy friends on Facebook.

Even though I was useless, the adrenalin rush (when Tallulah eventually did break into a canter) was incomparable. Seriously, imagine mastering a sport where it's not *just* your skill, but it's coupled with persuading a...

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Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot, agents had sought the s...

Given Rafael Nadal's impressive return to form after tendinitis forced him from tennis for seven months, it's difficult to imagine any player spoiling his bid for an eighth French Open title. John McEnroe sputtered when ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least one person dead as emergency workers in boats rushed to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes. "It w...

More suspects detained on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder

This piece deals with the potential consequences of the assault on unionism, and the resulting decline in union membership and wages. This was followed by a rise in profits. The rift between the profit recipients and wag...

RotoExperts Mike Cardano (@MikeCardano) and Pat Mayo (@ThePME) talk about hitters Daniel Murphy, Josh Rutledge, Jay Bruce, David Ortiz, Jedd Gyorko and Alex Rios all who had a great Week 8 - looking at their year to date...

After an absence of more than four playoff contests, defenseman Dennis Seidenberg was back in the lineup for the Boston Bruins for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Saturday.Seidenberg had been lost with an ...

Anti-Muslim activity on the rise in UK after soldier killed in London

Roman Polanski once again transfers a New York stage hit to the screen with maximum fidelity and facility, and a minimum of fuss.

The year is flying by and beginning in 2014, you'll be required to have health insurance coverage. There is still significant confusion on how insurance will be bought and sold, and how much it will cost. In this post, I...

Maybe Arjen Robben could drop by RFK tonight. D.C. United needs a goal scorer -- stat! United, which has gone nine straight without a win, welcomes the Portland Timbers, who have gone 10 straight without a loss.