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Patrick Eccles, a 20-year-old university student from Utah, is now sans spleen after a bull surgically removed it during the Running of the Bulls. Ow, right in the Pamplona.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Al Gentry simply ran out of time. For nearly 25 years he searched for his brother's killer and followed the trail to a Georgia widow with a dubious past.

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Los Zetas, the notorious Mexican drug cartel, is known for committing some of the most brutal crimes in Latin America. The group originated in the 1990s when members of a Mexican special forces unit, assigned to combat t...

A New York-based temple devoted to encouraging "benevolence and empathy among all people" through the teachings of Satan traveled over the weekend to the Mississippi gravesite of Catherine Idalette Johnston, late mother ...

Nothing burns calories like a nice monetary incentive. At least that's the theory being tested in Dubai, where the city is offering residents 2 grams of solid gold if they lose at least 2 kg (4.4 lbs) within 30 days, Emi...

We totally thought Kevin Boss had him, but he did not. This man is un-punchable.

Rjukan, a small town in Southern Norway, does not receive any sunlight during the winter between September and March. The former industrial center is surrounded by high mountains that block the sun from striking the vall...

A new patent awarded to Apple could pave the way for a whole host of devices -- iPhones, iPads, iPods, iWatches -- made from the high-tech, super-touch amorphous metal alloy.

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The body of an actor who appeared in the James Bond film Casino Royale is found at cliffs in East Sussex.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn--Landon Donovan didn't want to talk about the pass. It was a perfect pass, mind you, a wonderfully weighted cross that Donovan delivered while sprinting down the right wing late in Tuesday's then-scor...

One of the shouting matches going on at present is that the rates Spotify pays to musicians and songwriters are terribly low. So low in fact that Thom Yoke, of that popular beat combo Radiohead, has withdrawn his indepen...

Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" mentor Adam Levine, 34, and Victoia's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo, 24, split ways in late spring after briefly dating but have apparently had a change of heart. On Tuesday, the couple c...

The total number of people unemployed and those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance drops, according to new official figures.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- "Glee" actor Cory Monteith, who had struggled for years with substance abuse and once said he was lucky to be alive, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia cor...

Markets are doing nothing. Everywhere we look, whether it's in Asia, Europe, or the US futures market, there's virtually no change. The world is waiting for Ben Bernanke's final Humphrey-Hawkins testimony (his semi-annua...

Mohammad Darra Jamo, a commentator who worked for Syrian state media, killed by gunmen in southern town of Sarafand Militants have assassinated a well-known supporter of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, in Lebanon,...

The US energy regulator hits Barclays with a massive penalty for rigging the sector's market in four states.

Federal Reserve chairman testifies at Congress today, as Greek MPs continue to clash over plans to lay off thousands of public sector workers Graeme Wearden

More people stealing animals to sell for profit

Eighty out of 105 Massachusetts retirement authorities received a failing grade for their progress in covering billions of dollars in future pension liabilities, according to a new database of public pension performance....