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Meet Jasleen, a giant baby born in Leipzig last week. At 13.47 pounds and 22.6 inches, Jasleen is the largest-ever baby born in Germany.

Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians of all‐time. He is regarded as one of the "Top 100 Comedians of All-Time" by Comedy Central. He was also the co-creator and co-writer of Seinfeld, the long-running...

A Fox News interviewer awkwardly questioned the Muslim author on why he had written about Jesus, and sales of his book, "Zealot," surged once the video caught fire online.

FORBES got an exclusive tour of San Francisco's priciest property on the market: a $30 million Victorian mansion in Pacific Heights.

President Obama will deliver a speech on rebuilding middle-class American jobs today from an Amazon warehouse in Tennessee, but a look at the facts about employment at the giant internet retailer may work against the Whi...

If the real Sasquatch is ever captured, Bill Belichick will have him signed and working out to play tight end within days.

12,000 spectators traveled to Hayward, Wisconsin on Saturday to watch the annual Lumberjack World Championships. The event is one of the largest lumberjack competitions in the world and showcases a number of outrageous w...

There are a lot of ways to design a good subway map, but completely distorting the landscape usually isn't one of them. However, mapmaker Max Roberts thinks that there's two ways to go about it -- even if his method isn'...

Two years ago, Pamela Smart was hawking self-published coloring books from her car. Or she'd make a sale by carrying a stack of books around with her, displaying the intricate black-and-white drawings that - under the sp...

The Spanish rail crash train was travelling at 119mph before it derailed near Santiago de Compostela, killing 79, a court hears.

In a long-awaited public response to the death of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January after being charged with hacking into MIT computers and illegally downloading millions of academic journal articles, MIT of...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. trade official says he hopes negotiations on a free trade deal with Europe will drive growth-oriented changes in the European economy.

Stocks are edging higher in midday trading on Wall Street after several big companies turned in solid earnings.

It takes a special kind of person to enter a 24-hour endurance race and then decide to risk the race on a pass in the first lap. Somehow driver Pier Guidi managed to recover from the 360 without a collision and go on to ...

Talented people used to want high salaries and stable career paths, but now they want work with purpose. Here's how your company can offer candidates meaningful and attractive roles: Get serious about impact. Determine t...

The Patriots have done something likable. We're confused, but appreciative. Video, after the jump.

The Government is attacked for failing to help any businesses to date, despite the plans being announced a year ago.

Seven injured amid huge blasts and multiple fires at Blue Rhino gas cylinder depot in Tavares A series of explosions rocked a propane gas plant in central Florida, north-west of Orlando, authorities said. Local media rep...

Heavily armed militants thought to have been trying to free associates when they stormed Dera Ismail Khan jail Dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and bombs have attacked a prison in north-west Pakistan...

China's tallest building and the area around it will take the spotlight in Shanghai later this week as work on the tower reaches a key milestone.

BANGKOK (AP) -- The price of oil fell Tuesday as traders await some key data releases later in the week, including U.S. employment figures.

Earlier this month, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope studied exoplanet HD 189733b and determined that it was a deep blue color, thanks to silicates in its atmosphere that can create storms akin to raining gla...