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An 18-foot-long oarfish found dead in Southern California was filled with parasites, according to researchers at UC Santa Barbara who dissected the serpent-like fish last Thursday. Around two dozen larval tapeworms, two ...

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Miss America Nina Davuluri opens up about the cultural clash she experienced when she introduce her boyfriend to her traditional parents.

Rrrrrchaelogists have recovered five big six pounders from t' wreck o' t' famed scurvy dog Blackbeard's ship off t' coast o' North Carolina.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea lawmakers on Wednesday toured a jointly run factory park in North Korea for the first time since it reopened last month after a five-month shutdown.     

It was only a matter of time before someone driving with Google Glass got pulled over. But it's what the police officer included on the ticket that makes for such an interesting case study. On Tuesday night, self-proclai...

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Officials who guided U.S. through meltdown say their actions were necessaryOfficials who guided U.S. through meltdown say their actions were necessary.

Authorities struggled to explain how a small plane crashed at an international airport, erupted in fire, but evidently went unnoticed for hours.

Like 56 percent of the American adult population, I used to be a dependent smartphone user who never went anywhere without Yelp-ing it first. That was, until a fateful day in June, two weeks after I moved to New York Cit...

The U.S. government's budget deficit dropped sharply in fiscal 2013, pushed to its lowest level in five years by record revenues and modestly lower spending.

Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 16-year-old Nevada boy accused of killing his mother and brother before disappearing for several days is expected to plead not guilty.     

Report urges concussion culture change for young athletes, says too little known about risks     

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Officials have evacuated about 4,500 people in western Mexico after streams of gasoline leaked from a state-owned pipeline that was apparently drilled open by fuel thieves.     

A 36-year-old New Bedford man was charged this morning in the Oct. 14 slaying in Fairhaven of 69-year-old Joyce Howland, a retired elementary school teacher, prosecutors said.     

Even trivial interactions with cashiers and others can confer a sense of belonging.

A Connecticut couple allegedly punished a 9-year-old girl in their care with an electric shock collar designed to discipline dogs, police said.

Iraqi officials: Twin suicide attack targets army, anti-al-Qaida militiamen, killing 12 people     

UN commission probing possible grave North Korea rights abuses holding 2-day public hearing     

Six people, including two children and the suspected shooter, were found dead in Greenwood County, South Carolina, an official said Tuesday night.

Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, part of an agreement that fueled new peace talks.