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You remember Abigail Breslin as a charmingly geeky movie moppet. Now a graceful 17, she’s ready to celebrate the holidays in glammed-up style.

Jennifer Lawrence tripped at the Oscars, the royal baby was born, and Batkid took San Francisco by storm for a day. We've compiled the most memorable entertainment moments of the year in photos. From Miley Cyrus' twerk s...

The first-ever crossword puzzle ran in the New York World newspaper on December 21, 1913. One hundred years later, the puzzles are still extremely popular and run in newspapers across the country. The crosswords we see t...

Gay couples lined up Friday in the Salt Lake County Clerk's office in Salt Lake City, after a federal judge ruled that Utah's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Ruth Hackford-Peer, right, and Kim Hackford-Pee...

'Topless' protest falls flat in Rio de Janeiro as few flaunt longstanding obscenity laws     

Thai army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha warns the current political crisis could "trigger a civil war", and sets out a plan to end the divisions.

The Katy Perry-John Mayer love tour just hit "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

Facing a mounting public-relations crisis, SeaWorld has finally responded to charges of animal mistreatment made in this year's documentary "Blackfish."

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After years of controversy, the Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that punishes certain acts of homosexuality with life in prison.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that marks a drastic shift toward gay marriage in a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it...

Almost the entire 15-member cast of an acclaimed London play was on stage at a West End theater just before pieces of wood the size of park benches and tons...

After coming up very short on a free throw, Kansas forward Perry Ellis seemed to know he couldn't keep playing on Saturday afternoon. Ellis had just taken an elbow to the head from Georgetown's Nate Lubick as he went up ...

Rebels fired on U.S. forces during an attempted evacuation, injuring four and forcing an aborted mission

NASA ordered urgent repairs on the International Space Station

A corruption probe in Turkey sends shock waves through the government as more than 50 people have been detained.

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) -- When General Electric moves jobs from its capacitor plant in this Hudson River town next year, worker Mark Rock figures, he might have to leave, too.     

Authorities on Friday were trying to determine whether a Northern California man's anger over complications he suffered from a 2010 surgery prompted him to go on a shooting rampage at a Nevada urologist's office, killing...

Uganda's gift to America's Christian Right (and in particular to Duck Dynasty and its supporters)is sad in its cruelty: a new law criminalizing homosexuality AND forcing Ugandans to turn in their neighbors.

Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, is launching a publishing arm to foster a healthy software ecosystem. Former EA executive David De Martini is heading up the operation. The post Ocul...

Fan had five beers at Indianapolis Colts game before hitting, killing 12-year-old girl.

The sons of two Turkish government ministers and the head of the state-owned bank are charged in connection with a huge corruption investigation.