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Some species of viruses, fungi, protozoans, wasps, and tapeworms take over the brains and actions of the animals and insects they infect — making them do whatever their new master wants. A recent issue of the Journal o...

If Walter White tells you to go on a prom date with someone, you go — and you don't ask questions. That's what high schooler Stefan Montana must have been thinking as he cornered Bryan Cranston near the stage door of h...

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A 12-bedroom waterfront estate on 50 acres in wealthy Greenwich has been sold for $120 million. Even though that's $70 million under Copper Beech Farm's initial listing price, real estate agent ...

More and more people are equipping their houses with high-tech automation systems, but it's not likely you'll find a smart home as beautiful as this one.  This five-bedroom house is located on a hilltop in Studio City,...

Sony is advising consumers to quit using some of its VAIO laptop computers and unplug them, saying that it’s possible that its non-removable battery pack could overheat. The company says...

Before the Pebble blew past its Kickstarter goal. Before the iWatch was a twinkle in anyone's eye. There was the Casio calculator watch. And it was awesome. The Casio calculator watch is still awesome. And that's why I j...

Striving for unity, US faces reluctant partner in Europe in financial penalties against Russia

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe some 60 feet toward Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared aware during questioning by U.S. Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said Frid...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Is the selling over or has it just begun?

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Manchester City's head coach believes Chelsea and Liverpool remain firmly in the hunt, despite what rival managers say

The White House on Saturday warned Russia and President Vladimir Putin against further military incursion in Ukraine, amid reports of armed separatists seizing government offices in the eastern city of Slaviansk. In a st...

International approval of U.S. leadership improved last year, rising from of 41% in 2012 to 46% in 2013. This ended a downward trend in U.S. approval ratings, which had consistently declined since 2009. MoreMen Charged W...

Archaeologists in Serbia have been moving the skeleton of a million-year-old mammoth. Guy De Launey reports.

Iran accuses the US of acting illegally after the White House refuses a visa to Tehran's new UN envoy over alleged links to the 1979 hostage crisis.

BEIJING (AP) -- An oil pipe leak caused excessive levels of the toxic chemical benzene in a major Chinese city's water supply, prompting warnings against drinking from the tap and sending residents to queue up to buy bot...

Beijing court confirms four-year prison term for Xu Zhiyong, convicted for support of anti-corruption protests.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A family member has conifirmed that one of the twin sisters who was on a bus involved in an explosive freeway collision in Northern California is among the 10 dead.

Tribune Publishing, which will own the L.A. Times and seven other newspapers, will pay a dividend of up to $275 million to parent Tribune Co. when it is spun off this year.Tribune Co.'s newspaper unit will pay a dividend...

Shares of struggling chains, including JCPenney, Sears and Aeropostale, got whacked Friday on jitters that business at shopping malls is sputtering. JCPenney shares dropped 9.6 percent to $7.70, while Sears...

A judge in Montreal ruled that Bruno Rodi, the owner of the furniture company Rodi Design, could purchase Bixi for about $3.6 million.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Geologists in Ohio have for the first time linked earthquakes in a geologic formation deep under the Appalachians to hydraulic fracturing, leading the state to issue new permit conditions Friday in cert...