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A Connecticut teacher shot a masked and knife-wielding person during a late-night confronation outside of his sister's home when she believed she was being robbed. But Jeffrey Giuliano, 44, didn't realize that he had gun...

Companies are rolling out mid-calorie snacks.

In what almost feels like an Onion story itself, Iran’s Fars News Agency picked up a story from The Onion today, apparently not knowing the story was satirical. The Onion article ‘reports’ that rural ...

Clare O'Connor discusses Oprah's South African School for girls.

The founder of the French fashion label Zadig & Voltaire said an exclusive Parisian hotel the company plans to open in 2014 will not be open to Chinese tourists, according to Vogue UK.

Not surprisingly, rumors have surfaced that Allscripts has put itself up for sale, suddenly sending its languishing stock up 17.5% over the past two days to $12.42. According to Bloomberg, the electronic health records v...

Some high school students say they need more than 850 calories for lunch.

This is a guest post by Craig Birk, director of portfolio management at Personal Capital. Signs of continued economic stagnation and fears that Spain will delay a bailout pushed stocks lower and Treasuries higher. Mad...

Earnings estimates have been advancing for this bank holding company since it posted robust fourth quarter and fiscal 2012 results.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a privately owned Chinese company from building wind turbines close to a Navy military site in Oregon due to national security concerns.

While India has struggled to protect its declining tiger population, its leopards have been getting even less protection, or attention for that matter.

Johnny Lewis, an actor in the popular 'Sons of Anarchy' drama, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, suspected of killing his 81-year-old former landlord and possibly himself. Police think he may have been under the influence o...

USA TODAY's politics blog gets restyled as part of a redesign for the newspaper, website and mobile apps.

A dog has made its own way home after being stolen from a petrol station two miles away.

MUMBAI, India -- Starbucks will open its first outlet in India by the end of October in an upscale neighborhood of Mumbai and has appointed a chief executive to head its India joint venture, the company said Friday.The s...

The man who shot up a Minneapolis sign making business selected his targets carefully, walking past some employees while shooting others, police said today. A fifth victim died from wounds today.

Education holds back booming Brazil

George Takei and Nicole Richie are getting ready to take over "The New Normal." Takei and Richie are headed to the NBC comedy, creator Ryan Murphy tweeted on Friday. Read More... More on American Horror Story

The family of Megan Stammers, who went missing with her maths teacher last week, have spoken of their delight that she's been found in the French city of Bordeaux.

Oil and bombs don’t mix, yet there’s millions of pounds of unexploded World War II munitions dumped in the Gulf of Mexico that pose a risk to offshore drilling and the environment, researchers say.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Election officials in Florida were scouring their records for fraudulent voter registration forms on Friday after the Republican party said it had fired a company hired to gather new voters because of r...

Leeds Rhinos return to the Super League Grand Final for a fifth time in six years in a bruising semi-final against Wigan Warriors.