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An artist in Kansas is claiming that he was censored for creating an unfavorable image of the state's notoriously self-conscious governor, Sam Brownback. The artwork in question, created by muralist and printmaker Dave L...

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Two days after American Airlines said it had inspected and discovered what caused rows of seats on three different passenger jets to come loose in flight and returned those planes to service, the troubled carrier is taki...

A South African motorcyclist stopped in the middle of an endurance race to rescue a baby calf drowning in a canal. On October 23, 2011, Johan Gray was racing in the grueling Amageza Gauteng Qualifier, a preliminary race ...

Energy markets remain on high alert over a rumored White House plan to tap the country’s 695-million-barrel emergency oil stockpile, known as the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Spot oil prices have fallen shar...

The 11-year-old found the best preserved wooly mammoth in more than a century.

Islamic Action Front moves ahead with pro-reform rally despite king's decision on Thursday to dissolve parliament.

BEIRUT/AKCAKALE (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they had captured an air defense base with a cache of missiles outside Damascus, a rare advance on the city after a series of opposition setbacks in the capital.

BEIJING -- A Chinese state media report says security for the upcoming Shanghai Masters is being tightened after an online death threat against Roger Federer. Shanghai's Youth Daily quoted tournament official Yang Yibin ...

American speedskater Simon Cho says what he did was "wrong" when he yielded to what he claims was persistent pressure from a coach to tamper with another skater's blades at the World Short Track Team Championships in Pol...

Syrian rebels said they will start executing 48 Shiite pilgrims from Iran if Tehran does not comply with their demands, according to a video posted on YouTube.

If you want a fairly good sense of who will prevail in the presidential election, you could check out the numbers at TPM's Polltracker or the latest FiveThirtyEight forecast. But if you're less concerned with stuff like ...

As one outpost is prepared for a handover, a report raises the risks attendant upon the departure of American forces

BEIJING (AP) — All 18 elementary school students buried in a landslide were confirmed dead Friday, while one other person also died after a hillside collapsed and smothered part of a village in mountainous southwe...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A young American shot and killed a chef at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat Friday, before forces from an anti-terror unit shot the gunman dead, police said. The incident appeared to be...

While fans of "Parks & Recreation" have seen several of the Tammys that make up Ron's past love life, they've yet to see him step into something new and exciting. He's about as uncomfortable as would be expected. But if ...

By Alisa Jaffe Holleron for YourTango.com My ex-husband and his new wife picked up the kids recently to take them on a two-week road trip. My sons were beaming with excitement as they loaded suitcases and backpacks into ...

Mitt Romney's been called a lot of things on the MSNBC airwaves. But when a Romney surrogate called President Obama "lazy," it seemed to go too far for anchor Andrea Mitchell -- who suggested her guest take it back.

The season has gone by so fast, and suddenly it was the last challenge on "Project Runway." The five remaining designers were tasked with seeking inspiration from different makeup muses (L'Oreal Paris' latest "Electric F...

ST. LOUIS -- Any hope the Arizona Cardinals had at another close-call victory ended with Kevin Kolb on his back – again and again. Sam Bradford threw a touchdown pass on St. Louis' first possession Thursday night,...

Rising food prices have sparked protests in India and elsewhere in the developing world. But, according to humanitarian group Oxfam, costs are increasing because of a new menace

MINNEAPOLIS -- Some Minnesota lawmakers hope to force the release of Lou Gehrig's medical records, saying they might provide insight into whether the Yankees star died of the disease that came to take his name or whether...