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Nat Geo host Lucy Cooke is on a mission to prove that just because an animal is ugly, doesn't mean it's not important.

The body of a former crime journalist is discovered in a concrete-filled container some 400 miles from his Florida home.

A 42-year woman dies after a house fire in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

Church leaders are launching a campaign which they say could inspire up to a million more black voters to go to the polls in the next general election.

Blame it on our every-four-years habit. But the truth is the elections -- and the pollsters and pundits -- are just proof of our obsession with prediction. Wanting to know the future is baked in our genes.

The only students invited to last week's vice presidential debate are finding a silver lining after being left out in the cold after the event's popularity unexpectedly grew.

The CDC has now reports almost 200 fungal meningitis cases, including 15 deaths.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday accused President Barack Obama of failing to "stand up to China" after the U.S. Treasury put off releasing a politically sensitive report o...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether or not America's politicians can find a way to sidestep the brutal automatic military cuts of sequestration, the era of rising Western spending on weapons and wars is over.

In a surprise decision the 2012 Stirling prize went to neither of the critics' favourite buildings, nor to the Olympic stadium In a surprise decision the 2012 Stirling prize went to neither of the critics' favourite buil...

What's going on with the polls? I wrote something about this a few days ago, but I think it might have gotten buried, so I want to repeat it. According to both Pollster and Real Clear Politics, Mitt Romney began his big ...

One killed and two others wounded, including a child, in northern town of Jabaliya, according to local medics.

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner hopes to make a death-defying, 23-mile free fall over New Mexico.

Unconfirmed video shows 256 troops being held by opposition, as diplomats seeking to cool tensions meet in Turkey.

He appeared in several tv series including "Perry Mason" and''The Love Boat.

President spends Saturday on debate preparation while Republican rival hits campaign trail in battleground state President Barack Obama hunkered down for intensive debate preparation in Virginia on Saturday, as his Repub...

RINGSTED, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrats fighting an uphill battle to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to use rural angst over the failure of congressional Republicans to pass a farm bill to win...

Personal statements being sold to would-be students by internet companies, Observer investigation discovers Sixth-formers are paying up to £350 for personal statements written by graduates to help them cheat the unive...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Euro zone officials are considering new ways to reduce Greece's huge debts because delays to reforms by Athens and continued recession have put the target of a debt to GDP ratio of 120 percent in 2020 o...

Government's chief scientist among those who dispute evidence used to justify killings, which may begin imminently Britain's top animal disease scientists have launched a devastating attack on the government's "mindless"...

David Nicholson speaks out about competition and putting commissioning decisions in the hands of GPs The head of the NHS has laid bare his fears that the government's controversial reforms of the health service could end...

As the UN and Oxfam warn of the dangers ahead, expert analyst Lester Brown says time to solve the problem is running out Brandon Hunnicutt has had a year to remember. The young Nebraskan from Hamilton County farms 2,600 ...