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By SETH BORENSTEIN, The Associated Press KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) -- The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a "worst case scenario" with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City...

A public memorial is under way in Gloucestershire for four members of a family who were found dead at a quarry in Shropshire.

The French site of the Euromillions lottery is hacked, with a passage from the Koran discouraging gambling posted on its homepage.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Andrew Luck came through against the Tennessee Titans just like the Colts quarterback he replaced used to. The rookie who took over for Peyton Manning threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Vick Ballard 4:...

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LONDON (Reuters) - The last employment report before the U.S. presidential election is likely to have something for everyone - for those bullish and bearish on the economy and for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

More issuance is occurring at the lower end of the junk rating spectrum as individuals continue to buy freely, but big institutional investors have taken a small step back.

The Weather Channel had its third straight day of a round-the-clock vigil for the approaching superstorm, and the tone of its meteorologists turned more ominous Sunday with evidence building tha...

On Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London, England the NFL's St Louis Rams played a regular season game against the New England Patriots before over 80,000 fans. The game turned into a nail-biting 45-7 win for New England a...

TRIPOLI, Libya -- It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi...

VideoPete McGrane, Musician and Songwriter In the 1960s, Phil Spector created what is now known as the "Wall of Sound" - a music production technique that involved a layering sounds of sorts  - arrangements that inclu...

What will be in focus when tomorrow's Opening Bell chimes? Technology will remain a key theme this week, after a series of negative quarterly reports.

Wisconsin has been the epicenter of the conservative backlash against President Obama. But if that resistance ultimately falls short of knocking him out office on Election Day, it will be partly because of voters like Gu...

Roger Goodell won't have to go out of his way to scold and/or fine DeAngelo Hall after his ejection from the Redskins-Steelers game. The Washington cornerback apparently already has his people working to set up a meeting...

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  Barack Obama believes he can take Ohio voters for fools. His “I saved GM from bankruptcy” was his first whopper. As if that was not enough, Obama, aided and abetted by Bill Clinton in Charlotte, conceive...

Image credit: Wikipedia Halloween is for most people a playful annual event that's all about costumes, candy and having fun. But for some it's the object of a little-known psychological condition called Samhainopho...

The rest of the world already accepts, knows, that climate change is real. It is here. This country seems to be the only country where maybe not a majority but many people don't "believe" in climate change, and the gover...

New York partially evacuated before 'super storm' arrives; US presidential election campaign is also thrown into disarray Tens of millions of people braced themselves for the arrival of hurricane Sandy on Sunday, as the ...

CHICAGO -- Jay Cutler took a beating in the first half and came back to lead the Chicago Bears to a last-second victory. Robbie Gould kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired after Cutler rallied the Bears in the four...

interview with Donald Barlett and James Steele, the nation's most honored investigative reporting team, discussing tips for bloggers and writers on doing investigative journalism.

XIANGSHAN/WUKAN, China (Reuters) - Hua Youjuan is an unlikely Chinese official.