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The Internet is a fickle beast: What's hot online one day may be little more than distant, pixelated memory the next. But against all odds, Tard the Grumpy Cat has survived. And now, news has spread that there is in fact...

Visit reddit.com, and you can pursue quirky interests ranging from Argentina to zombies. Here's a guide to the 4,000 communities that coexist on Reddit -- and the tribes you will find.

NYC took it on the chin, again (remember 9/11?), although this time our New Jersey neighbors got it even worse. I’m sure we’ll survive, even prosper. We always do, no matter how difficult. But hope is hard....

Pfc. Charles Fox, a forward observer, with another soldier from Chopping Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, provide overwatch during a dismounted patrol in ...

Some 4.6 million homes and businesses remain without power after Superstorm Sandy, which has left more than 90 people dead.

Air New Zealand releases the latest of its creative in-flight safety films, which have garnered a large following online.

Police received a 911 call Tuesday from Smith's home in Dallas that people he knew had arrived to "harass and torment" him and were "in the pursuit of collecting financial gain."

A central Michigan pastor accused of beating and strangling a neighbor to fulfill a sexual fantasy was engaged to the victim's mother and had asked church members to pray for the young woman before police found her body,...

At least 18 people are killed after attackers open fire at a petrol station in south-western Pakistan, triggering a huge blaze, officials say.

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An 11-year-old boy who was hit by lightning is back home and says he can remember "hardly anything" about the incident.

Many parts of Latin America are commemorating the Day of the Dead, as the BBC's Alexandra Mackenzie reports.

Tony Parker sank a 21-foot jumper as time expired and the San Antonio Spurs won a thrilling rematch of the Western Conference finals, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 86-84 on Thursday night.

Eighteen people killed after gunmen riding on two motorbikes set ablaze a bus at a petrol station in southwest Pakistan.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has canceled its annual marathon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, as Sunday's race had become a lightning rod for residents frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy.

Sunday's New York City marathon has been called off in the aftermath of the super storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces.

Since the 2008 presidential election, more than 2 million people have become naturalized, and next week many of them will be voting in a presidential election in the United States for the first time. “I need to vot...

Curiosity comes up empty-handed in its first attempt to find the gas, which on Earth is tied to biological processes.

US presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney embark on a final frenzy of campaigning on the last weekend before polling day.

When a Utah couple was wed Thursday, they decided to take the plunge, literally.

Senior figure from Thatcher years 'vehemently denies' allegations of paedophile activity, according to Channel 4 News A former senior political figure is said to have rejected claims that he sexually assaulted one of the...

The New York Marathon will not be held Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday, backtracking just a few hours after he defended holding the race.