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Mr. Carter, whose work won dozens of awards, spent nine decades in contemporary music and continued to explore new ground into his later years.

Neil deGrasse Tyson was invited by DC Comics to look for the superhero's home world. He found it.

Profile of Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond.

Okla. pilot accused of stealing car near Seattle airport; arrested on theft, DUI allegations

In an election season full of twists and turns, there was probably no development more detrimental to politics than the proliferation of liberally biased, self-styled “fact-checkers” who actually made the 201...

Preview of the 2012 elections for Senate, House and president between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

Pearson says it is not looking for buyer after Bloomberg reports UK media group is considering private sale The owner of the Financial Times has denied reports that it would sell off the title. Pearson took the unusual s...

The harsh reality for Manchester City is that, whatever grievances they will take with them, it was not enough. We can admire their powers of recovery, the way they tried so desperately hard to salvage something, and we ...

Portable DNA tests, that quickly diagnose ash dieback, are now being used in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly fungus.

Demarco Myles is being charged in two assailts.

After over a year of campaigning and debating, and $984 million invested in presidential campaign advertising, Americans went to polling places across the nation Tuesday to render their verdict on President Barack Obama ...

PIKEVILLE, KY - JULY 28: A Tide Crew Member helps a flood victim carry her dirty clothes to the drop off counter at the Tide's Loads Of Hope free mobile laundry program at the Loads of Hope Truck - Laundry Drop-Off Site:...

Waterhouse report into scandal has major discrepancies with recent Newsnight allegations against living ex-politician Discrepancies have been identified between the testimony given to the Waterhouse inquiry into an alleg...

It's been a grueling campaign. You just want to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and find out who will be president for the next four years.

For the better part of a decade we've seen Congress continue its juvenile squabbles while our infrastructure rots, skilled immigrants leave and our tax code metastasizes. Even as the cost of the current presidential e...

Arsenal surrender a two-goal lead to draw at Schalke 04 and leave their Champions League Group B hopes in the balance.

Rackspace Hosting this afternoon posted Q3 results in line with Street estimates. The company reported third quarter revenue of $336 million, up 27% from a year ago and ahead 5.3% sequentially, and in line with the Stree...

N.J. governor attacks Obama in 2011, but praises him in 2012 for his response to the superstorm.

FRESNO, Calif. — A parolee who worked at a California chicken processing plant opened fire at the business on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding two others, before taking his own life, authorities said. Poli...

Two thirds of a Playboy triplets trio smiled for a different kind of photographer this weekend after being arrested for their role in an Ohio strip club brawl. According to NewsNet5, police arrested Vicki and Sarah Satte...

London -- Taylor Swift says the response to her latest album, "Red," has been "unbelievable." The American singer was speaking at Westfield London shopping mall Tuesday, where she was switching on the Christmas lights. R...

Health and social care firm pays £48m for out-of-hours GP service, to create company that could treat 15 million patients Care UK has paid £48m for England's biggest out-of-hours GP service, Harmoni, in a deal to c...