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The chairman of Stow College in Glasgow steps down after a row over a secretly recorded conversation with the education secretary.

Tens of thousands of people, including Nasa scientists, amateur astronomers and holiday-makers from around the world, have gathered in Queensland for Australia's first full solar eclipse for a decade.

In a surprise decision, Steven Sinofsky, the head of Microsoft's Windows division, leaves the company with immediate effect.

AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons prepare to meet for the first time

Police arrested a 19-year-old student Monday afternoon, responding to his alleged threats to "shoot up the campus," of Montgomery College Rockville, according to WJLA, a local ABC affiliate. Elizabeth Homan, a spokespers...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday warned against extending all the U.S. tax breaks to give Washington more time to broker a deficit reduction deal, saying it would create more uncertai...

Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the aquatic variety.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co to explore options, which could include a potential sale, as the chipmaker struggles to find a role in an industry increasingly focu...

Although the U.S. economy is picking up and unemployment trending downward, we're still not out of the woods. So in the foreseeable future -- the next six months to a year, at least -- the government has to continue to s...

The catastrophic damage left by Hurricane Sandy has once again underscored the costly shortcomings of the way we—that is, federal taxpayers—insure property owners against the monster storms that are becomin...

The last total solar eclipse until 2015 has begun, with the moon crossing in front of the sun in a celestial event that will ultimately send the moon's shadow on a three-hour trek across Earth's surface, starting in nort...

A man is arrested after the body of a 42-year-old woman from Thailand is discovered at the SECC in Glasgow.

Murder-suicide eyed in deaths of 3 kids, uncle, grandma in Ohio garage amid custody dispute

Break on Through (to the Other Side) I can hear Ray Manzerek's analogue keys (pounding bass notes) reverberating through my subconscious as I write this. That riff of intense anticipation as Mr Mojo Risin' leads us into ...

The United Nations says 1.5 million people in Haiti are at risk of not having proper access to food throughout 2013 due to natural disasters.

If you don't know your way around a weight room, heading to the gym can be intimidating -- and even dangerous. But paying attention to a few simple rules of proper technique can make you slimmer, stronger and healthier a...

Who's up and who's down after the arduous, expensive ordeal that was 2012

Explosion rips through fireworks factory in northern India, killing 7 people

John McAfee, the tech wizard who developed the McAfee anti-virus software in the 1980s and helped pioneer instant messaging in the 1990s, is wanted for questioning by Belize Police in connection with the murder of a neig...

Radical cleric Abu Qatada was released from jail on bail Tuesday, following a successful appeal Monday against deportation from the United Kingdom to face terror charges in Jordan.

A story told about Marine Gen. John Allen while commanding troops in Iraq describes his ability to inspire the loyalty.

Manhattan couple Dimitri Papanagnou, 33, and Jason P. Young, 38, tied the knot Saturday, Nov. 3 -- but not without a little interference from Hurricane Sandy. The couple had planned to have their ceremony at the Glass Ho...