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In the uncertain weeks following the state’s vote to legalize small amounts of marijuana, how authorities handle minor drug cases depends less on the law than on location.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly, Alliance Defense Fund) has a lot of 'splainin' to do about one of their own: Lisa Biron might get the Hypocrite of the Year award.

Software tycoon wanted by police in Belize for questioning in neighbor's murder.

A bridge collapsed in the West Deptford area of New Jersey on Friday, sending several train cars carrying toxic chemicals crashing into a creek near the Delaware River, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Meditation cannot be forced, says The Mind Man, Andy Puddicombe. Watch the video above, where Andy describes how meditation is like sleep -- a natural practice that you can't put too much thought into. For more meditatio...

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has settled a lawsuit with a hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, US media report.

Obama came into office promising to ban the use of torture. His administration released 4 "torture memos" from 2003-2005. Thatwas the end of the Obama administration's flirtation with accountability. In court, every aven...

New technologies that keep lungs breathing during transplant surgery could possibly increase the number of transplants.

Photos: 75 amazing sports moments

Around the country, sneaky givers are brightening people's holiday seasons.

An Alabama judge set $200,000 bonds today for three teenagers charged with felony murder in the death of 17-year-old girl who was allegedly helping them burglarize fishing camps when she was shot by a homeowner.

Bundenstag overwhelmingly votes in favour of eurozone bailout of $51bn for Athens as it battles against bankruptcy.

New figures suggest almost 100,000 are living with HIV in the UK as the PM says too many people are not educated about the virus.

This blog examines why GOP Senators have focus their attention on blocking Susan Rice's potential to be secretary of state rather than on the current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

President Obama warns of a "Scrooge Christmas" if no deal is struck on the "fiscal cliff", but a senior Republican says talks are going "nowhere".

Brussels ' relations with Kyiv are in deadlock. Ukraine is not fulfilling the conditions for signing the already initialed Association Agreement with the EU. Against this background, we outline an eight-point plan of fur...

Political instability mounts as police continue crackdown against protesters calling for improved economic conditions.

NYPD officer helping homeless man inspires others; Powerball winners; "Catfish" TV series.

Hotels are trying to figure out ways to keep customers safe after hackers figured out how to pick a widely-used room lock.

The Duchess of Cambridge returned to her roots and walked the halls of her former school.

A 37-year-old man is dragged through an alley and shot three times in the legs in west Belfast's Turf Lodge estate.

Russia's top investigative agency says it has proof that opposition supporters were trained overseas to help prepare an alleged coup in Russia.