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Video You need to watch Never Sorry, the documentary about artist-activist-dissident Ai Weiwei. I saw it this summer; it's inspiring. The film depicts his open defiance of the government, leading to an 81-day...

Find out what your town looks like from space at night. If you live in a blazing bright area, your view of the cosmos is probably non-existent.

It is a name that has echoed prominently through the Senate for years, even though most Americans know very little about the person himself. “Mr. Akaka. ... ” Read More... More on Hawaii

If the City Council passes the law, Ringling Brothers will be barred from Los Angeles unless its owners agree to abandon one of the show’s signature acts.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2012.

On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a riveting account of the feud within FreedomWorks, disclosing that arch-libertarian Richard Stephenson, a reclusive millionaire, was the secret source of $12 million the tea p...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that the nation's statutory debt limit will be reached on December 31 and the Treasury Department will take "certain extraordinary measures" to postpone the date. I...

The biggest holiday of the season is over, but retailers are hoping that you aren’t done with your holiday shopping quite yet. The next few days could be critical for retailers.

Country's pper chamber expected to approve a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children.

China has become home to the world's longest high-speed rail route with trains travelling at up to 300km/hour.

A severe winter storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern US has brought heavy snow to the Midwest and threatens disruption in the east.

A passer-by discovered a 30-foot-long whale, still breathing, on a New York beach Wednesday morning, authorities said.

ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten reports: GILLETTE, Wyo.— On a lonely stretch at the edge of the Great Plains, rolling grassland presses up against a crowning escarpment called the Pumpkin Buttes. The land appears b...

The message on Starbucks cups in Washington, DC (AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) If you are a corporate CEO, there are more ways than ever to lobby politicians in Washington on whatever issue you want. You can spend money...

Last Week, Wired.com reported that the entrepreneurs who raised $139,070 on Kickstarter to create POP, a multi-device charging station, were returning all the money they raised because Apple is forbidding the inclusio...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Andy Murray will experience a new sensation when he starts play at next month's Australian Open – feeling like a Grand Slam champion. The third-ranked Brit broke through at...

Debates about the tryanny of the right or left hide the fact that democracy depends on consensus. Arguments put in these terms pit Americans against another. The the only way to move the country in any direction is to re...

VINA, Calif. — Monks in a small Northern California town are rebuilding a centuries-old Spanish monastery with help from what may seem an unlikely source: beer. The first phase of the building's decades-long resto...

Arms-control advocates fear $1.2bn deal for "Global Hawk" aircraft could fuel instability and stir regional arms race.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gary Ramey and his adult daughter traveled 2,500 miles to hunt California bears with hounds last month, eager to take part in what he calls a time-honored tradition. It's one that won't be leg...

Over the past decade there has been a dramatic rise in the amount of illegal drugs smuggled from Mexico into Arizona. The Border Patrol there seized about one million pounds of marijuana during each of the last several y...

CUPERTINO -- Up in the hills above Silicon Valley, past the point where sewer lines give way to septic systems and city lights no longer wash out a starry sky, Dave West is living the simple life. There, next to the in-l...