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Goals rained down in the English Premier League on Saturday, but for once Manchester United played it safe to stay seven points clear at the top of the table.

A fire that tore through five buildings in San Francisco's Mission District Saturday morning has displaced more than 20 residents, according to officials. The three-alarm blaze, which broke out around 9:30 a.m., was cont...

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Last week the Federal Reserve, made a very unusual announcement. It declared that it would could keep interest rates low as long as unemployment was above 6.5% and inflation was below 2.5%. As of the end of November 2...

Former US President George H W Bush is moved out of intensive care after his condition improves, a spokesman says.

Compliant court gives TransCanada time to prep[asre its case while denying any relief to landowner, as Keystone XL pipeline construction continues across his land.

WASHINGTON -- A broad coalition of nearly 50 progressive and labor organizations that have been actively lobbying for filibuster reform rejected a new bipartisan proposal out of hand, calling it a "recipe for continued S...

Thousands across India demand changes from the government after a gang rape victim dies from her injuries.

I really like the idea of the We The People site. The bulk of the most popular petitions maybe not so much. You have to scroll down a bit to come to a tax related petition of interest. Repeal DOMA. I signed that sucke...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether or not the "fiscal cliff" impasse is broken before the New Year's Eve deadline, there will be no post-cliff peace in Washington.

SAUSALITO, Calif. — A man and boy fishing near the Golden Gate Bridge died on Friday after being swept into the ocean by large waves, authorities said. The unidentified pair and a third fisherman were pulled into ...

Former President George H.W. Bush's condition has improved enough for him to be moved out of the intensive care unit and into a regular patient room at the Houston hospital where he has been receiving treatment.

Blow for François Hollande as constitutional council vetoes Socialist policy at the 11th hour France's constitutional council has dealt a blow to beleaguered Socialist president François Hollande by rejecting the n...

Militants in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 20 of the paramilitaries they seized from checkpoints on Friday, officials say.

Army blames spate of attacks including live fire, explosives and burning of buildings on Boko Haram.

An adult man and a nine-year-old child died Friday after they were swept out to sea in the cold waters off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Even Russia, Bashar al-Assad's biggest ally, is coming round to idea of talks as Syrian rebels continue to gain ground A diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed as far away as ever on Saturday, as the UN-Arab...

Police in Florida arrested an "extremely intoxicated" woman after she allegedly beat her boyfriend over bad oral sex. The Smoking Gun reports that Jennie Scott, 50, assaulted her 32-year-old boyfriend, Jilberto Deleon at...

Jennifer Lawrence might be the "most desirable woman" in Hollywood, but the actress credits junk food and "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" for her incredible physique. That's right. The "Silver Linings Playbook" star ad...

What is “willing to be flexible” all about? What does the day of a “master multi-tasker” actually entail? We sat down with a recruiter and got the skinny on what these cryptic bullet points really...

On UEFA Champions League match day 2 Milan beats Zenit in St. Petersburg 3-2 after drawing at home to Anderlecht on match day 1. Manchester City’s Champions League problems continue with a fortunate 1-1 draw at Et...

We prefer to believe that the behavior of the shooters is foreign to human nature, not something intrinsic in our psyche. Or we say that a gun-worshipping culture is to blame. Yet might there be another factor, some comm...