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INDIANAPOLIS -- Chuck Pagano walked onto the field Sunday waving to the fans and hugging his wife. He left the field hugging everybody in sight – assistant coaches, Colts players, even Texans players and coaches �...

The Large Zenith Telescope's 6-meter liquid mercury mirror at the University of British Columbia. Credit: Paul Hickson (UBC) Today’s 8-meter class, optical telescope mirrors are such expensive glass behemoths that...

English: President Obama talks alone with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office a few days after the inauguration. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We were expecting a vote today on the budget. What we got was mo...

“True entrepreneurs are rabidly risk-averse - they will do whatever it takes to remove the risk from their ventures. However, the more work you put into the front end of your business idea, the more you increase yo...

The former Conservative MP Sir Irvine Patnick has died aged 83, his family says in a statement.

Adam Robinson is said to have flown from his home in Hampshire to Los Angeles, after befriending a 13-year-old girl online.

The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India arrived back in New Delhi early on Sunday and was quickly cremated at a private ceremony.

The offer of rewards for attacks on the US ambassador and troops follows the death of militants in a suspected drone strike.

President Obama said an inquiry on the episode that claimed four American lives in Libya had identified “huge problems” in how the State Department protects its missions abroad.

* Immigration reform, economic growth top Obama to-do list * Energy, gun control round out second term priorities * Obama wants immigration, gun measures in first year By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Pr...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Far too late for the playoffs, running back C.J. Spiller helped deliver embattled Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey a season-ending 28-9 win over the turmoil-riddled New York Jets on Sunday...

PFT: The move ends a 14-year run for Reid, who was the longest-tenured active coach in the league. The 54-year-old Reid won three NFL coach of the year awards, and made five NFC Championship Games, losing his only trip t...

Miami's South Beach is well known for its social scene but very good restaurants are now joining the mix.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of BBC's "Dr. Who," the Royal Mail is releasing collectible stamps featuring the show's characters. "It's 50 years since a strange old man stepped out of a Police Box in a scrapyard...

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Sunday confirmed the head of the Federal Housing Administration in her position despite mounting losses from souring loans at the mortgage funding agency that some fear c...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — There will be no repeat for the New York Giants. Not even a playoff berth. The Giants (9-7) saw their playoff hopes end minutes after posting a 42-7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles when Ch...

Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said today that he would vote no to raise the debt ceiling, if concessions to reform Social Security and Medicare were not made, despite a previous statement by Graham to suggest that m...

For workers in New York and New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy has been a boon, conjuring up demolition and construction work that has been mostly absent since the housing market’s collapse.

Agriculture panel leaders reach deal for extending farm bill, maintaining milk prices

By studying chicken embryos in the bedroom of her house in Turin, Italy, Dr. Levi-Montalcini discovered how embryo cells built a latticework of intricate connections.

Justin Bieber wants you to know ... he's on vacation. The 18-year-old singer posted shirtless photos of himself on Instagram Dec. 30, simply writing, "Vacay." Bieber and his on-again-off-again love Selena Gomez are repor...

The Afghan government hit a grim record in its quest to take over the country’s security: more than 1,000 soldiers died in 2012, a 20 percent increase from 2011.