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Dr. Tarun Chhabra © M. C. Tobias Environmentalism is, by definition, given to skepticism, dismay, political cynicism and the seemingly endless endeavors to guide human nature along a path more sustainable than that curr...

Young peddlers in Mumbai can rattle off the titles of the pirated books they sell, but they cannot tell you what's inside.

Webcam pop-unders are THE WORST. Except when you're watching porn and you're greeted by the sounds of a massive fight brewing between a webcam porn actress and her daughter. That's what happened to Max Landis, who's amaz...

A man describes the brutal rape of his friend and their struggle to find help after being dumped from a New Delhi bus.

(Reuters) - Four people were dead including the gunman following a hostage-taking on Saturday in Aurora, Colorado, the same town where a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 more at a movie theater last July, KUSA t...

An appellate court ruling overturning a rape conviction because the victim wasn't married prompted anger Friday from women's groups and a state legislator who plans to introduce a bill that would close the legal loophole...

Administration officials cautioned that President Obama had not made a final decision or offered Chuck Hagel the job, but those who know the former senator said all signs point to his selection.

Disaster victims are now being expected to shoulder relief expenses that used to be shared publicly. That's true in most states, but not in North Dakota . . .

This, the ninth film directed by Quentin Tarantino, and a doozy. In order to discuss this, I have to look at it from two different positions: as a movie separate from cultural context, and then, as a cultural artifact.

Facebook has never been a designer's dream. All of that Oooo-ing and Ahhhh-ing over Jony Ive's chamfered aluminum seems to have passed Mark Zuckerberg by. What if someone injected a little Swedish House Mafia into the mi...

Sundance Channel announced the arrival of their new original non-fiction series, "The Writers' Room," during the 2013 Television Critics' Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., this afternoon. Presented in pa...

Over the course of 2012 the issue of patent trolls came up with monotonous regularity. If you're not familiar with this phenomenon, according to an article, "On 'Patent Trolls' and Injunctive Relief", by Alexander Poltor...

There is zero doubt about who will be the most important player in the Minnesota Vikings' backfield when they take the field against the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Wild Card round: Adrian Peterson. But who will be join...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Responders on Saturday prepared to hook a main tow line to an oil-drilling ship grounded on rocks near a remote Alaska island. Officials overseeing the response to the grounding of Royal Dutch Shell'...

We can change the world. We can pass laws and policies that make billionaires like the dinosaurs-- extinct, so they no longer exert their toxic influences on the economy on government on our culture. Wealth is fine. Capi...

The filibuster, that weapon of political obstruction, must be removed from the hands of Republicans. It's critically important for the Democratic Party and its Majority Leader, Harry Reid, to seize the opportunity to end...

By Alex Dobuzinskis Jan 5

A cat has been found in the grounds of a jail in Brazil with contraband goods for prisoners strapped to its body with tape.

Lindsay Lohan's Beverly Hills home has been all the buzz in the media these past few weeks. But it seems the starlet no longer calls the Georgian-styled house a home. Zillow reports that Lohan's home has been put on the ...

HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston's Andre Johnson heard the whispers he'd lost a step and that he'd never again be an elite receiver as he struggled through the worst season of his career in 2011. He didn't let it get him down. Jo...

In the early 20th century, up-and-coming communities across the United States, like Pasadena, CA and New Orleans, LA, sought ways to stimulate their economy while drawing tourists to their cities. These communities ultim...

Delhi police commissioner rejects remarks by victim's friend, saying officers handled emergency quickly and effectively.