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Serial killer Israel Keyes' chilling suicide letter, obtained by ABCNews.com, is an ode to murder, describing what it's like to kill people and expressing a disgust with everyday life.

Be aware that the person you are speaking with has no time for you until you prove you can give them something they might need or want, so having your elevator pitch ready is always a must. -- Emily Blumenthal

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Japan's PM calls the move by a Chinese frigate to put a radar lock on a Japanese navy ship a "dangerous act", as the US warns against any escalation.

Every dog owner in England will have to microchip their animal by April 2016 under government plans aimed at cutting the growing number of strays.

Tsunami generated by 8.0 quake in South Pacific, several island nations under warning

Jimmy Lee Dykes exchanged shots with police and hid explosives in the bunker where he held a five-year-old boy hostage.

CEO says Walt Disney Co. working on stand-alone 'Star Wars' films outside new trilogy

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 strikes off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, generating a "potentially destructive" tsunami.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has postponed a vote on former Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary amid Republican calls for more information from President Barack Obama's nominee.

In coastal communities left vulnerable by Superstorm Sandy, residents are turning to a new weapon to protect homes and control beach erosion: Discarded Christmas trees.

From Mother Nature Network's Starre Vartan: The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments has something to celebrate this winter; after years (23 to be exact) of effort, the group has succeeded in banning the use of a...

Having finally unpacked my snow boots and corralled the last of the seemingly endless piles of business cards stuffed into pockets, the 2013 World Economic Forum seemed like a distant memory as soon as I touched down in ...

A major winter storm bound for the Northeast could bury Boston and surrounding areas under more than two feet of snow later this week -- or it could be just a seasonably light dusting, depending on which weather forecast...

Drastic change seeks end to decades of overfishing that has vastly depleted the continent's fish stocks.

Democratic lawmakers from states that recently approved pot legalization measures are pushing a pair of proposals at the federal level that would end the national ban on marijuana -- regulating and taxing the drug instea...

Hitman was a 2007 movie based on the videogame series by IO Interactive. It came and went quickly in U.S. theaters, and the people who saw it generally disliked it. (Movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 3.7 ...

If her story is true, she is one of the more unlikely candidates to join the ranks of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels fighting on the front lines in the dangerous city of Aleppo. But this 36-year-old mother claims to h...

Love or loathe Victoria Beckham, she continues to fascinate. And with the recent announcement of David Beckham joining the Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) soccer club - he's been nicknamed Spice Boy by the French - she'll obvi...

A popular Detroit blogger tore down an offensive message Tuesday on the overpass of the abandoned Packard Plant that alluded to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Gone are the infamous words, "Arbeit Macht Frei," which wa...

Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issues alert for South Pacific islands after magnitude 8.0 quake under sea A tsunami generated by a major 8.0 magnitude undersea earthquake off the Solomon Islands has the potential to be d...

Scotland get off to a winning start under their new manager Gordon Strachan by beating Estonia at Pittodrie