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Airlines closed up shop from Portland, Maine, down to New York City's three major airports earlier this afternoon, and more than 4,700 flights have been cancelled as a result of the storm they are calling and will contin...

More than 100 police officers headed into the San Bernardino Mountains today searching for suspected cop-killer Christopher Dorner, a former LAPD officer who has vowed "warfare" against the department.

First lady Michelle Obama and some of Chicago's most well-known faces turned out today to attend the funeral of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl whose killing has become another symbol in the national debate on gun v...

Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they are worth, or lead into commitments they can't sustain, but no ...

A young Miami woman apologized for flipping off a judge, who then dropped contempt charges and vacated her 30-day jail term.

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Macmillan, the last of five large publishers to come to an agreement after being accused of conspiring with Apple to raise e-book retail prices, the department announc...

Kimi Raikkonen posted the quickest time on the final day of testing at Jerez Friday.

U.S. regulators ordered the immediate shutdown of a tour bus operator involved in a deadly tour bus crash on a mountain road in San Bernardino County last weekend.

Eight weeks after the massacre of 20 Connecticut first-graders, a ban on the kind of semi-automatic rifle used by the killer remains elusive -- if not impossible.

For Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell, Oscar night may be the most important day of the year, but Feb. 7 might hit a close second.

DUMAS, Texas -- A Baptist church in the Texas Panhandle plans to host concealed handgun training, saying it's offering the class as a community service because there is so much interest in the area. People wanting to get...

Thousands of music fans trekked to New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday night, faces turned down against the snow and biting winds of a still-emerging storm that someone decided to call Nemo. They had come to see P...

President Obama insists that he's prepared for a fight over the sequester with House Republicans. But his remarks read less like a politician scrapping for a fight than one who's had a troubling moment of clarity: this w...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The crowd gathering Saturday was a typical Rio Carnival mix: a sprinkling of superheroes, girls in cute bunny outfits, zombies and princesses, a group of hairy-chested hula dancers. But the sound sure w...

A baseball cap worn by an opponent of President Hugo Chávez in the last election has returned, adopted by Mr. Chávez's cadre as the "cap of the revolution."

Who knows how to portray the female form better than a renowned group of female artists? For the next three weeks, SoMa's new Mirus Gallery will attempt to answer that question with its third exhibit, "The Looking Glass:...

Barclays is to close down a part of its business which helped clients avoid tax, the BBC understands.

It's been four years since Chris Brown and Rihanna failed to show up at the 2009 Grammys, following a domestic violence incident that Brown later pleaded guilty to. But the pair -- who have since reconciled and released ...

Durand Ford, Jr. says the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department has sent him a $780.85 bill for an ambulance that he called for his father early on the morning of Jan. 1.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is teaming up with an action star to tackle school violence. Steven Seagal, 60, star of "Above the Law" and "Under Siege," will lead members of the Arizona sheriff's volunteer posse through a simulated...

Once a month when St. Francis Xavier church near Manhattan's Union Square opens its food pantry in the basement, Mercedes Cruz takes a number and lines up outside with her cart. Last summer, Cruz arrived at the church at...

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