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Silicon Valley was all abuzz on Friday over news that two of Google's buildings on North Whisman Road in Mountain View were suffering from toxic vapors seeping up from the ground below.

(Reuters) - A multi-state manhunt was under way on Friday for the men who shot dead an aspiring rapper as he drove on the Las Vegas Strip in a Maserati, touching off a fiery crash that killed a cab driver and his passeng...

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If Earlie Johnson was aroused to anger on Tuesday afternoon, he had a good reason: His porn collection was stolen from his home in Muskegon, Mich. The porn robbers broke through Johnson's back door and also stole three f...

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As emergency workers tended to injured fans and ambulance sirens wailed in the background, a somber Tony Stewart skipped the traditional post-race victory celebration following the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday ...

A sticky-fingered man who shares the name of a former British prime minister has been banned from shops in a UK city after he was caught shoplifting several times. According to the Nottingham Post, Winston Churchill, 48,...

Some Poland Spring water bottles may be contaminated by gasoline, the New Hampshire Department of Health warned in a consumer advisory published this week. According to WMUR.com, state health officials said Friday that c...

Young entrepreneurs are changing the face of Africa. I set out to produce a list of the 30 Africans under 30 years old who are making the most dramatic impact across the continent. To do so, in November I enlisted an out...

The Washington gun-control debate in which President Obama and fellow Democrats are trying to promptly tighten firearms laws is emerging as a longer effort with both sides spending millions on congressional candidates wh...

Cardinal Roger Mahony is clearly excited about his trip to Rome. On the eve of the cardinal's sworn deposition in a lawsuit over a priest accused of molesting 26 boys in his archdiocese in 1987, Mahony sent this, his 13t...

Initial reports say at least five people were injured, including four who were strapped to backboardsAt least five people in the stands were reportedly injured at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday when a multi-c...

Glenn Beck doesn't like the WWE's latest storyline, and WWE wants him to come explain why. The wrestling production company has cast wrestler Jack Swagger as a conservative, tea-party-ish villain with a xenophobic fictio...

A project aimed at restoring the artwork of two sites in Lo Manthang, Nepal, has trained a team of local residents to revise historic works.

Several cars were involved in a terrifying crash during the final lap of a Nationwide race on Saturday. The day before the Daytona 500, Regan Smith was leading the race at Daytona International speedway when his car was ...

Photographer Peter Stember was granted special, unrestricted permission to take account of the backstage preparations at Marchesa's fall presentation. The runway show itself he didn't have particular interest in photogra...

One Direction have finally announced the new name that will be joining them on their world tour (hint: it's not the 13-year-old vocal powerhouse Camryn, who opened for them in their European shows last year). The lucky b...

WASHINGTON -- After producing his first hat trick in more than two years, Alex Ovechkin wanted to give some credit to Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates. "He's that kind of person," Ovechkin explained, "who gives me be...

North Dakota school administrators are investigating a photo posted to Twitter from Friday's state hockey semifinal game in which three fans in the student section are wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods.

Tony Stewart won a chaotic Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway that ended with a frightening last-lap crash.