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What causes sinkholes to suddenly form?

There have always been how-to and inspirational guides, but it wasn't until about 100 years ago that they began to use the "you can do it" trope right in their titles. The first one I could find, from 1913, was titled si...

There's amazing news coming out of the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Secret Service official who oversaw criminal investigations to head the agency, which last year became embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, a...

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For the second straight year, Under Armour founder and chief executive, Kevin Plank, is on the Forbes Billionaire list. It’s a good bet he’s there to stay. Plank, according to our experts, is now worth $1.2...

More testing needs to be done, but the case could offer insights on how to eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims.

Large firms that have been victimized by malicious hacking, including Google and Intel, at least have the resources to detect and counter most forms of computer crimes. But what about a small company, or political advoca...

The US soldier who arrested Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo to face trial for war crimes at the end of World War II dies aged 93.

Nine children are killed by a fire at a Koranic school in a residential district near the centre of the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

Ken Clarke claims he has made 'unprecedented' changes to bill as amendments from Labour frontbench are defeated The government pushed through its plans for secret court hearings on Monday night, defeating amendments tabl...

In a new book, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor recounts the Supreme Court’s evolution from what seemed like a jerry-built enterprise.

WASHINGTON -- More than four years after the financial crisis, not a single Wall Street executive has been jailed for playing a role in the creation of the toxic financial products that fueled the real-estate bubble, whi...

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 4 (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to cover about 1 million more poor people suffered a setback on Monday when the proposal failed to m...

Right now, if one doctor wants to email information about a patient to another, it’s a headache at best. At worst, it’s impossible. In fact, there is often only limited ability to send a patient’s re...

james Franco is speaking out against Australia's ban on "I Want Your Love," the new gay-themed film directed by Travis Mathews. In a new video originally posted by Out Magazine, Franco, who collaborated with Mathews on "...

In November, Universal Studios sued Smash Pictures, the makers of a porn film titled "Fifty Shades of Grey: A XXX Adaptation". Universal is alleging copyright and trademark infringement and looking to get an injunction t...

The brides and grooms who tied the knot this weekend started the month of March off right -- with beautiful celebrations of their love everywhere from New York all the way to South Africa! Click through the slideshow bel...

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The girl group Fifth Harmony were definitely the underdogs on "X Factor USA" this year -- they were almost off-the-radar to audiences until they sprung into third place, seemingly out of nowhere. The group chose an Ellie...

-- Health insurer Humana Inc. spent about $323,000 last year letting incoming CEO Bruce Broussard use company aircraft to commute to work. The Louisville, Ky., company said the expense was part of its employment agreemen...

A friend of mine had her first baby a month after my second was born. She’s since been saying on Facebook how different things are now that she’s a mother. How her back hurts. How it sucks to still carry 10...