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After a messy confirmation -- which asked new questions about drone assassinations and old questions about enhanced interrogations -- John Brennan has taken over at CIA. But his past may not be so easily forgotten in a w...

The one and only time I ever made my own clothing was in grade 8 home economics. The entire class had to make Jams, brightly colored baggy shorts that made everyone instantly feel like a surfer. The pattern was provided ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel traveled to Afghanistan seeking to reduce tensions between the Afghan government and U.S. Special Forces who face allegations of supporting armed men accused of abusing civilians.

Documentary film maker Ian Thomas Ash reflects on the disaster that struck Japan two years ago. ->

A British climber skids 100 feet down an ice cliff, with minor injuries, and his helmet cam records the whole thing. ->

For the Nuns of New Skete, a simple, pious life; for their customers, rich, tempting cheesecakes.

Highway project to connect illegal Israeli settlements threatens to destroy Palestinian neighbourhood in Jerusalem.

A 6-month-old girl and her father were seriously wounded this afternoon in a drive-by shooting outside a home in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

On Saturday researchers from Oxford University presented data from a 25,673 patient clinical trial funded by Merck that many doctors say should probably end the widespread use of the B vitamin niacin as a heart drug, bot...

Latin America is a very important market for DirecTV, constituting close to 25% of its total value by our estimates. In order to maintain its competitive position, DirecTV is planning to increase its satellite capacity i...

We have the cloud, we have big data, we have social networks and we have mobile computing. The sum total is more than the parts; it's amounting to a big data cloud that is surrounding and defining businesses of all types...

Can't get enough of Square Enix's and Crystal Dynamics' new 'Tomb Raider' reboot? In the need for a Lara action figure? But were you thinking to yourself "Self, I'd like a Lara Croft action figure, but not a realistic on...

The New York judge who struck down Michael Bloomberg's ban on jumbo soft drinks did us all a public service by reminding the mayor of a simple fact about constitutional democracy: It's about elected legislators making to...

13 wounded after drive-by shooting outside DC apartment building; 1 in critical condition

A lawyer's request that Jewish people be excluded from a jury that wil hear a case of a suspected terrorist has been rejected by a New York City judge.

Earlier this year, a woman from a small island off the coast of Canada traveled around the world to meet with the owner of a Japanese fishing boat that washed up on her shores last summer. CBC reports that Jeanne Beaver ...

Two years ago today, floodwaters from a massive, deadly earthquake/tsunami combo in Japan knocked out cooling equipment at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, resulting in what experts were quick to deign the second-worst...

On Monday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in an interview on CNN's "Starting Point" that there is a "silver lining" to sequestration. "There is silver lining in the sequester," Blumenthal said. "We're cutting spe...

MONTREAL -- Lawyers for the Canadian porn actor who is accused of dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing the body parts to political parties and schools argued Monday that the public and the media should be barred fr...

A dozen American troops were shot today, including two Special Forces members who were killed, when a gunman dressed as an Afghan policeman opened fire on them in one of the worst days for the U.S. military in recent mon...

Romance is in the air! Juan Luis Guerra is breathing new life into his classic 1991 ballad, “Frío, Frío,” with help from Romeo Santos. The Dominican singer and former Aventura frontman deliver an effort...

Grand Valley State University won't admit to violating a federal housing policy by initially denying a student's request to live with a guinea pig, but the Michigan school is handing over $40,000 anyway. Kendra Velzen, a...