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China is on track for a fourth consecutive decade of rapid growth and will overtake the US as the world's biggest economy in 2016 after accounting for price differences, according to a new report by the OECD.

Kimani Gray, who was fatally shot in a confrontation with officers two weeks ago, was mourned Saturday by his friends and family at a funeral Mass in Brooklyn.

LOS ANGELES — Josh Duhamel doesn't mind the slime. The "Transformers" star is hosting Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday and says the ceremony's traditional dumping of green goo on celebrities isn't as ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has reached an agreement with the Afghanistan government to transfer the Parwan Detention Facility to Afghan control, the Pentagon said Saturday, two weeks after negotiations broke down over whethe...

WASHINGTON -- When it comes to budgets, balance is in the eye of the congressional beholder. To House Republicans, it means a balanced budget in a decade, achieved by $4.6 trillion in spending cuts and without any tax in...

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Earnings at China Yurun Food Group, one of China’s biggest meat-processing companies and a rival to Hormel in the country, reversed to a loss of HK$605 million, or $78 million, in 2012, compared with a profit of H...

According to DePaul math professor Jay Bergen, the odds of filling out a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion. With upsets by No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast, No. 14 Harvard and No. 13 La Salle shaking up the 2013 NCAA Tou...

DUBLIN -- British Army experts defused a car bomb Saturday that had been abandoned on a rural roadside in Northern Ireland, a threat that is raising concerns about the region's hosting of the G8 summit later this year. T...

The 2013 Kids' Choice Awards are happening tonight. Josh Duhamel is hosting, Ke$ha is performing, and Josh Hutcherson will be making an appearance, among many, many other awesome celebs. But let's face it, we all look fo...

Joe Weider, a legendary figure in bodybuilding who helped popularize the sport worldwide and played a key role in introducing a charismatic young weightlifter named Arnold Schwarznenegger to the world, died Saturday at a...

BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic rebels clashed with government forces inside the capital on Saturday as they sought to topple President Francois Bozize, prompting France to send in more troops to secure the i...

NBC's long-awaited Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) reunion will finally air this coming Tuesday (Mar. 26 at 10 p.m. ET). So what can viewers expect from Cox's "Go On" appearance? A whole lot of grief....

The good news: You are about to win a $320 million Powerball Jackpot. The bad news: You’ll owe millions more in tax than you would have had you won the same pot in 2012.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Michigan State is into the round of 16 for the NCAA tournament – as usual. Gary Harris scored 16 of his career-high 23 points in the first half and the third-seeded Spartans cruised past six...

ATLANTA -- An arrest warrant has been issued for Gucci Mane after a fan accused the rapper of hitting him in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown Atlanta nightclub. Authorities say 32-year-old James Lettley, of...

Reaching the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament is always special, but advancing even further is far sweeter. After dominating No. 16 North Carolina A&T on Thursday, No. 1 overall seed Louisville will take on the veteran...

An agreement was reached Saturday for handing over control of a U.S.-run prison near Bagram Air Base to Afghan authorities, the Pentagon said.

Here on HuffPost Parents, we talk often about the challenges associated with raising kids in a high-tech world. (We have a whole page dedicated to the subject.) And while the intersection of family and tech certainly war...

On Tuesday, March 19, the national legislature of Cyprus overwhelmingly rejected a proposed levy on bank deposits as a condition for a European bailout. Reuters called it "a stunning setback for the 17-nation currency bl...

Vice President Joe Biden said today the Republican Party is struggling with an identity crisis, with “no leadership” and “the tail wagging the dog.” “There is no leadership,” he toldÂ...