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Last week AP won a court case against Meltwater, a company that allows organizations to keep track of where and how they're mentioned in the press. Meltwater provides its clients with the headline and a few snippets from...

Where you work can be an excellent predictor of your health, happiness and stress levels. A recent Gallup poll demonstrates the extent to which workers in different professions tend to have similar levels of overall well...

Xi Jinping begins three-nation tour emphasising Beijing's growing presence and influence in African continent.

Gov. Scott Walker has refused to consider any of at least 1,400 pardon applications since he's taken office, an Associated Press review has found. Read More... More on Scott Walker

(Reuters) - A special committee of Dell Inc's board is evaluating separate takeover proposals from Blackstone Group and billionaire investor Carl Icahn to decide whether either or both are likely to trump an existing $24...

If you're looking to see the most popular YouTube videos of the week, look no further. We've sifted through the top couple dozen most most trending YouTube postings, according to video service's "Charts" tool, and culled...

A 21-year-old man was shot in the back and collapsed outside of a church where churchgoers found him this afternoon in west suburban Bellwood, police said.

PETERSBURG, Pa. -- A central Pennsylvania father shot and killed his 2-year-old son and wounded his estranged wife during a custody exchange before killing himself, authorities said. Police said Kenneth Ayers also shot a...

Riding the high of his win in last week's CPAC straw poll, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) addressed a different kind of high on Sunday. In an interview with Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace, Paul was asked why he advocates for mo...

With the Roy Bowl and Marshall Mania scheduled for Sunday afternoon and evening, the final stretch in the round of 32 in the 2013 NCAA Tournament will not lack for drama. The top seed in the South Region, Kansas will tak...

President Obama’s health care law—a killer issue in 2010 but an afterthought among voters in 2012—will face another round of attacks in 2014 as its thorniest parts go into effect, potentially supplyi...

Excavation of a mass grave of Irish laborers in Pennsylvania, who died during a cholera epidemic in 1832, answers some questions and raises many more.

The state opens a health care hot line for a few hours each year for patients who do not qualify for Medicaid. Thousands try, but not many qualify for the limited funds.

A rare, nearly 6-foot-tall giraffe listed as an endangered subspecies has been born in a Connecticut conservation center.

Amanda Knox's Legal Trouble Not Yet Over; Great White Shark Attacks Dive Cage

The Chicago Bears continued to revamp their defense today, signing veteran linebacker James Anderson two days after D.J. Williams was added as a replacement for Brian Urlacher.

By Charles Winston

If you think that all of the extra salt in processed foods might not be the best thing for our bodies, you’ll be interested to know that the latest research agrees – in spades.

The mass immigration of the Irish during the great Famine and the decades that followed was a Diaspora of staggering proportions. In the second half of the nineteenth century, almost every family experienced the heartbre...

Death Wish Coffee bills itself as "the world's strongest coffee," offering more than double the caffeine found in a regular cup, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The head of the National Rifle Association said his organization would lead a national campaign against efforts by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York to persuade Congress to adopt stricter gun controls.

By the time you read this, the Cyprus situation may have flip-flopped another two or three times today and it is unsure if they will still be working on or have resolved Plan C, D, or E.