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A severed head was found on a New Jersey golf course in 1989.

A row between an anti-spam firm and a web-hosting company leads to the largest DDoS attack ever recorded - with knock-on effects.

Seven years after he put his elbow through the canvas, casino mogul Steve Wynn sells La Reve to hedge fund manager Steve A Cohen.

A chunk of Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington slid into water early this morning, forcing the evacuation of 34 homes.

David Maxwell has been to see a couple and their newborn baby at Feystown in the snow-bound hills above Glenarm.

Woman has been charged with murders of seven patients, but authorities warn that number of victims may be far higher A Brazilian doctor who has been charged with the murder of seven patients is being investigated in almo...

Scientists hail a cancer research breakthrough that could result in a test showing how likely people are to develop the disease.

The corporate owner of a 1,700-bed private prison in Ohio has replaced its current warden after the state documented widespread gang-related violence and drug use at the facility over the past year. The management change...

You need a new type of scorecard to accurately measure the wealth of Major League Baseball these days because team owners are scoring in so many different ways.

Snow and icy conditions will continue into Easter weekend with temperatures unlikely to rise until latter part of next month The big freeze gripping the UK could last until almost the end of April, weather forecasters ha...

Teenage applicants from as far afield as India and Mongolia are catching western colleges' attention by taking so-called "massive online open courses" designed for older students.

The biggest names in the biz are oftentimes not the names the stars were given at birth. Be it for better publicity, more dough, or because they just plain sound cooler, Hollywood's finest often trade in their monikers f...

Many Facebook feeds have gone red this week as users show their support for marriage equality. While the Supreme Court hears two cases concerning the legal status of marriage equality, supporters of same-sex marriage hav...

A rally to protest school closings led by the Chicago Teachers Union at Daley Plaza in the Loop got under way at about 4 p.m., with a crowd police estimated at 2,500.

So much for that. On Wednesday, actress and public health activist Ashley Judd ended months of public speculation about her political future and announced she would not challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) next fall. J...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday approved AMR Corp's plan to merge with US Airways Group, a step toward creating the world's largest airline.

* Former officials guilty of passing information to papers * Four now convicted since launch of phone-hacking inquiry By Michael Holden LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - Two former policemen and an ex-prison officer were jail...

Latinos are very proud of their culture and moreover of the stars that represent them in front of the world. However, sometimes in an effort to celebrate and support their own, stars with ambiguous heritage get labeled a...

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is returning to the public stage with her first speaking events since leaving the Obama administration. Clinton is scheduled to speak Tuesday at the Vital Voices Gl...

An Illinois man accused of raping five women he met through Craigslist is now being investigated for potentially attacking at least 20 more women, according to authorities. Police were searching for more of Charles Olive...

A witness says the ground opened up without warning under the feet of the man, who died later in hospital.