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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress quietly tucked in a new cyber-espionage review process for U.S. government technology purchases into the funding law signed this week by President Barack Obama, reflecting growing U.S. con...

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

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.

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...

"Nashville" returns to ABC on Wednesday, March 27 (10 p.m. ET) and just because Rayna's (Connie Britton) marriage to the duplicitous Teddy (Eric Close) has finally dissolved, don't expect her to hop into bed with best fr...

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.

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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...

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...

Meet Avery Molek, a 6-year-old drummer who's currently experiencing his 15 minutes of YouTube fame. In a video making the rounds online this week, the tiny drummer is shown shredding his way through Van Halen's "Hot For ...

Opponents of President Barack Obama's drone policy are planning a month of protests in April, seeking to intensify attention on the administration's controversial targeted killing program. Anti-drone activists will go af...

The saying lightning never strikes the same place twice apparently does not apply in Alexander Mandón's case. The 20-year-old Colombian has been struck by lightning four times since September. So to "cure" his electri...

NEW YORK — Pivot is the name of a TV channel aimed at 15-to-34-year-olds who want to change the world. In the process, they could help Pivot change the television business. Read More...

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan joined HuffPost Live Wednesday to discuss his new venture, Archi's Acres, which aims to build a hydroponic organic farm in San Diego. But he told HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps that he look...

The justices asked about federalism, equal protection and the federal government’s legal stance.

I've been thinking lately about America's youth obsession.  It used to be just about sex and attractiveness (we think younger is better by definition in both), but over the past decade or two it's migrated into busine...

NEW YORK -- Lawyers behind a federal class-action suit brought against the New York Police Department and the practice known as stop and frisk are expected to introduce over the next month one of the few known recordings...