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A judge's ruling deferred a decision on whether bondholders could force retirees to share the pain of the bankruptcy of Stockton, Calif.

Mike Konczal wrote a column over the weekend suggesting that an "anti-rentier" agenda had some potential to unite left and right. Reihan Salam comments: Konczal also identifies tensions between what we might describe as ...

Pattycake, 1st gorilla born in NYC, dies at Bronx Zoo; she was 40

A day of national mourning has been declared on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where at least 11 people have died in severe floods.

Google says it wants users to help find buried treasure after Street View's "underwater team" found Captain Kidd's maps.

The North's nuclear weapons "are neither a political bargaining chip nor a thing for economic dealings," the official Korean Central News Agency quoted officials as saying.

If you made a cube from all the world's gold, how big would it be?

A man from Surrey dies after being hit by a train following an altercation at Guildford railway station, police say.

India's Victory for Generic Drugs Could Be a Defeat for Future Investment

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Comcast recently banned commercials featuring some kinds of guns, but does it really have a problem with archery, too? Just ask Bob's Little Sport Shop in Glassboro, N.J., which was told by Comcast that a commercial it h...

NEW YORK -- Robin Thicke's new music video is too hot for YouTube. A representative for the R&B crooner said Monday that his unrated video for "Blurred Lines" was banned from the website. The clip features nude models pr...

Through the hype and excitement of opening day, new general manager Rick Hahn knew reality would settle in soon Monday when his Chicago White Sox played host to American League Central rival Kansas City before a sellout ...

James E. Hansen, a longtime NASA scientist, retires this week and plans to pursue even greater political and legal efforts to limit greenhouse gases.

In the last months, new research has made it clearer than ever that every computer in the world is a potential target for Chinese government hackers. So perhaps it's no surprise that smartphones appear to be among those ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pizza Hut has found a new way to feed Americans more cheese -- a pizza crust made of little cheese-stuffed bread bowls. The chain on Wednesday is introducing a new pizza that comes surrounded by 16 semi-...

She was was Legally Blonde, but now she's officially brunette. Just a few days after her 37th birthday celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Reese Witherspoon arrived in Nashville with much darker strands than she's worn since ...

"Buckwild" production has been shut down in the wake of series star Shain Gandee's death. MTV confirmed to The Huffington Post that filming on Season 2 has been suspended and that no other decision regarding the show's f...

Your birth control pill is designed to prevent pregnancy, but it may also influence who you are attracted to, according to a small new study that found women on the pill preferred men with less masculine faces. In the tw...

The proportion of American adolescents who exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet and are free of risk factors for future heart disease is "alarmingly low," says a major new survey of teen health. The comprehensive five-...

Election for head of Palestinian faction backed by regional powers Qatar, Egypt and Turkey took place in Cairo.

The Sun, the UK's biggest newspaper, may be putting an end to the topless model on Page 3 that opponents see as sexist and outdated.