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If there's a ticking bomb in your personal or professional life, you already know it's better to defuse it than to let it explode. If you don't face it head on, you risk fallout that can last months, years--or even a lif...

DNA shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl freed with 3 women; relatives call him paranoid

Fareed Zakaria to Graduates: Be Open, Be Optimistic, Speak Up

Criminal investigation in Texas plant explosion; officials haven't linked paramedic's arrest

If Jon Favreau's "Chef" was ever in danger of receiving adequate financing, he can probably breathe easy now.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role in an earlier plot to slaughter U.S. servicemen ...

A disclosure of e-mails on Friday showed the White House was more involved in revising talking points about the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, than officials have previously acknowledged.

Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts pu...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak.

DETROIT (AP) -- Roughly 2,000 Arab-Americans and others in about a dozen communities nationwide were volunteering their time Saturday as part of the National Arab American Service Day, tackling a punch list that included...

A top scholar on the Lost Tribes of Israel in Africa is expected to bring attention -- and funding -- to Miami's only state university

50 murder cases handled by Louis Scarcella, an acclaimed homicide detective, are under review by the Brooklyn district attorney's office.

As a single mother herself, Iyanla Vanzant understands the struggles that come with being an only parent. From her personal account of raising a fatherless son to her experience in working with fractured families, Iyanla...

The Bloomberg terminal spying scandal has reached new heights, CNBC reports. A former Bloomberg employee told CNBC that he accessed information on the terminals of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasur...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 11

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Yang Jingtao did what many young, brave Chinese did - he left his home as a teenager to fight the invading Japanese in World War II. The problem was he fought while wearing the uniform of the Nationalis...

Happy Mother's Day! A lot of people will be celebrating today's special occasion, including a ton of celebrity moms -- some who have put their careers on hold to be at home with their children. From Reese Witherspoon and...

Police say 2,000 people marched in Tel Aviv against new finance minister's proposed tax rises and spending cuts.

By Patrick Temple-West and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 11

Joe Klein: The IRS Scandal Taints Obama's Clean Presidential Legacy

WASHINGTON, May 11

La Rampa was danced through the streets of Havana in a march against homophobia led by the president's daughter.