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According to a report published by the Social Security Administration 62.5 million individuals received a benefit from Social Security in May 2013. Benefits from this 78 year old program, established in 1935, are receive...

A chemical plant in the US state of Louisiana has been hit by a large explosion, officials say, with initial reports saying some people are injured.

Police in Germany say they have broken up a multi-million pound international art forgery ring believed to have produced and sold more than 400 faked paintings.

Newly liberated countries used the American First and Second Bill of Rights as the foundation of their democracies. The transition was peaceful because for the first time in modern history it was inarguably true that the...

Gen. Keith B. Alexander told Congress that "dozens" of attacks were prevented in the United States and abroad, and that "what we're doing to protect American citizens here is the right thing."

The White House says the Syrian government has used chemical weapons "multiple times" and indicated it will increase the "scope and scale of assistance" to rebels.

Nicaragua's Congress votes in favour of a Chinese plan to built a waterway between the Caribbean and the Pacific, to rival the Panama Canal.

Phil Mickelson hit his best round at the U.S. Open since 1999 after carding a three-under 67 -- despite flying through the night after attending his daughter's eighth-grade graduation.

Jeb Bush is trying his best to convince his fellow Republicans that immigration reform is good for the party, despite concerns among some that there is little to gain politically from allowing a pathway to citizenship fo...

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from his third wife, who made headlines for defending him from a shaving foam pie attack.

Police: Argument escalates as man shoots 3 before killing self at St. Louis business building

Danielle Powell was just months away from her college graduation when she fell in love with a fellow student at Gracy University in Omaha, Neb.

(Reuters) - News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi, the company confirmed on Thursday, just days before News Corp. itself splits into two.

U.S. government officials insist that their secret surveillance techniques are so valuable in fighting "terrorism" that they must be kept completely in the dark -- along with the American people. This alleged imperative ...

Two men and two women were shot dead this afternoon in a murder-suicide at a health care business in St. Louis, a police source said. The male shooter is among the four dead, police say. Officers recovered a semiautomati...

A new video could prove what Justin Bieber has been saying all along: that he wasn't behind the wheel the day Keyshawn Johnson confronted him over speeding through their gated California neighborhood. L.A. County Sheriff...

Strategists hope focus on jobs will make party central to economic debate that is expected to dominate runup to election The biggest campaign theme for the Liberal Democrats between now and the 2015 election will be a co...

Concerned about "Obama cooperating with the Right?" It all started with Bill and his colleagues at the old DLC. This column is about that relationship. (Not considered here is the outburst from Bill on Obama not interven...

Just months after it was defeated in the Senate, delicate talks have begun on a new background-check measure that advocates hope could change enough votes from no to yes.

If you're like most folks, you want two things from your money: For it to increase, and bring you no surprises in the process. In effect, most people really want a savings account.

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Police warn Channel 5 about the risks of having a former police officer as a contestant on Big Brother.