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PARIS (AP) -- France's most recognizable monument, the Eiffel Tower, has been shut down because of a strike.

Heidi Klum's seven-year marriage to singer Seal ended last year, but a tattoo of his name remained on her forearm - that is, until now. Based on these new photos, Klum, 39, is apparently having the tattoo lasered off, th...

Three months to the day after the justices heard historic arguments on California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, and on the last of its decision days for an already historic Spring term, the Supreme Cou...

In the wake of revelations from intelligence contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency has collected massive amounts of phone and internet data on millions of Americans, the NSA pos...

ABC News' Beryl Shereshewsky reports: In New York City, the sidewalks are runways and fashion cannot be leashed ... or perhaps it can. Bethany Hale, owner of Rare Breed, a small boutique company making matching accessori...

Dropped by Food Network and Smithfield, Paula Deen's Empire is under threat.

A few weeks back Twitter quietly raised the limit on the number of lists users could create from 20 to a whopping 1,000; they also boosted the number of accounts within a list from 500 to 5,000. The announcement came, ap...

Chinese workers holding US executive in factory say 2 months' wages unpaid, but boss denies it

Rescuers push to reach thousands still stranded by flooding and landslides in northern India, as officials prepare to hold mass funerals for those killed.

Indonesia's president apologises to neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore for the thick haze caused by forest fires on the country's Sumatra island.

It's rare for a luxury fair to have made such a mark so quickly in the world of fine art, antiques and design. But Masterpiece London has done just that. Beginning its fourth year, it has carved out a space in the art wo...

As Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens in the West End, Roald Dahl's daughters say he would have been delighted to have seen his book turned into a musical.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee says governments and companies should not be able to gain "total control" of the internet.

KHAN YOUNIS REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Palestinians have a new voice: a 23-year-old wedding singer from a Gaza refugee camp touted as a rare symbol of national unity after he won the Arab world's top TV contest.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A woman who was with a group of children playing a late-night game of hide-and-seek when a Texas teen impaled himself on the horn of a bull statue says she isn't exactly sure how it happened but th...

Senate majority leader voices some disdain for conservative Republicans when asked about immigration.

Two years after Dartmouth College started a national initiative to reduce binge drinking, it says the number of its students treated for extreme alcohol intoxication has been reduced by more than half.

MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) -- Police are searching for a man who appears on a hidden-camera video repeatedly beating a New Jersey woman in front of her young daughter during a home invasion.

A Southington, Conn., man who allegedly stole a woman's clutch wallet in Dorchester left his birth certificate and a letter from his mother behind at the scene of the crime, making him an easy target for police, the Bost...

England fall just six runs short of a remarkable victory as New Zealand take a 1-0 lead in the two-match T20 series.

State politician must speak for 13 hours in order to prevent stringent bill reaching the desk of governor Rick Perry A Texas senator, Wendy Davis, has launched a marathon filibuster of an abortion bill that would severel...

The iPhone's stock signature, at first deemed a louche emblem of status, is now a a built-in forgiveness clause. Please don't judge me for any typos or spelling errors, "Sent from my iPhone" suggests. I am very busy.