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The husband of a Westwood woman who allegedly maimed her 9-year-old daughter with electric hedge cutters early Monday broke down a locked door in the couple's home in the midst of the attack, wrested the tool from the wo...

The closed-end fund universe reacts to market declines with a slingshot effect. As their underlying assets drop in price because of market forces, their share price drops even more than the net asset value. Thus if the N...

A federal court in New York has ruled that Apple Inc. (AAPL) has played a "central role" in fixing e-book prices.

Former Miami Beach resident Ron Dermer will become Israel's top diplomat in the United States.

New moon wasn't sighted in U.S., so holy month will start Wednesday, not Tuesday, as national group declaredStill searching for a sliver of moon in the U.S. that signals the start of their holiest month, most of the Chic...

Concern for child's welfare as Sebastián Pinera, who supports ban on abortion, says decision shows 'depth and maturity' Chile's president has praised an 11-year-old girl after she said in a TV interview that she wants t...

About 30,000 California prisoners started refusing meals on Monday morning in what might become the biggest hunger strike in California prison history, according to California's corrections department.

A report finds officers had information about the booby trap bomb before it exploded in Londonderry in 1988, killing three people.

The House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill Wednesday containing a provision aimed at tightening travel restrictions to Cuba. Reps are calling it the "Jay-Z, Beyonce Bill," referencing the "educational tr...

Eric Voeten caught my eye today with a blog post titled "Kevin Rarely Gets 'Très Bien.'" Well. Apparently students named Kevin are among the worst scorers on the baccalaureat, an exam French students take at the end of ...

Russian President Putin addressed the leaders participating in the G8 meeting, saying: "In Syria all of you are standing on the side of the forces that for the last 10 years you have claimed to be fighting against under ...

This is part two in a series on what content will look like on the Web going forward, and some startups helping to shape the new vision.

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten says size of severance payments for senior managers was matter 'of shock and dismay'.

Greig, one half of team that made phone call to hospital treating Duchess of Cambridge, making Fair Work Commission claim Helen Davidson

Taiwan and New Zealand will announce Wednesday they have signed a trade pact, isolated Taipei's first with a non-allied nation.

With Rick Perry out of the governor's race, the state senator must decide whether to take on the Republicans in order to lead Texas

An undercover investigation for National Geographic explored the availability of powerful synthetic drugs, with names like "spice" and "bath salts," and its popularity among U.S. military service members.

Business secretary says postal service sell-off will not threaten universal service obligation to deliver to 29m UK homes The Royal Mail's duty to deliver to all 29m homes in the UK will survive privatisation, the govern...

It wasn't all that long ago that I awoke to the buzz of a Sony clock radio, that I jogged in the park to the beat of the tunes on my Sony Walkman, and that I watched whatever television I had time to watch on a Sony ente...

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- After taking less than a week to call 18 witnesses, George Zimmerman's defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the neighborhood watch volunteer's second-degree murder trial.

MOAPA, Nev. (AP) -- An 18-year-old accused of driving drunk in a Nevada crash that killed five California family members was cleared of charges Wednesday after DNA evidence showed his friend was the one driving the SUV.

Wellesley public safety officials are warning citizens to be vigilant of home improvement contractor scams and house burglaries, crimes that spike in the spring and summer seasons. Police said con artists will sometimes ...