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If one young star has figured out how to make it in Hollywood, it's Jennifer Lawrence. (After all, she won an Oscar at 22!) Now, the "Hunger Games" star is passing on her secrets of success to actress Shailene Woodley, w...

Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy.

MSNBC host apologizes to African-Americans

A definitive DNA match has been made from the remains of Albert DeSalvo, the confessed Boston Strangler, to crime scene evidence from a 1964 slaying that was part of the Strangler's murder spree, authorities announced to...

Service on the Hudson Line was suspended, disrupting the morning rush for thousands of commuters, after a freight train derailed overnight in the Bronx.

Two passengers arrested at Kolkata international airport, suspected of smuggling live reptiles from China to Singapore.

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On the same day that Texas Governor Rick Perry signed a controversial abortion omnibus bill into law, three Republican legislators introduced yet another anti-abortion measure, this time looking to ban abortions after 6 ...

The report comes after it was revealed Wednesday that the Justice Department is trolling for email tips on Zimmerman as it weighs a possible federal civil rights case against him.

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant released images from the capture of the Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

A couple of weeks ago, it looked like the federal government would (finally) start releasing what amounts to thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the Secret Service's investigation into Aaron Swartz.

Now that's roadside assistance: This futuristic solar pavilion could recharge plug-in vehicles on the go.

Apparently the owners of the original document, which is credited with saving more than 1,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi concentration camps, feel that eBay is really the best place to for this piece of history.

A State Police sergeant, incensed by the controversial Rolling Stone magazine cover of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has released dramatic photographs of the apprehension of the accused terrorist to a...

President Obama makes an unexpected appearance at a White House briefing and comments in depth about race, justice, Trayvon Martin and Florida's Stand Your Ground law.

NEW YORK (AP) -- An improving outlook for the U.S. economy and signs of stabilization in Europe sent General Electric shares to their highest level since 2008 despite modest quarterly results.

IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) -- Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of u...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rare and public reflection on race, President Barack Obama called on the nation Friday to do some soul searching over the death of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his shooter, saying the slain...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) -- Cameroon lashed out at the media on Friday for its reporting on the recent killing of a prominent anti-gay activist and warned that future "provocative commentary" on the case would be illegal.

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's International School of Cinema is suspending new admissions for a year in response to budgetary woes resulting from international economic difficulties, the school's interim director said Friday.

The news comes via Bloomberg Rankings, whose "Sushinomics Cost-of-Living Index" finds that the cost of a basic roll in New York--namely, spicy tuna and California rolls--is about 26 percent higher than the national avera...

Convicted murderer Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi testified today that his former partner, notorious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, was involved in several murders, including the 1975 killing of bar owner Edward Connors ...