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BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey will have season-ending right shoulder surgery this week.

The Coast Guard concluded that four people were probably dead -- victims of the frigid Atlantic - but their families never believed it. They kept looking for the lost boaters, scouring the shoreline and islands of Cape C...

Celebrations in Paris greet Chris Froome's triumph, capping a weekend of sporting success after England beat Australia The cheers that rang out around a packed and humid Place Charles de Gaulle a little after 9.30pm loca...

A court in Dubai has sentenced a young Norwegian woman, Marte Deborah Dalelv, to 16 months in jail after she brought charges of rape against a colleague. Dismissing her allegations, the court saw fit instead to find her ...

A Jordanian military court refuses bail to radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who faces terrorism charges after his deportation from the UK.

Strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off New Zealand coast, rattling capital Wellington

A 66-year-old New Jersey woman was killed this morning in a multi-car crash in Auburn caused by a Leominister man driving the wrong way on the Massachusetts Turnpike, according to State Police.

A Missouri man is leveling allegations against an Ohio-based customer service company, claiming he's dealing with persistent and explicit acts of racism in the workplace. And now, he's coming forward with the photos to h...

Last Friday's PBOC Lending Rate Liberalization Had Little Impact on the Cost of Funding

This week the Wall St Journal reported that Apple and Samsung had been in negotiations to settle their long running patent conflicts, coming close to a settlement in February. No surprise, though - a deal still seems a l...

CAIRO (AP) -- A bus carrying Egyptian soldiers crashed into a truck on a highway near the Mediterranean coast early Sunday, killing 16, a security official said.

As the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger has drawn a graying cast of characters from the gangster's old turf in South Boston to the federal courthouse, one figure has been conspicuously absent: his younger brother William.

French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) just keeps on spending like a drunken sailor with a limitless credit card. This week the Paris club acquired three more players at an initial cost of around $150M. Uruguay striker Ed...

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg contends that Comptroller John C. Liu blocked a deal on homeless shelters to advance his mayoral campaign.

"Ritual Cyclical," choreographed by Mark Dendy with music by the Kronos Quartet, will have its premiere this week, presented by Lincoln Center Out of Doors and the American Dance Festival.

Exclusive: Firm he founded, Crosby Textor, advised private healthcare providers how to exploit NHS 'failings' The lobbying firm founded by the Tories' chief election strategist, Lynton Crosby, advised private healthcare ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz is planning to see Dr. James Andrews for a lingering neck strain that's had him on the disabled list since early June.

Anger over American foreign policy, Taliban interference and isolated killings have hindered a campaign to protect the country's children from the disease.

The second part of this story is the real clincher for considering that happiness can be a choice. An elementary school teacher in rural Arkansas made a bracelet of charms of each student in her class so she could contin...

When auto sales took a nose dive in 2008, Detroit auto companies first tried to get help from Congress. When that failed, the Bush administration provided a bridge until the Obama administration crafted a restructuring p...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Democratic leaders of the Connecticut General Assembly say they have no plans to override any vetoes by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his predicted victory in upper house elections will help him form a stable cabinet, ending political volatility.