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President Obama has overseen an unprecedented legal campaign against leaks of classified information with New York Times journalist James Risen now facing possible jail for refusing to testify in the trial of ex-CIA offi...

A squabble over $32 led a nursing home resident to set the building on fire, killing 11 people, Chinese state-run media reported.

The latest revelations about Anthony Weiner's habit of sending sexy messages with young girls have hit where it really hurts. According to a report from The New York Times, Weiner's campaign manager resigned this weekend...

Welcome to the Box Office Report, where we're betting some Fox executive is telling Hugh Jackman that he's "not mad at him, just disappointed," right this very second.

Two well-known computer software hackers plan to publicly release this week a veritable how-to guide for driving two widely owned automobiles haywire.

The year has been a bad one for bold jewelry heists along the beautiful walkways and beaches in Frances' playground for the rich and famous. But the latest one is the biggest and boldest yet because of the crime's simpli...

There are many reasons that the peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel could fail -- but no reason not to try

Pope Francis drew a reported 3 million flag-waving, rosary-toting faithful to Rio's Copacabana beach on Saturday for the final evening of World Youth Day, hours after he chastised the Brazilian church for failing to stem...

A South Lawndale man was denied bail today after he was accused of shooting a man six times as the victim tried to put his toddler in a car seat.

Why is Canada's most powerful Zionist organization CIJA inviting Natives to Israel and acting as their mouthpiece to expose their past abuse by the government?

There are tons of books about time-management, but increasingly I hear the topic discussed in terms of energy management. Our minds, the thinking goes, only have so much capacity for any one type of activity, so we have ...

Lebanese analyst Ziad Al-Sayegh recently wrote that "after the failure of the internationalisation of the talks [through the Quartet], we are now going through a regionalisation of the talks [through the Arab League]."

Elizabeth Warren is doing better in the 2016 presidential primary polls than John Kerry was doing three years out, and Obama wasn't even on the radar three years out. Hillary's early lead means next to nothing at this st...

Brian Bond was disoriented from head trauma and in darkness when he awoke from unconsciousness soon after the speedboat he was in with his fiancee and four friends smashed into a construction barge on New York's Hudson R...

Dozens of protesters Sunday called upon Governor Deval Patrick to close an electricity-generating power plant in Somerset, and about 44 of them were arrested for trespassing on the plant's grounds, according to Somerset ...

LOME, Togo (AP) -- The president of Togo's electoral commission says provisional results show the ruling party has increased its share of the legislature in elections held last week, dealing a blow to opposition leaders ...

Paul Turano, the owner of Tryst Restaurant in Arlington - and the forthcoming Cook restaurant in Newton - has been chosen by Governor Deval Patrick as the state's representative at the 10th annual Great American Seafood ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry, one of the longest-serving women lawmakers in the nation and a powerful influence in state politics, died Sunday after a nearly five-year bout with pancreatic cancer....

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- Bicyclists will be able to cross four Rhode Island bridges -- including two normally closed to bike traffic -- on a charity ride being sponsored by Rhode Island's bridge authority.

Everywhere you turn these days, you see poker. There are poker tournaments throughout the world, poker on ESPN, poker online, poker books galore, and poker articles in numerous major publications.

Thousands gather in capital Harare as Zimabwean president reaffirms policy of indigenisation.

WASHINGTON -- Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will resume long-stalled direct peace talks on Monday following six months of frenetic shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State John Kerry. The State Department announced ...