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I saw the picture the way we see so many things on Facebook - a quick glance, a quick judgment. Blink. It was a picture of a little boy, seen from the back, standing on the fence outside the National Zoo, under a sign th...

Two weeks of sliced budgets and suspensions following Congressional gridlock have been a disastrous setback to a variety of American science programs, wasting millions of dollars and months if not years of research.

BEIRUT (AP) -- International Committee of the Red Cross says 7 of its workers kidnapped in northern Syria.     

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Israeli army says it found tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, believes Hamas planned attack     

A bus carrying 51 people, including children, veered off a cliff in Peru, killing everyone aboard.

With suicide blasts and waves of car bombs, al-Qaida picking up tempo of attacks in Iraq     

The strongest storm to hit India in 14 years weakened Sunday, having overturned cars, blown away homes and left at least six dead.

India's strongest typhoon in 14 years has hit the coastline, forcing half a million people to flee.

An investigation into appalling conditions in school hostels has won two South African journalists the top prize at the at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.

At least 13 people were killed when Typhoon Nari pounded the Philippines over the weekend, the country's disaster management agency said.

Timothy Bradley wins split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez to keep piece of title     

World finance officials pledged on Saturday to deal with new risks to the global recovery while they kept up pressure on the United States to address the biggest threat of all -- a market-rattling default on U.S. debt.

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People in 17 states found themselves temporarily unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine test of backup systems by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. Xerox spokeswoman ...

Tragedy hits again for Adrian Peterson, whose lifetime of resilience has fueled stellar career     

STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) -- J. Edward Caldwell, a World War II veteran and lawyer who turned to politics and became the longest-serving state comptroller in Connecticut history, has died. He was 86.     

ALEXANDRIA, N.H. (AP) -- An animal welfare organization says nearly 30 wolf-hybrids have been rescued from a remote New Hampshire property.     

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian officials have arrested a provincial governor for alleged collaboration with right-wing paramilitaries and say he's suspected of involvement in three murders.     

Hugh Jackman raises $1.85M with birthday benefit show for Motion Picture & Television Fund     

Two top senators gave bleak assessments Sunday of the likelihood of Congress swiftly reaching deals to end one fiscal crisis and avert another, with the Republican lawmaker saying Democrats are now overreaching in their ...