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Two Secret Service agents have been removed from President Obama's detail and are under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct, according to a Washington Post report. 

Rep. Mike Rogers, Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), is a busy man. Since June, he (and HPSCI) have been all over the media with press statements, TV appearances, and tweets, relentles...

CNN's Andrew Stevens brings the story a Philippine orphanage and the desperate need for food and water.

The Warhol, "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)," is one of only four double-paneled car crash paintings that Warhol created in 1963 and the last of its size left in private hands.     

A contract between JPMorgan Chase and a consulting firm run by the daughter of the former prime minister points to the bank's strategy to build its influence in China.     

An outage on the Ventra Card system that shut down some Ventra readers at 60 of the CTA's 145 "L" stations this afternoon and evening resulted in 15,000 free rides.     

Federal probe questions value of TSA behavior profiling efforts at airports     

NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to reconsider its order removing a judge from court cases challenging the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy.     

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- Three Tesla Motors employees were injured Wednesday after an aluminum casting press failed at its San Francisco Bay Area factory, officials said.     

Abdullah Ocalan for Kurdish people's revolution is equivalent to Nelson Mandela for South African's revolution; the peace in Turkey is impossible without the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.

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DALLAS -- Former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for his role in starting a drug-distribution scheme while playing for the Chicago Bears,...

The Marines were killed at Camp Pendleton, outside San Diego, while they were clearing unexploded ordnance, military officials said.     

Social media posts Wednesday landed a Philadelphia teenager in jail after prosecutors accused him of using Twitter to reveal the names of witnesses in court cases.

Earth Photobombs Saturn in Gorgeous NASA Photo

All-plastic guns: Newest addition to weaponry comes as firearms control law is set to expire     

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Phoenix Coyotes assigned forward Chris Brown to Portland of the American Hockey League on Thursday.     

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A fundamentalist Christian couple who believe in faith-healing over medicine pleaded no contest to third-degree murder in the death of their infant son, nearly four years after they were put on proba...

Boston's official Christmas tree crossed the border at about 10:30 this morning.     

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he thinks it's unlikely the decision by President Barack Obama to allow people to extend existing health insurance policies for a year will have much impact in Verm...

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Pownal woman was charged Thursday with tampering with her child's medication to treat attention deficit disorder, ingesting the drug and replacing it with powdered sugar or an antidepressant, Ve...

Last month, in honor of Halloween, Saturday Night Live envisioned a Wes Anderson horror movie, but parody might not be that far off from reality.