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It's a fact: Elwood was ugly. And he was loved.

Eight people were killed after a police helicopter crashing into a local Glasgow pub during a concert.

Artists in Yemen campaign against American drone strikes using cultural forms of graffiti and poetry, but will the peaceful protests alter policy?

Michel Djotodia denies European claims the CAR was on the brink of genocide and inter-religious war.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's Mars orbiter mission ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence early Sunday in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit after a critical maneuver.     

Three major U.S. airlines on Saturday confirmed that pilots were complying with Chinese government demands that it be notified of plans to traverse the newly declared air defense zone over the East China Sea.

Hundreds gathered in Israel on Saturday to rally against the government's plans to resettle at least 40,000 Bedouins. The proposal has triggered accusations of "discrimination" and "ethnic cleansing" from activists group...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden is preparing to visit the Demilitarized Zone, the heavily armed border between South Korea and North Korea.     

Just call her Precious. The giant panda cub born this summer at the National Zoo will be known as Bao Bao -- Chinese for "treasure" or "precious," officials at the...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- State police say a mother and her daughter died in a fatal collision between a truck and a horse-drawn Amish buggy in northwestern Pennsylvania.     

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Thousands of people are marching in Honduras' capital to support opposition presidential candidate Xiomara Castro in her claim that last week's election was fraudulent.     

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The student campaign to press colleges and universities to divest from fossil fuels is entering a new phase, now that administrators at several top schools have said no.     

ORONO, Maine (AP) -- Alex Mitola, Connor Boehm and Dartmouth showed little rust from a two-week layoff, using two big runs in the first half to race away from Maine 81-56 on Sunday afternoon.     

The number of Metro-North train accidents has improved during the past decade, but this year will have the first annual increase since 2010 to 2011.     

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) -- DJ Mlachnik scored a game-high 17 points, including five 3-pointers to lead Massachusetts Lowell over Mount Ida College 73-45 for its first win of the season on Sunday.     

Whether by plane, train, or bus, Thanksgiving weekend travelers returned to Greater Boston from destinations across the country and around the world today--in most cases, smoothly.     

PHOENIX (AP) -- For months, Jodi Arias was a television staple, every minute of her murder trial broadcast live while cable network commentators railed nightly about the case. The now-convicted murderer took to the spotl...

The Smithsonian National Zoo's baby panda turned 100 days old today! And, in accordance with Chinese tradition, she got a name.     

The Dolphins scored 17 second-half points to humble the Jets and keep pace with the Ravens for the sixth and final wild-card spot at 6-6.

Boehm 7-10 1-2 15, Golden 4-12 4-4 12, Maldunas 2-10 1-2 5, Melville 1-6 3-4 5, Mitola 6-10 5-6 19, Carpenter 0-0 1-2 1, Rennie 2-2 1-1 5, Gill 0-1 0-0 0, Crescenzi 6-8 0-0 14, Dickinson 1-1 0-0 2, McDonnell 1-2 0-0 2, E...