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Metra says it can't meet 2015 deadlineThe deadly commuter train crash in New York reinforces the urgency for Metra and other commuter railroads across the country to install a federally mandated safety system designed to...

The sex scene that was shown before a screening of Frozen in Florida was probably from Dallas Buyers Club, but the (likely) false reports that it was a trailer for Nymphomaniac is only good for Lars von Trier's cra...

Protesters and government observe temporary truce, in preparation of nation's celebration of revered king's birthday.

BEIJING (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Beijing for meetings with top Chinese leaders amid an international spat over China's new air defense zone.     

Former prez opens up on marijuana use

Eloy police Sgt. Brian Jerome says witnesses told authorities both skydivers had open parachutes when they collided about 200 to 300 feet above the ground Tuesday afternoon. 

Watch the historic liftoff

The threatening calls reportedly came one after the other to Mexico's main Catholic seminary.

Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egypt's "poet of the people" whose biting political verses inspired rebellion and taunted successive regimes for decades, died Tuesday in Cairo at age 84.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemalan authorities say they have detained 21 people who allegedly laundered money for Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.     

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Authorities have finished their second day of searching for a small plane and five passengers that disappeared two days ago in the mountains of central Idaho.     

A man authorities long suspected of a 1989 Dorchester homicide admitted to the killing in court Tuesday, exactly one year after a jury failed to convict him of murder for the crime.     

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for the death of a corrections officer during a short-lived escape from prison six years ago.     

PARIS (AP) -- French authorities have filed preliminary charges against singer Bob Dylan over a 2012 interview in which he is quoted comparing Croatians to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.     

The U.S. intelligence community vacuums up vast amounts of data, but it has one agency, World News Connection, that gives back information to the public -- except that the service is getting shut down at year's end. That...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bill Clinton is calling for clarity in how countries gather intelligence. And when it comes to secretly monitoring the telephone conversations or emails of world leaders, the former president says Amer...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero sent a letter to the Mexican government asking officials not to give in to the United States' demand for his capture and extradition to try him for the 1985 kil...

It's raining teddy bears, hallelujah, it's raining teddy bears! Last Sunday, forward Pavel Padakin of the Calgary Hitmen scored the "Teddy Bear Toss" goal at at the 3:42 mark of the second period of the game against the ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Prosecutors say the girlfriend of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez lied to a grand jury nearly 30 times, including saying she could not recall where she left a large box Her...

The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee says "it is our intention to bid" for the 2024 Olympics if a number of criteria are met -- the strongest indication yet that the United States will put forth a bid city by the e...

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Tomorrow at 6, Burgundy will host ESPN's Sportscenter for an entire hour. By 7, we predict, the nation will be officially burned out on Burgundy. For a short spurt of silliness, his schtick is great. For an hour-long ...