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Europe sends its Gaia mission into orbit to map the precise positions of more than a billion stars.

Officer sacrifices his life to save Shiite pilgrims

Sometimes stars want to cringe with embarrassment. Other times, they just want attention.

An Egyptian court acquits the former Prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq, and two sons of former President Hosni Mubarak of allegations of embezzlement.

Government forces loose control over town of Bor as thousands of refugees seek shelter in UN camps in Juba.

Delta Air Lines won't let passengers make voice calls from its planes, even if regulators allow them, it said Wednesday. The airline's frequent fliers believe that calls in the cabin...

They both get paid to score -- so now Dutch prostitutes want the same retirement tax benefits as professional soccer players. They claim both gigs are hard "physical jobs" that...

'Pippa' Middleton to wed boyfriend of year and a half

Nearly 1,000 men were killed over a two-day period this month in the Central African Republic, according to Amnesty International.

Kent University Journalism professor Tim Luckhurst and former Liverpool Post editor look at whether newspapers are dying out.

Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke apparently knows her way around a warmup dance more than a rope swing. In the latest video of her to go viral (watch above) the bikini-wearing Internet track queen can't hang on for th...

Mr. Goldstein, the publisher of Screw magazine, was first to present sex to his audience without the slightest pretext of classiness or subtlety.     

The AC360 debate over the role politics is playing in India's response to the arrest of a diplomat in New York City.

EU leaders meeting in Brussels later are set to sign off a long-awaited pact on handling failing banks, seen as the biggest centralisation of power in the bloc since the launch of the euro.

Study: Nearly half of dolphins checked in oiled bay in bad shape 1 year after Gulf spill     

Two infants were saved from a burning New York building Wednesday after their father tossed them out a third-story window into the arms of a neighbor below, authorities said.

BY ROBERT BURNS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investigators say the Air Force general fired in October as commander of the U.S. land-based nuclear missile force engaged in "inappropriate behavior" while in Rus...

Thames, Davis lead No.24 SDSU to 76-39 laugher over Southern Utah     

Octocopters, hyperloops, bitcoin -- in the tech world, this is what we call an "eventful year." But you needn't fear information overload. Looking back, these are the innovations and tech moments to remember from 2013. T...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Thursday that will make it harder to force public schools to drop tribal nicknames, pushing aside opponents' charges that the measure is racist.

A burglar found three tapes featuring sexual abuse with children during a robbery and handed them over to police.

An eyewitness at the Apollo Theatre in central London said he heard a cracking that sounded like "sudden structural failure" while watching the Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night-time.