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A Japanese official defended dolphin fishing as a tradition after Ambassador Caroline Kennedy took issue with the "drive hunt," in which dolphins are herded into an area from where they cannot escape.     

Patrick Krill: We joke about lawyers, but it's no laughing matter they kill themselves at a very high frequency and have one of the highest depression rates of any profession.

The world's most visited city is again wracked by protests

Air force bombards tribal areas after a series of attacks left dozens of Pakistan soldiers dead and injured.

Florida is under a court order to begin serving kosher food to eligible inmates, alarming officials who report a surge in prisoners, many of them gentiles, interested in going kosher.     

In just over a week, another season of American Horror Story will come to a close. And with its end, we will also bid farewell to its glorious collection of hats.      

APNewsBreak: Defense minister: France to create new Africa outposts to better fight terrorism     

Iran will not be at the table during the United Nations-moderated discussions regarding the Syrian crisis Wednesday, the BBC reported. After the U.S. and Syria's opposition group, the National Coalition, expressed anger ...

Lindsey Vonn has insecurities? 

How's this for a happy MLK Day? The online magazine Buro 247 has published a story about Dasha Zhukova, the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, which shows the editrix perched atop a chair designed to look like a...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Thousands of pages of documents showing how the Archdiocese of Chicago handled the sexual abuse of children by priests will be made public Tuesday, providing the broadest look yet into the details of what...

Venezuelan president painting TV soap operas as villain in country's spiraling crime     

U.S. counter-terrorism operatives are helping Russian security agents in the hunt for a "white widow" - the wife of a dead terrorist - who could already be inside the massive security zone set up for next month's winter ...

Chinese sculpture returned to Harvard museum 35 years after it disappeared     

François Hollande once vowed to be on his most exemplary behavior as president of France. But an affair has exposed a more politically calculating side and threatens to undercut his economic agenda.     

Seahawks star says he's not a villain

Prada model spends time building mobile apps, shaking off two stereotypes.

A fast-moving winter storm could dump as much as a foot of snow on the northeastern United States.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The city's medical examiner confirmed Tuesday that human remains found along the East River last week are the body of an autistic teen who vanished more than three months ago after walking out of his sch...

TORONTO (AP) -- A new video of Mayor Rob Ford emerged Tuesday that shows him swearing and slurring his words while apparently trying to imitate a Jamaican accent.     

DENVER (AP) -- More than two years ago, Colorado was at the leading edge of the societal shift on same-sex marriage, when its moderate, conflict-adverse Democratic governor called a special legislative session that shame...

BOSTON (AP) -- Heavy snow was forecast and a blizzard warning was posted for portions of Massachusetts on Tuesday, prompting Gov. Deval Patrick to dismiss nonemergency state workers early and postpone his annual State of...