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With no more land wars to fight, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calls for pre-WWII troop levels

    

At the end of the 1987 hit "Wall Street", Carl said to his son Bud : "Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others."

A treasure trove of documents dumped in a Ukrainian lake reveal years of lavish spending by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych -- including millions of dollars spent on decor and nearly...

Part of Miss. River closed for cleanup after oil barge hits towboat, spilling light crude     

British police get dossier on burgaries at Portuguese resort from which girl disappeared.

Newly revealed phone records are raising questions about whether the state attorney general's top deputy is getting mixed up in the case against AIG honcho Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, although he...

Belgrade-backed Rakic becomes mayor of Mitrovica North in poll soured by killing of one candidate and arrest of another.

Attack on protesters in central Bangkok kills 2 as political violence spikes in Thailand     

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- One of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's most outspoken critics has become the latest rally cry for opposition protesters after engaging in an armed standoff with security forces.     

Alice Herz-Sommer, who along with other musicians performed in concentration camps to keep up spirits, dies aged 110.

By Mark Colodny for Fathom | In Herman Wouk's now largely forgotten 1965 novel Don't Stop the Carnival, a jittery New York Broadway press agent named Norman Paperman goes on vacation to a Caribbean island and, seduced by...

All experienced sudden paralysis

Museveni is expected to sign a bill that sets life imprisonment as the penalty for "aggravated homosexuality".

Fighting force shrinks as long term trend shows uniformed military gets less while civilian bureaucrats and contractors get more.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS REPORTER, TARA JOSEPH, SAYING: "Lofty pledges from the G20 over the weekend - surprise, surprise Andy. They want to raise global output by 2 percent in the space of five     

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides that killed at least 11 people in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.     

Francis urges 19 newly appointed cardinals to shun intrigue, gossip and cliques as they take up their positions.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has several cases going against the IRS. There is a recent development in my least favorite. That would be Freedom From Religion Foundation v Koskinen in the Western District of Wisco...

Middleborough Police are investigating vandalism involving swastikas and obscenities spray-painted on 10 cars and several homes early Sunday morning.     

The mayor remains popular with voters, but another budget battle looms

Fixing the slowest portion of Illinois' emerging 110-mph rail corridor, between Chicago and Joliet, will cost an estimated $1.5 billion, officials said Monday.