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Football fans raise £20,000 for a 67-year-old Blackpool fan who was sued for libel by the club's owners.

Google is ending support for the video app on many old devices

You probably don't remember what you Googled 10 minutes ago, let alone the myriad inane and fleeting things you've searched since the engine's beginnings.

Boundaries aren't just for maps

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Yes, you read that correctly. Starbucks' "Limited Edition Mother's Day Premium Starbucks Card" costs $200, but the gift card's value is only $50. So where is the other $150 going? According to the product's listing in th...

We've house plants, and geared up for spring arrangements, which is all fine and lovely until something Stuck in the Mud Pottery. As with all living things, even the hardiest plants require care, and strategies can var...

Prosecutors say the captain of the doomed boat has been arrested, as 27 survivors are brought to Catania on board an Italian coastguard ship Survivors of the weekend's Mediterranean boat disaster have reached the Italian...

Spiegel has quite a fascinating report this week about the origins and growth of ISIS. It's a great counterpoint to Graeme Wood's Atlantic piece from February that focused on the Islamic and theological roots of ISIS and...

The Obama administration cast the deployment on Monday as primarily a show of force to discourage Iran's shipments of weapons to rebels.

On the morning he died, Cardinal Francis George watched with eyes wide open as retired Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Goedert anointed him with oil and bestowed the sacrament of the sick, commonly called last rites. Both men k...

The round-the-world, fuel-free aeroplane, Solar Impulse, head to Nanjing to prepare for an epic Pacific crossing.

Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, the influential conservative donors, have settled on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as their top choice to win the 2016 Republican nomination for president, the...

It's not just a matter of getting a little extra exercise.

The Magnum Legacy series looks back at the lives of famous photographers

(Reuters) - A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday, residents said, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions in the North African country. "We heard a loud explo...

Refugees have been journeying to Europe from Africa and the Middle East for years, but the numbers have seen a sharp climb recently because of several factors.

United States Steel Corporation issued layoff notices to 1,404 workers in the latest sign of struggle for the American steel industry. The missives went out in recent days to workers producing pipe and tube products that...

The follow-up to The Avengers may be the harbinger of a new deluge of superhero movies, but if all turn out as entertaining as this one, what's the problem? Recently, there has been a shrill cultural panic at the thought...

Twenty-five years ago, Sinead O’Connor’s cover of an obscure track written by Prince hit number one, becoming one of the best-known pop songs of the decade.

Ellen DeGeneres quizzed Courteney Cox, (aka Monica on Friends) about the hit TV show as part of a promotion for the Friends-themed version of the party game app “Heads Up!” Cox appears nervous in the beginning, excla...

British number three James Ward loses to Turkey's Marsel Ilhan in the first round of the Barcelona Open.