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A cargo ship plowed through a Kentucky bridge, leaving a 300-foot gap in the middle of the structure and carrying off a load of asphalt and metal on the ship?s bow. The 312-foot-long ship, the Delta Mariner, struck the Eggner Ferry Bridge in Benton, Ky., about...
Make-A-Wish Foundation builds a castle for New Hampshire boy with rare disease.
Jury convicts Steven Cross for abandoning son with a note in a foreclosed home.
Former fisherman, 98, taught himself to read and write when he was in his 90s.
Joshua Komisarjevsky was convicted of killing William Petit's wife, daughters.
Georgia parents claim kids were asked to play slaves and slave catchers.
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Jean-Claude Mas detained as part of French investigation into defunct company.
Wael Ghonim says no individual can declare a leading role in the revolution.
Heavy crosswinds at German airport force pilots to approach runway at an angle.
Video purports to show soldiers passing grenade right before explosion.
The largest textile created by spider silk took three years to make.
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The "Barefoot Bandit" got a six and a half year federal sentence in a U.S. District Court in Seattle on Friday.
For everyone who protests the new internet restrictions that could have come with SOPA and might still come with ACTA, this one comes from the perspective department: North Korea has threatened to punish anyone using a cell phone as a war criminal.
A Lakeville, Minn., dad was convicted of child neglect after abandoning his 11-year old son in a foreclosed home with a note to go to his neighbor. Steven Cross, 60, was in tears after a six-person jury convicted him of gross misdemeanor child neglect on...
A just-released ranking of states by their ?tax-friendliness? to business finds Wyoming the most-friendly and New Jersey the least. The annual ranking is produced by The Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan, pro-business research group that has been following and reporting on U.S. federal and state tax policy since 1937....
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the gross domestic product, or GDP, for the last three months of 2011.
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Late January is always a dark time of year for NASA's astronaut program; the anniversaries of its three worst accidents all happen in the same week. The Apollo 1 astronauts died in a cockpit fire on Jan. 27, 1967. The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff Jan. 28, 1986. And the space shuttle Columbia broke up on return to earth Feb. 1, 2003.
Social Networking Site to Be Valued at $75-100 billion.
A Lego man went on one wild ride when two Canadian teenagers attached the toy to a homemade weather balloon, complete with video cams, and launched it into the stratosphere. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, two 17-year-olds from outside Toronto, designed and built a helium weather...
ABC News? Kevin Dolak and Ned Potter Report: Twitter has announced a new plan that will allow it to censor users? tweets on a country-by-country basis if governments object to them. It says the policy is an attempt to keep doing business in countries, such...
ABC News? Gina Sunseri Reports: HOUSTON ? Tonight is the deadline for applications for the next astronaut class. It?s a leap of faith because there is no great space race anymore and Newt Gingrich is the only candidate who even mentions a future in space...
Scientists trace champion horses' "speed gene."
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It would be hard to overstate the importance of Florida?s upcoming primary. The contest falls at the end of a month that?s seen three separate victors in three separate contests. The winner of the contest will carry momentum through the February caucus states and on to...
After three days on the road selling his State of the Union message, President Obama is urging Congress to act on his proposals to stem the ?corrosive influence of money in politics? and to give judicial and public service nominations ?up-or-down? votes. As he traveled...
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? American University has named former President Bill Clinton as its first annual ?Wonk of the Year.? Located in the District of Columbia, the event is part of a marketing campaign the college coined to draw in students interested in the more niche fields...
President Obama met with former president George H. W. Bush and his son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, at the White House this evening. Their Oval Office meeting was not on the president?s official schedule for today but was made public when the White House released...
ORLANDO, Fla. ? Mitt Romney accused Newt Gingrich of being like ?goldilocks? when he complained about debate audiences being too quiet and then too loud within the span of a week. ?Speaker Gingrich said the debate, before last night, that the crowd wasn?t allowed to...
Romney Defends Mandate ? It hasn?t gotten that much attention yet, but Mitt Romney gave a SCOTUS argument-worthy defense of the individual mandate in last night?s CNN debate. Sure, he was talking about his own state version. But we bet the White House wouldn?t mind...
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Despite a benign reputation for reducing users to peals of laughter, nitrous oxide can deprive the heart and brain of oxygen and cause damage. Nitrous oxide use is what reportedly landed actress Demi Moore in the hospital this week, according to the website TMZ.com, which posted statements from a friend who was at the 49-year-old actress's home when she lapsed into semi-consciousness.
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched her own investigation into the mysterious illness causing facial tics and verbal outbursts among 15 teenagers in Le Roy, N.Y.
Tom Martinez, who suffered from kidney failure, found himself in need of a kidney transplant. For two years, he has failed to find a donor. Tom Brady is on a mission to help him find a match.
Passing in the hallways of Columbia's Teachers College, a white lesbian professor and a African-American doctoral student discover they are a match.
An experimental drug being tested in dogs with spinal cord injuries could one day help humans, too.
In a study published in the journal Lancet Thursday, researchers describe a new genetic test to determine which of the surgically removed lung cancers will return.
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Demi Moore 911 Call: Moore 'Smoked Something' and Is 'Convulsing'
If you watch ?Californication,? you know that Hank Moody is the definition of self-destructive. It turns out that David Duchovny, the actor who plays the writer and chronic womanizer on the fifth season Showtime series, wouldn?t mind if Hank finished off the job. ?I always...
When ?Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? star Kim Richards checked herself into rehab in December, many people assumed it was the pressure of having cameras follow her every move, and the very public documentation of her fallout with younger sister Kyle on the show that led her...
Not long after filming her movie debut in the upcoming action-adventure film ?Battleship,? Rihanna is taking her talents to the small screen. She?s signed on to produce and appear in a new British television show in which fashion designers will compete to create outfits for musicians...
Matthew Broderick is set to reprise his role as the beloved character Ferris Bueller in a Super Bowl ad this year. He hasn?t played the role from the hit movie, ?Ferris Bueller?s Day Off,? in 26 years. The ad, shown above, shows Broderick saying, ?How can...
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If you still haven't bought your plane tickets for Christmas or New Year's, buy them now.
In this edition: How to deal with eager bellboys; flying with a cat.
Just because an airline has a zany name like Cheapskate Air doesn't mean it'll always have the lowest fares. If you fail to compare prices, you might miss out on a better deal on another airline, and that includes the non-discounters.
From delays and canceled flights to long security lines, you never know what holiday travel has in store for you. So FareCompare.com has come up with tips for any travel scenario to help you get to your destination with minimal hassle.
See how the wealthiest travelers explore the world.
As the 10th anniversary of the Transportation Security Administration approaches, FareCompare columnist Rick Seaney examines the agency known to weary travelers as the TSA.
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