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A massive fire that started at a bar Wednesday morning spread through 14 buildings, shut a section of downtown and led to apartment evacuations before it was contained.
Fire raced through a two-story home in Union early Wednesday, blowing out windows and raining debris on neighboring houses while trapping and ultimately killing four members of a family.
Researchers have discovered what they believe is a new deep water coral and sponge beds found several thousands of feet below the ocean surface, officials said Monday.
The United Nations has been one of New York's most recognizable landmarks for more than half a century, a sleek, modern slab standing tall above its more modest-sized neighbors along the East River.
Patients today are less likely to bump into drug sales representatives at a doctor's office as pharmaceutical companies adopt cheaper technologies and more discreet ways to pitch drugs.
New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the paperwork Monday to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, making good on an election promise that will leave the U.S. isolated among wealthy countries in shunning the international global warming pact.
Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd named his Cabinet on Thursday, choosing a woman as deputy leader for the first time, a former rock singer as environment minister and a lawyer from the Outback as foreign minister.
Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan's new military commander, is a popular soldier who is likely to reduce the army's political role, repair frayed ties with politicians and try to turn the tables on an escalating insurgency by pro-Taliban militants.
Newly elected Australian leader Kevin Rudd renewed a commitment Monday to apologize to indigenous Aborigines for past indignities.
A team of FBI agents that re-examined the Oklahoma City bombing after a resurgence in conspiracy theories uncovered no new reliable leads, the man who initially supervised the bureau's investigation told a newspaper.
A former City Council member who prosecutors said reneged on a plea bargain to cooperate in a corruption probe was sentenced Wednesday to a little over three years in federal prison for taking a $15,000 bribe.
A new version of the Firefox browser, now available for testing mainly by developers, offers improvements on finding frequently visited Web sites and tools for running Web applications without a live Internet connection.
A federal judge ruled Monday that the FBI was liable in the 1982 deaths of two men allegedly killed by fugitive mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and his associates, and said he would schedule a trial early next year to determine what damages should be awarded.
A masked, hooded gunman shot and killed a 13-year-old boy riding a bike on a sidewalk and wounded another early Monday in an attack caught on a security camera, authorities said.
The Tennessee Valley Authority filed an application Tuesday for a license to build and operate two new nuclear power reactors at a site in northern Alabama where it mothballed two reactor projects nearly two decades ago after investing billions of dollars.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. zipped up the white racing suit, this one with a shoe company's name plastered across his chest instead of a popular beer, and climbed into a car that made him look even more out of place.
Lawyers and human right groups are backing an American lawyer to be chief prosecutor at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, fearing that naming a newcomer could disrupt the court's final years.
John Edwards on Monday cast Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and her ties to lobbyists as part of a corrupt Washington system that voters should reject in the presidential election.
Poland's new prime minister-designate, Donald Tusk, reached out to a centrist, EU-friendly party Wednesday as he opened talks on forging a government coalition three days after victory in parliamentary elections.
Five new prime-time TV series premiere the week of Monday, Oct. 1 (all times Eastern):
Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of species isolated for millions of years found marine life believed to be previously undiscovered, including a tentacled orange worm and an unusual black jellyfish.
Homebuilders are getting gloomier about the slumping housing market, as a 22-year-old index that tracks their sentiment set a new record low Tuesday.
Motorola Inc., badly in need of hit products to spark a turnaround, announced nine new cell phone handsets Thursday to be available this quarter.
The mayor of Albuquerque will run for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, The Associated Press has learned.
Geologic time has a different meaning when it comes to Canyon Lake Gorge. You could say it dates to around the end of the Enron era.
A new smartpen could change the way people practice mobile computing by bringing processing power to traditional pen and paper. Made by Livescribe, of Oakland, CA, the smartpen is designed to digitize the words and drawings that a user puts down on paper and bring them to life.
Grammy Award Winning musician Ambassador Wyclef Jean and International business mogul Howard Misle have merged their vast media assets to form a new joint venture to produce an array of music, TV, and film projects under the In Ya Face/Refugee/Carnival House umbrella.
Someone still believes in the Spirit of Christmas-I think this is sweet..
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t." ADVERTISEMENT
Interesting press release written by Darren Schiele a professional network marketer about a new energy drink called Crave that has kicked the can.!
PRWeb now offers press release writing, revision, and search engine optimization services as part of their online distribution packages.
"The finance industry is lobbying for access to New Zealanders' complete credit histories, including details about their income, the size of their mortgages, and their credit card balances." What will this mean for ordinary kiwis?
This is the online place to see the council meetings on digital video
After micros such as the Smart and the Fiat 500, BMW is considering bringing back the Isetta. The original Isetta was powered by a rear-mounted motorcycle engine that delivered about 12 horsepower.
I, Dr. Marion Dennis Thorpe, Jr., do solemnly pledge to work tirelessly on your behalf and to reach out to you long after the dust settles from the November 4, 2008 Congressional District 23 election.
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Tenants in New York have more rights than those that rent in most other states. A long history of urban housing problems has led to a significant amount of progressive legislation that effectively makes renter's rights much more important than a landlord's short …
Breaking news: bomb strapped madman takes hostages at Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign headquarters...
In response to a suggestion from Phaedrus, I have launched a Newsvine group dedicated to Bible study and prayer support. The group is called Vine and Branches and it is now functioning!
Iran's state news agency, IRNA, claims that the country has produced a new missile that can be fired longer distances than its predecessor. Iran says that the Ashoura missile can hit not only United States military bases in the Middle East but can also strike Israel.
Exclusive Sneak peek at the Dubai International Airport's New Terminal
Email notifications with sound for Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and POP3 accounts, search results from Google, live streaming of radio and television, bookmarks, live news and RSS feeds, sticky notes, weather, a wide variety of widgets, and much more.
Spacewalking astronauts primed the International Space Station's (ISS) newest room for orbital flight Tuesday as they prepare to host a visiting NASA shuttle next month.
Have fun with this brand new free online make up game.
Alex Rodriguez is returning to the Bronx.
What can I say, I think I am getting indoctrinated. She could be right? No I must remain to be a observer and not to take sides.
It was Aug. 24, 2005, and New Orleans was still charming. Tropical Depression 12 was spinning from the Bahamas toward Florida, but the chances of an American city's being destroyed by nature were remote, even for one below sea level.
Al Queda is in Iraq-thus making the war in Iraq part of the war on terror (despite specific denials of this from Democrats), and defeating Al Queda has been described as key to victory in Iraq.
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