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Thousands of Lebanese attended the funeral Friday of an anti-Syrian lawmaker whose assassination further rocked Lebanon's political order as the country prepares to select a new president. Antoine Ghanem, 64,...

Jay-Z has quietly returned to the studio thanks to the Denzel Washington film "American Gangster." Jay-Z said that the movie sparked a burst of creative activity that even he found...

Military officials said Thursday that $6billion in contracts to provide essential supplies to U.S. troops in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan -- including food, water and shelter -- are under review...

Don't stock up on silver anniversary cards. More than half the Americans who might have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaries since 2000 were divorced, separated or widowed before reaching that...

There it is, that beautiful home in a historic district. Georgian architecture, a square brick two-story with two chimneys and dentil molding along the eaves. Charming doesn't begin to describe...

The highest-ranking surviving leader of the brutal Khmer Rouge was arrested Wednesday and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity as a trial drew closer in the deaths of...

New mothers and women who are about to have babies often do not get a lot of sleep. And when they do, a new study suggests, their dreams may make...

Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say, nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to disappear in this century. In fact, they...

Joe O'Donnell's glowing legacy outlived him by less than a week. The man recalled by some as "The Presidential Photographer" with a knack for having a camera to his eye...

A stream of girls in green T-shirts bustled into the gym at Seton High School in Cincinnati last May, scrambled into folding chairs and bowed their heads. As more than...