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Responding to new concerns about the French military presence in Afghanistan after the deaths of 10 soldiers in a Taliban ambush, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he would support a...

George Deem, a painter who admired master painters so much that he spent his own career repainting their works, albeit with clever alterations, died Aug. 11 in New York. He...

Ronnie Drew, the gravelly voiced folk singer and guitarist who founded the Irish group The Dubliners and later sang with The Pogues and other rock bands, died Aug. 16 in...

For Patty Mulcahy, it began with itchy eyes. They started to water two years ago when renovation began on the Midtown office building where she was working as an assistant...

Sen. Barack Obama began informing prospective running mates late Friday that they would not be joining him on the ticket as Democratic officials said Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia and...

LeRoi Moore, a saxophonist whose fevered riffs embroidered the distinctive music of the Dave Matthews Band with florets of jazz and funk, has died in Los Angeles. Mr. Moore, 46,...

In the musty back room of the collectibles shop he owns here, stocked with a copy of the Declaration of Independence and Ernest Hemingway's briefcase typewriter, John Reznikoff held up...

Dottie Collins, a star pitcher in women's professional baseball in the 1940s who later played a major role in preserving the history of the women's game, has died. Mrs. Collins,...

Lisa Morrison always has considered herself a pillar of health. The only glitch in her otherwise exemplary existence was the pack of Marlboros that she had inhaled daily since age...

Exactly a decade has passed since a man called Oxygen first hurled himself across Amerika. Known for his jumping ability, Oxygen, a lanky Czech, catapulted to legend status by leaping...