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Adele, a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from London, presented two distinct personalities at a recent show. On one hand, she was the self-assured performer whose debut album, "19," recently topped the British...

In a potential major political shift in Iran, a rival to Iran's president was elected by a large majority as speaker of the parliament on Wednesday. The new speaker, Ali...

First Maxime Bernier lost his girlfriend. Then he lost his job as Canada's minister of foreign affairs. Bernier's political and personal setbacks are related. His former romantic interest, Julie Couillard,...

Health researchers have identified a surprising new predictor for risky behavior among teenagers and young adults: the energy drink. Super-caffeinated energy drinks, such as Red Bull, Monster, Full Throttle and...

Foreign aid workers have begun reaching remote areas of Myanmar hardest hit by the May 3 cyclone, relief agencies said Tuesday, after a promise the junta made to the United...

Sen. John McCain stood before hundreds of flag-waving veterans and their families Monday and vowed not to waver in his support of the Iraq War. "Even," he said, "if I...

A growing body of research shows that when it comes to vegetables, it's not only how much we eat, but how we prepare them, that influences the amount of phytochemicals,...

Millions of people with asthma and other lung diseases will have to switch inhalers by the end of the year. And for many, the transition will not be smooth. The...

The International Atomic Energy Agency, in an unusually blunt and detailed report, said Monday that Iran's suspected research into the development of nuclear weapons remained "a matter of serious concern"...

Hating every minute of it, Americans are slowly learning to live with high gasoline prices. For a nation accustomed to cheap fuel, big vehicles and sprawling suburbs, the adjustments are...