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Senior U.S. military officials are developing plans to speed the deployment of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, including a possible move to pull the next brigade due to go...

Against the Irish Sea and between such menacing foliage as sea buckthorn, common polypody and the always-malevolent gorse, major golf has returned to the site of one of its all-time...

A genetic mutation that originally protected Africans from a virulent form of malaria now renders them 40 percent more susceptible to HIV infections, offering a partial explanation for the disproportionate...

Les Crane, called the "bad boy of late-night television" when he vied for ratings against talk-show king Johnny Carson in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 74. His death of...

In a swift rebuke to President George W. Bush, Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override his veto of a Medicare bill that would forestall pay cuts to doctors who treat...

A few years ago, when the jaunty advice manual "He's Just Not That Into You" reached its zenith, co-authors Liz Tuccillo and Greg Behrendt -- both writers for HBO's "Sex...

Twenty-three things about 23-year-old Anthony Kim, the surging golfer and amusing gabber playing his first British Open with two PGA Tour wins already: 1. In a biographical turn seldom seen...

Police were dispatched to IndyMac Bank branches in suburban Los Angeles on Tuesday morning when customers waiting to withdraw money became irate after several people tried to cut in line...

Until recently, a fashion model and a carton of skim milk had a lot in common -- not enough fat and a short shelf life. The average model's career typically...

Jakob Dylan has been waiting for this moment. He has four sons, and the older two are inching toward their teenage years. Over a lunch of black coffee the other...