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Matt Grevers, the newest U.S. Olympian, walked into the mixed zone and raised his arms in the air, almost like a heavyweight fighter. Indeed, there was a prize-fight vibe at...

Brad Pitt is getting younger every day. It's a tantalizing hook for a film, isn't it? What if your hero was born an old man, only to grow younger every...

Iraq's oil minister on Monday announced the start of bidding by foreign companies for contracts to boost the production of eight underperforming oil and gas fields. The contracts, to be...

The United States began rallying the UN Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his close supporters if he doesn't reconsider his disputed claim on...

The photos of the South China tiger taken by a farmer seemed too good to be true. After all, no member of the endangered big cat family had been seen...

Never mind that Christine Magnuson was third after the opening 50 in the final of the women's 100-meter butterfly. The former Tinley Park resident didn't panic, and another 50 meters...

Severin Wunderman, the owner of Corum, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, who was also an art collector and philanthropist, died Wednesday at his home in Nice, France, his son, Michael,...

Sisterhood -- in the family and body politic -- can be a beautiful abstraction and a real pain in the neck. It's an evanescent ideal that sometimes takes shape in...

The U.S. government offers tax incentives that can save consumers thousands of dollars when they purchase a hybrid vehicle. But buyer beware: The three most popular hybrids sold in America...

Michael Phelps got the U.S. Olympic swim trials off to the same start he did four years ago, uncorking a world record in the 400-meter individual medley on the opening...