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neoporcupine /Flickr Federal regulators are proposing that new automobiles sold in the United States after September 2014 come equipped with black boxes, so-called ';event data recorders'; ...

Clive Vivier, co-founder of the Zululand rhino reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, said he was granted permission by the US state department to buy the state-of-the-art Arcturus T-20 ...

Severe Christmas day weather tore across the deep South, spinning off 34 possible tornadoes and killing at least three people in its path, while extreme weather is forecast throughout today for parts ...

Donna Abbott Vlahos | The Business Review Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, says New York is in a global hub for nanotechnology development. End Component ...

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - In the year since her three daughters and her parents died in a house fire, Madonna Badger wonders why she ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visit military personnel and their families as they walk into Anderson Hall base chow hall at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, ...

From coffee grounds to empty milk cartons, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of how and where to recycle. In many cities, gone are the days of simply leaving trash on the curb. Instead, the ...

The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has condemned all forms of attacks against the dignity of women and ...

As the shooting that divided the nation gets closer to a trial, parents of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are preparing for the case to reopen ...

After spending months in a Mexican prison for bringing an antique shotgun into the country, Jon Hammar arrived back home in South Florida on ...

Washington’s Christmas gift to the American people was a whole lot of nothing.And New Year’s could be even worse, with no resolution in sight to avoid tax hikes for all and deep spending ...

The New Jersey Carpenters Pension Fund filed a lawsuit Dec. 24 in a attempt to block the planned $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext by IntercontinentalExchange Inc. The pension fund, which ...

A new report says the New York shorelines of Lakes Erie and Ontario are under high levels of environmental stress. The Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project combined the results of ...

Now that it's an Olympic sport, the yanks have started taking it more seriously. That was bound to happen, and they have an incredible talent pool to boot: I remember reading somewhere that the ...

Republican strategist and CBS News political analyst, Frank Luntz, talks to Jeff Glor and Rebecca Jarvis about the "fiscal cliff" and gun ...

Eric Boswell, the former assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, and Charlene Lamb, the deputy assistant secretary responsible for embassy ...

The field of hopefuls for an open U.S. Senate seat in Hawaii is expected to narrow to three names as state Democrats pick finalists to forward to Gov. Neil Abercrombie. Abercrombie will make a ...

calming scents of lavender and chocolate could be helpful , but, of course, we think taking a trip is always the ticket. While destinations that are predisposed to craziness, like Miami or Vegas, ...

MOSCOW, December 26 (Itar-Tass) - The ban on the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens does not violate the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Russian Foreign ...

As Republicans reassess their future in the presidential wilderness, seeking a message and messenger to resonate with a new generation of voters, one unlikely name has popped up as a role model: ...

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