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A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian…

The Smithsonian Institution is breaking ground on the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, which will pay tribute…

A recent study found that social media like Facebook and Twitter can be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol. Experts around…

President Barack Obama gave his weekly address from the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, which he cited as an example of how…

In the church where Whitney Houston sang as a teenager in Newark, N.J., some of the biggest names in entertainment gathered Saturday…

Rick Santorum is working to distance himself from a controversial comment about contraception from one of his big financial backers.…

Parkour, a fitness fad that started in France, involves running, jumping, crawling, rolling and falling on what amounts to an urban…

The market for prepaid debit cards has exploded as consumers look for alternatives to bank-issued cards that carry high fees.

Survivor host Jeff Probst talks about the 24th season premiere of the show.

Judges at the Westminster Dog Show in New York will pick the "Best in Show" Tuesday night.

Whitney Houston will make her final appearance in the small church where she was first discovered.

A Charlotte-area school bus driver is being hailed as a hero for helping students escape injury when her bus caught fire.

After Bruce Springsteen opened the 52nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony, attention turned quickly toward the sudden death of pop legend…

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior…

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was back in court this morning, where the judge set a tentative trial date May…

Researcher at Stony Brook University in New York have found that people don't pay attention while texting and can walk into lamp…

Every year in the U.S., more than 875,000 women have some medical complication during their pregnancies. New research shows those…

Washington state Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers said she is concered about the future of the American economy in the weekly GOP…

Germany's president has resigned over a scandal allegedly involving questionable loans and political favors.

Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his party's drive to capture the White House, even as…

They won't be there in person, but Whitney Houston's millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service…

This little stump of a dog beat out the likes of a Dalmatian, German shepherd, Doberman pinscher, Irish setter, a Kerry blue terrier…

Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in one of the…

Rick Santorum's momentum is putting him in the leader's seat in the latest CBS News - New York Times poll. This comes during a…

Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a…

Whitney Houston's life of glorious song and unnerving self-destruction ended in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Grammy…

President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a new budget that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next…

Thousands of conservatives have gathered in Washington this weekend to hear the GOP Presidential candidates make a pitch for their…

A 911 call recording reveals a social worker's attempts over a more than six-minute call to get a dispatcher to send authorities…