This opinion piece was originally published in 2008.  The International Olympic Committee (IOC), it happened on your watch. ...

Notable deaths in 2013 from sports, literature, entertainment, and politics including Dear Abby, Stan Musial, Margaret Thatcher, Tom ...

Amira Willighagen, 9, who astounded judges with her opera singing on "Holland's Got Talent" won the semi-finals with ...

Jerusalem experienced its heaviest snowfall in 70 years last week. Residents had a rare chance to make snow ...

Four buildings at Harvard University have been evacuated after "unconfirmed reports that explosives may have been placed in four ...

Landsat 1 satellite was launched July 23, 1972, starting the longest continuous observation of Earth from outer space. ...

Rare video from storm chaser Josh Morgerman of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in Philippines, showing the monster storm ...

Toddler basketball sensation Titus, makes shots from seven stories up, over a wall, with two balls at once, ...

Our world through local headlines on Dec. 6, 2013: Thailand: campaign to help animals hurt by tear gas; ...

Touching words of tribute for Nelson Mandela, reflecting the immense impact he had on his fellow world leaders, are pouring in. South ...

For those addicted to lists, the 2014 World Almanac and Book of Facts is 1,008 pages of pure ...

Our world through local headlines on Dec. 5, 2013: "Tourists frightened off by southern Swedish accent," "Survey ranks ...

Russia has released a smartphone called the YotaPhone now available for pre-order. The main innovation of the YotaPhone ...

It took 3 months and 25,000 dominoes to create this insane series of screenlink domino tricks

A group of Siberian percussionists have discoverd the coolest instrument in the world: frozen lake ice on Lake ...

Black Friday violence got an early start this year when most doors opened Thanksgiving evening. Many incidents involved ...

Thanksgiving quotes to share with your family and friends, from the wise words of a German philosopher to ...

The world on Nov. 21, 2013, through local media headlines—"Berlin Makes Easy Target for Spies" "Pub guests denied ...

Monty Python is getting back together. "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink." John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, ...

Declassified 1943 film by the U.S. Army, "The Use of War Dogs," shows how dogs were used in ...

Just days before the great San Francisco earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906—which devastated 500 city blocks ...

The two deadliest tornadoes in Illinois were the Tri-State Tornaodo in 1925 and the 10 tornado event that ...

Soldier Field fans were told by over the public address system to immediately evacuate the stadium as a ...

This wedding surprise breaks out into a full-fledged musical number with original(ish) song, choreography, chorus line, and light ...

A sophisticated video by NASA shows a rendering of ancient Mars—a planet of blue skies and vast oceans. ...

You've heard the common urban legends like the one about the deep fried rat in the bucket of ...

New NASA images reveal an asteroid with six comet-like tails radiating out like spokes on a wheel—something they've ...