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Kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard, was awarded $20 million by a California legislation board Friday as compensation. Dugard spent 18 years in isolated captivity while she was held in a ...

Nuclear waste may have a permanent home at Nevada's Yucca Mountain. It is located inside a nuclear testing ...

Activities were held across Canada on Thursday to celebrate the country's 143rd birthday.

Officials and biologists discussed the appearance of a juvenile white shark that was caught and released off Boston.

OTTAWA—Canada turned 143 Thursday and the crowd on Parliament Hill was bigger than ever as royal watchers gathered ...

President Barack Obama spoke about his administration's immigration policies at the American University School of International Service in ...

An immigrant who sought freedom and an escape from persecution came within minutes of being sent back to ...

Tiger Woods was recently questioned by investigators about receiving HGH drugs by doctor Anthony Galea.

A woman in NY filed a lawsuit against General Mills Inc. complaining that the company's Fruit Roll-Ups are ...

President Obama announced a new national space policy on Monday. The policy emphasizes international cooperation for sustainable use ...

For-profit colleges are getting attention in Washington, D.C., lately.

Europe's largest bellydance festival came to Sheffield on the 26th and 27th June.

Children from all five boroughs of New York City departed from the Port Authority Bus Terminal for special ...

Prisoners in New Zealand jails will have their smoking privileges taken away as from July 1 next year ...

On Wednesday, New York City and Nashville, Tennessee, mayors Michael R. Bloomberg and Karl Dean announced the winners ...

Students in thousands of classrooms across the country will take a mock citizenship test over the next three ...

B.C. residents blame both the government and the media for their lack of understanding of the HST, says ...

A newly formed grassroots group has launched a campaign calling on Quebecers to oppose euthanasia.

Former intel chief worried politics have side-swiped national security

The highest concentration of heroin abuse from across the nation can be found in and around Chicago.

Quality of life is not good right now for the Atlantic bluefin tuna who's faced with an oil-laden ...

For-profit colleges are getting attention the week in Washington, DC, as a hearing explored the value and risks ...

Since the emergence of concerns about climate change, the debate about its seriousness and human beings' role in ...

A wide-ranging cybersecurity bill was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the Transition Roadable Aircraft, otherwise known as the flying car, for compliance ...

Two American tourists, Sarah and David, were wounded in Rio on June 29 when a manhole suddenly exploded.

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) results were released revealing an increase in performance.