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China sets up a rare earth association in a bid to streamline the sector as it continues to face criticism over its policies.

BOSTON (AP) -- Kevin Garnett scored 20 points and Rajon Rondo dished out double-digit assists for his 17th consecutive game, finishing with 15 to help lead the Boston Celtics to a 103-79 win over the struggling Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night....

The child sex-abuse accusations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky are staggering and yet familiar.

Mr. Sandusky, the founder of the Second Mile charity for troubled boys, generously brought them to football games and treated them to food, clothes and gifts, eight men told a grand jury. ...

Until now, only satellite images have revealed North Korea's march toward a controversial rocket launch. Journalists received an unprecedented tour of the site as officials again said they are not testing missiles.

The previously unseen notes of an army psychiatrist reveal how the British tried to get inside the mind of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.

The previously unseen notes of an army psychiatrist reveal how the British tried to get inside the mind of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.

Some 100,000 more people will be without a job before the end of the summer, says the IPPR think tank.

A cruise retracing the route of the Titanic has set sail from Southampton, almost a century to the day since the liner left the same port on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

Data suggests strong growth in Scotland's private sector in March led to the steepest monthly rise in employment since 2007.

Two separate initiatives are under way to forge new business, tourism and culture links between Scotland and North America.

American Bubba Watson wins a thrilling Masters play-off with Louis Oosthuizen to secure his first major title.

CHARLESTON, N.Y. — Seven months after the deluge of Tropical Storm Irene, cleanups continue and worries remain in upstate New York and Vermont.

Farmers are still grappling with crop-smothering rocks, trees, gravel and sand left behind when the floodwaters receded. And they're also concerned that the gray or even sandy ...

TULSA, Okla. — Two men were arrested Sunday in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's black community, and police said one of the suspects may have been trying to avenge his father's shooting two years ago by a black man.

Police identified both suspects as ...

As the sun rose Sunday on an old Moravian cemetery in North Carolina, 310 musicians with trumpets, tubas and trombones played in unison while thousands sang, "Hallelujah, praise the Lord" in an Easter scene mostly unchanged since before the Revolutionary War.

The Moravian churches in Winston-Salem — a city famous ...

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Fear is sometimes good for you. It can help you anticipate and avoid danger, and remain safe. It functions the same way pain does - its purpose is your survival. E.O. Wilson says that one of the clues to our common African origin is our instinctive fear of snakes. ...

CHICAGO — Obesity during pregnancy may increase chances for having a child with autism, provocative new research suggests.

It's among the first studies linking the two and, though it doesn't prove obesity causes autism, the authors say their results raise public health concerns because of the high level of obesity ...

Five things I'd change about Saudi Arabia

The rising number of retail firms falling into administration in England and Wales this year is having an effect on jobs.

The UK government approved the rendition of a terror suspect to the Gaddafi regime in 2004, the BBC can reveal.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood warns of renewed turmoil after Hosni Mubarak's ex-spy chief declares his candidacy for the forthcoming presidential elections.