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The Australian government says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks, including the Coral Sea, ahead of the Rio+20 summit.

If the administration treated the UAW in the manner required by bankruptcy law, it could have saved U.S. taxpayers $26.5 billion.

A tiny Sellersburg dog has become a giant internet sensation.

In spite of ever rising tuition and ballooning student loan debts, a large majority of students still desire to attend college. Traditional notions are deeply engrained in the public's mind. College is considered the path to a better, higher paying job, the best way to make connections and propel a career, and a status symbol, especially for those who go to elite universities.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia has created the world's largest network of marine reserves and will restrict fishing and oil and gas exploration in a major step to safeguard the environment and access to food....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia has created the world's largest network of marine reserves and will restrict fishing and oil and gas exploration in a major step to safeguard the environment and access to food....

Local authority spending on elderly and disabled care is being reduced by nearly £900m this financial year, a survey suggests.

Amid a firestorm of criticism over a pair of new studies on gay parenting, the world's largest organization of psychologists has affirmed its own position that sexual orientation is not a factor in parental fitness.

The American Psychological Association (APA) said this week that it and other prominent health and ...

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery whose victims include young women coming to the U.S. in search of a new life, children who grew up here but fall into a life of desperation and migrant workers robbed of the means to ensure their independence, a top Justice Department official said Wednesday.

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A Montreal teacher has been suspended for showing his 10th grade students the killing and dismemberment video allegedly filmed by Canadian gay porn actor Luka Magnotta, the school board said on Wednesday

New York is poised to become the latest state to cash in on the nation's natural gas boom.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, reportedly will lift a moratorium on fracking this summer, allowing the popular yet controversial gas-extraction technique to be used in the southern part of the state near ...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — One, a foster child, said he was threatened, warned he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened. Another said he stayed quiet because he didn't want to stop getting tickets to the hottest game in town - Penn State football.

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The heated war over fracking is returning to the silver screen.

Natural-gas industry groups Wednesday released their documentary film "Truthland," billed as a factual response to the popular but controversial "Gasland," an Oscar-nominated film beloved by environmental activists for its highly critical portrayal of fracking and its effect on small ...

The NuSTAR telescope launched Wednesday will let scientists finally take the measure of black holes and provide an important new observatory for studying the cosmos, Meg Urry says.

If his reform is struck down, he can pivot to the center and reclaim some of the aura of 2008.

CNN's Anderson Cooper mocks the ongoing Miss USA scandal in which a contestant claims the event was rigged.

Will new surveillance powers bring Big Brother state?

The home secretary defends plans to store details of all online activity - emails, web pages visited and games played - in the UK.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....