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Former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, 89, was admitted to a Florida hospital on Tuesday, CNN has confirmed.

Senegalese musician Youssou Ndour - one of Africa's most successful singers - is appointed culture and tourism minister in the country's new cabinet.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- An administrator at a small Christian university where seven people were killed this week said Wednesday she was the gunman's primary intended target after she rejected his repeated requests for a refund of his tuition....

A JetBlue pilot who had an apparent meltdown aboard a flight last week will undergo a psychiatric evaluation to see whether he was sane during the incident and whether he is competent to stand trial.

Former Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston wants all four bidders for the club to go public with their plans.

The absurdity of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton is that they want to make a movement out of an anomaly. Black teenagers today are afraid of other black teenagers, not whites.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- With her husband stricken in the pilot's seat of their small plane, an 80-year-old woman assumed the controls and spoke to aviation officials with remarkable calmness as they guided her to the ground, according to an audio recording released Wednesday....

Like the original wizard, Barack Obama doesn't want anyone to look behind the curtain.

As companies go bust, Europe rethinks solar power subsidies.

A successful North Korean test could put Alaska at risk.

The UK fertility regulator is seeking to reduce the taboo around egg and sperm donation by encouraging altruistic donation.

Santa Monica College officials in California have launched an investigation into a raucous student protest at a board of trustees meeting in which campus police used pepper spray on demonstrators, sending three of them to a hospital, the college president said Wednesday.

Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England.

Prime Minister David Cameron attacks Labour's handling of education and the health service in Wales.

The latest photos of notorious killer Charles Manson have been released by the California Department of Corrections, one week before his next parole hearing.

The EU's 'fiscal compact' is an empty gesture.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The long boom of a construction crane that crashed down at a Manhattan worksite, killing a worker, was due to be checked out this week by city buildings authorities after its most recent inspection could not be completed because the rig was in operation at the time, officials said Wednesday....

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida, his daughter said Wednesday....

Once a candidate starts winning, he tends to keep winning.

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended tax and benefit changes coming into force, saying they will benefit 24m taxpayers.