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September 10 2012 12:10 PM

Control over a major detention facility at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base was passed from the U.S. military to the Afghan government in a small ceremony on Monday, a major step in NATO's troop withdrawal and Kabul's progress toward full security independence.

September 10 2012 11:45 AM

Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour took a break from sitting in the front row at New York Fashion Week to watch Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka for her fourth U.S. Open tennis title

September 10 2012 11:08 AM

Originally viewed in the 1970s as a project that added too much office space to Lower Manhattan, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center became a symbol not only for New York, but for the United States, for capitalism, for the cosmopolitan / urban life, for modernity itself.

September 10 2012 11:00 AM

A Brooklyn apartment was found to be the home of two alligators, and eleven other reptiles, as well as several pitbulls, in a recent police search.

September 10 2012 10:08 AM

Sunday was not a day of rest for celebrities, who instead of lazing around all day put on their best threads and headed to Lincoln Center for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.

September 10 2012 9:05 AM

The whole world is slowing down. Bad data out of Europe and China in the aftermath of a terrible jobs report in the United States has the market living and dying on simulative hopes. With rising gasoline prices and other issues the Fed is going to be the carrier of the world's economic burden this week the Federal Open Market Committee meets and the world once again will be watching.

September 10 2012 5:18 AM

Two bombs exploded near army compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo Sunday night, killing more than 20 people and injuring around 60 of President Bashar al-Assad's forces and residents.

September 10 2012 1:50 AM

Djokovic owns an 8-6 head-to-head advantage over Murray.

September 09 2012 7:52 PM

Serena Williams won the U.S. Open women's singles title at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday, beating the world's No. 1 player Victoria Azarenka -- 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 -- in a dramatic final match to capture her 15th career grand slam title.