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Military tensions between Kenya and Somali insurgent group al-Shabab continues to rise following the Kenyan military’s decision to invade Somalia on Oct. 16.

“[We] will jointly deter any additional provocations by North Korea.”

After a last-minute push by Louisville, including soliciting the help of a United States senator, West Virginia is finally set to join the Big 12, according to a report.

Michael Ellsberg IB Times interview.

Anonymous, which opens tomorrow, wants to convince movie-goers that Shakespeare was a fraud. The movie's main success, however, is to illuminate how class-oriented and false the anti-Stratford argument- that Shakespeare's plays were written by somebody else- truly is, asserting as it does that a commoner could never be a genius.

Never before has a presidential candidate polled as well as Herman Cain with as few political credentials, Nate Silver writes on The New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blog.

Rick Perry said he might skip some debates moving forward. Is that a good idea?

In a one of the largest schemes in MTA history, people were arrested on Thursday and brought up on federal charges in which hundreds of the Long Island Rail Road workers made false disability claims costing an estimated $1 billion.

Pundits who argued that GOP presidential nominee candidate Herman Cain was merely the Republican party's flavor of the month in the race to unseat Democratic incumbent Barack Obama may have been right.

Fears of a double-dip recession in the U.S. receded temporarily Thursday after Washington said consumers bought more appliances and businesses spent more on construction this past summer.

Louisville and West Virginia continue to sit in limbo on Thursday as the Big 12 weighs its options in choosing to offer one of the schools an invitation to join the conference.

Mississippi is considering a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban all abortions, in the most direct state challenge yet to the Roe v. Wade precedent.

The name Herman Cain meant a disarmingly easy tax plan, some quick witticisms and a typical American success saga. Now that could be changing even as the Republican nomination race is changing gears. How about a pro-liquor Cain who lobbied hard for the tobacco industry and was so anti-worker that he lobbied against a hike in the minimum wage? Recent events have led to a really troubling twist in the tale, for the surprise package in the Republican bundle of White House seekers.

European leaders agreed Thursday morning that banks and other major investors in Greek bonds must take losses of up to 50 percent to prevent a Greek government default. The rescue fund is a response to global pressure to lower Greece's debt burden and attempt to contain the spreading debt contagion that threatens the euro zone.

Beavis and Butt-Head Return to MTV, premiering on October 27, 2011 amidst a 90s revival in America.

Well, now the Big 12 is just playing realignment games with the Big East.

On the Barack Obama birth certificate question that doesn't go away, GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry should take a cue from his most powerful endorser, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and put the issue to rest from his campaign perspective.

Apple's Steve Jobs, who continues to make headline news after his death, criticized Fox News and its owner Rupert Murdoch for being a destructive force in America.

Will Ferrell had a pretty nice little Sunday. He was going to go to Home Depot. Maybe accept the 14th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. I don't know. I don't know if he'll have enough time.

Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs director and former head of McKinsey & Co, will surrender to the FBI on Wednesday to face criminal insider trading-related charges, a person familiar with the investigation said.

Kelly Clarkson is concerned. She released her new album Stronger this week and thinks it is her best work yet, but whenever something like that happens she worries nobody will like it.

Rick Perry's tax plan -- one he hopes will boost his Republican presidential candidacy -- gives Americans two options.

When will the University of Missouri move to the SEC and when will West Virginia University move to the Big 12?

The controversial HPV vaccine is now being recommended for young boys and men.

The much-anticipated Batman film will begin shooting on Wall Street on Saturday.

Review of Stephanie Madoff Mack’s book “The End of Normal.”

The New York Times' lawyers on Monday sent a case-and-desist letter to the Huffington Post over the title of a blog written by former Times writer, Lisa Belkin, WWD reported.

What with the usual assortment of doctors, lawyers, ad executives, jingle writers and police showing up on your TV set, you would hardly believe that more than 14 million Americans are out of work.

It is a debate that has polarized American football fans for over two years. Is former college favorite Tim Tebow an NFL caliber quarterback or not?