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As the week ends, Washington resorted again to harsh words against Syria, saying a strike would not look like the Iraq War.

The U.S. will release annual statistics about surveillance activities. But some think the stats will actually obscure the scope of operations.

With vast differences between the GOP and White House, Republicans say there’s little reason to continue the negotiations.

Actor Kevin Spacey said giving consumers what they want is the key to success in the new model for the TV industry.

Farmers' Almanac fans say the manual's weather predictions are 80 to 85 percent accurate, but meteorologists aren't buying it.

The Keystone XL pipeline has been delayed for years, and yet it's always in the news. Here's why.

Syria's Mideast allies will tolerate a certain amount of U.S. bombardment of Syria, according to one analyst.

Andrew Lars Fuchs claims he was assaulted with the heat ray after trying to drink water from the sink of his cell in the Los Angeles County Jail.

International partners would prefer not to channel their money through the SADC.

India's slowing GDP growth is a symptom and also a cause of the challenges currently facing the country.

Despite coping with the fifth-largest wildfire in California’s history, Yosemite has seen minimal cancellations for the Labor Day weekend.

The lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria and Germany, while jobs continued to be scarce in Greece and Spain.

Some travel destinations are best in the summer. Others in the winter. These 10 spots come alive in the fall.

Amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy, investors have one eye on the Fed, and the other on Syria.

Administration officials say the US government will act in the country's best interests. Pentagon says it is “past the point of no return.”

AT&T canceled employee vacations for the second half of September, seemingly in preparation for the iPhone 5S launch on Sept. 20.

A U.S. attack on Syria could mean a huge profit for defense contractor Raytheon, which makes the powerful Tomahawk cruise missiles.

A New Mexico historian claims that one of the men in a tintype photograph is none other than legendary gunslinger Billy the Kid.

MPs defied Prime Minister David Cameron on a 285-272 vote, dealing a blow to the international coalition.

In the wake of a nationwide strike by service employees, critics countered that minimum-wage workers should simply “get better jobs” if they want to make more than $7.25 an hour.

For a reporter covering the war in Syria, there's a sense that everyone in Damascus shares the same uncertainty.