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The online betting site Paddy Power has Pakistani girls' education champion Malala Yousafzai as most likely to win in October.

The American sprinter failed a drug test on Sunday to add further negative press for sprinting.

The puffin was brought back from the brink of extinction about a century ago, but now new threats loom.

Check out this map of Trayvon Martin protests across the United States.

Nokia has announced the 41-megapixel Lumia 1020, which will compete in the large-lens supershooter category with the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom.

Stocks edged up on Friday, as the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs after reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) beat expectations.

U.S. stocks opened flat Monday as Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations.

A Swedish sociology professor thinks the NSA leaker deserves the prize for his "heroic effort at great personal cost."

Tokyo, long known as a super-expensive metropolis, has become accessible thanks in large part to the policies of new Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.

The 29-year-old suspect had a pellet gun in his car and an open container of alcohol, according to John Kerry's spokesman.

Superstar Beyoncé was spotted taking a shopping break in a Houston Target store on July 14. The singer is in her hometown for her Mrs. Carter Show concert July 15.

Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch boosted their 2013 outlook, citing "positive surprises" in the U.S. economy.

Retail sales maintained their modest incline in June, but the stat was still less than Wall Street's consensus estimate.

A 1979 case about a Baltimore thief could ultimately determine the fate of government metadata collection.

Two security experts say they hacked a Verizon device and made it into a spying device to eavesdrop on Verizon Wireless customers' mobile phones.

Bangladesh’s new labor law sets provisions to form a central fund for worker welfare, while talks on revising the minimum wage are underway.

Coca-Cola is navigating poor weather conditions, forex headwinds, taxes and falling consumer demand in countries such as China and Brazil.

Asiana Airlines said on Monday that it would be taking legal action against KTVU for belittling Asians in a news report.

The U.S. fugitive reportedly has detailed documents that would enable someone who read them to evade or replicate the NSA's surveillance.

An Australian woman was gored at the final running, marking a bloody end to the 2013 San Fermin Festival.

Despite a big budget and plenty of robot action, "Pacific Rim" underperformed slightly at the box office, losing out to "Grown Ups 2" and "Despicable Me 2."