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Miley Cyrus appeared on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend in a skit parodying the federal government shutdown. Watch the video from "SNL" here.

Tropical Storm Karen has mostly spared Gulf Coast residents, having been downgraded to depression status Saturday night.

Miley Cyrus broke some devastating news while hosting "Saturday Night Live" ... her former Disney character, Hannah Montana, was murdered.

Oscar winner Halle Berry and her French actor husband Olivier Martinez welcomed a new bundle of on Saturday, a beaming baby boy.

The spoof is an advertisement for Hulk Hogan’s Web-hosting service, Hostamania.

Twipping, a new Twitter trend that has people posting pictures of themselves after falling down or up stairs, is growing in popularity on the social-media network.

If you are facing a battle against annoying stink bugs, here are a few tips to help you kill the pests invading the U.S.

The pop star said her initial days in New York City were a struggle, and that she was often lonely.

An unidentified person known only as the “poopetrator” has been defecating on students’ clothing at Yale University’s Saybrook College.

Several states across the country are preparing for a record breaking invasion of pesky stink bugs this year as brown marmorated stink bugs enter their peak season.

Producers of the show reportedly had fake beeps inserted into the show even when no cursing was happening.

A worker at the Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park in Oklahoma has been hospitalized after a tiger bit her arm.

Conservative radio host Michael Savage went on a rant on his show yesterday, condemning D.C. police for killing Miriam Carey during the Capitol shooting.

The sisters of the Connecticut mom shot and killed after leading police on a car chase near the U.S. capitol are raising questions about the authorities' use of deadly force.

The 2013 Nobel Prize announcement schedule has been announced, and there are front-runners for the Physics, Peace and Literature prizes.

Researchers in Mississippi conducted a study testing what chicken nuggets are actually made of and the answer isn't too appetizing.

The unidentified man who set himself ablaze on the National Mall in Washington is dead.

ABC Television, which has had a string of hit shows recently, ran out of luck with "Lucky 7," which was cancelled after two episodes.

Jimmy Kimmel hit the streets to prove that Americans really don't understand that Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing.

Tropical Storm Karen has decreased in speed but is expected to reach southern Louisiana by Saturday night.

“American Horror Story: Coven” premieres on FX Wednesday at 10 p.m. EDT.

An off-duty, undercover NYPD cop was part of the biker gang that assaulted Alexian Lien after pulling him from his car.

A new painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in a Swiss vault.

A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington, according to reports.

Boston Dynamics has created the WildCat robot, a new robot capable of running 16 mph on flat terrain.

Fordlandia was created by Henry Ford in the Amazon region as a place to produce rubber for the Ford Motor Co., but what does Fordlandia look like today?

Reports from northeast areas of China are saying that the number of the almost-extinct Siberian tiger has doubled.

The HuffPo's Weird News team has acquired a fish with a scary reputation.

Of the thousands of bars in New York City that participate in Oktoberfest, here are the top five that go above and beyond to make sure your Oktoberfest is made unforgettable.