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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.

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed cube-shaped M-Blocks able to jump, flip and assemble themselves into various shapes.

Leading up to her appearance on “SNL” this Saturday, Miley Cyrus has been in an escalating public feud with Sinead O’Connor. Can you blame us for being suspicious?

"The financial sector and the banks in particular have created a Jungleland," boomed Bart Chilton to dramatize his comments on the economy.

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity,” a tense, visually spectacular space-disaster movie.

For Golden Week, two Chinese art auction houses offer biggest sales ever to compete with international houses.

Taissa Farmiga's "American Horror Story: Coven" character has a very unusual witch power.

For its second episode "The Originals" moves to its permanent time slot on the CW on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.

After groom wins a slap bet with his friend, he thought there's no better time to cash in than right before he gets married.

Holiday travel in any country can be pretty hectic. With 1.3 billion people on vacation for National Day, China's is probably the worst.

"The Vampire Diaries" resumes its fifth season on Thursday, Oct. 10, with its second episode, "True Lies."

Parents' concerns prompted an Arizona principal to ask one of the fathers, a cop, not to wear his uniform or gun while on school property.

Kim Kardashian showed North West off on Instagram Friday morning, and her daughter is absolutely adorable

Banksy revealed his first piece in New York City in over three years, it gets vandalized the next day, but Bansky continues to create a New York City street show called "Better Out Than In."