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Faulty instructions by air traffic controllers caused a near mid-air collision involving an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 and a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane near New York City in January 2011, a federal report said.

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) rose more than 3 percent Monday, trading at midday at $21.81, up 72 cents. But they’re still nearly 50 percent below the $38 set at their May 17 initial public offering.

Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to become Hurricane Ernesto as early as Monday night as it picks up speed, resulting in a hurricane warning for a portion of Mexico, according to the National Weather Service.

Wade Michael Page is the man being named as the alleged gunman who opened fire in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and killed six people on Sunday. Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran who served from April 1992 through October 1998, allegedly opened fire outside the temple before entering around 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning and taking the lives of six innocent people.

The controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., wasted no time Sunday in reacting to the tragic death of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid's son, Garrett Reid, and the even more tragic shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.

Hundreds of historical relics looted from Afghanistan were recently returned during a ceremony at the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul.

The World’s Longest Yard Sale gave bargain hunters steals and deals on knick knacks and surprise treasures since for four days, with 690 miles of bargains that stretches down the U.S. 127 highway from Addison, Mich., to Gadsden, Ala.

Coal miners in Zambia killed one Chinese manager and injured another during a riot Saturday. The miners were on strike at the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine in Sinazongwe in protest of delays in raising the minimum wage.

One person has reportedly been killed and two others shot in a hostage situation in a Wisconsin Sikh temple. The gunman was shot after engaging an officer. Children were said to be among the hostages at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, located about 12 miles south of Milwaukee.

More than a dozen wildfires fueled by drought conditions and wind have burned 52,000 acres in Oklahoma, as some residents have evacuated while authorities try to stop the blazes, with little help from Mother Nature.

At least one gunman opened fire during morning services on Sunday at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and remained on the loose inside the temple, possibly holding hostages, according to witnesses.

Harper Gruzins, the 11-year-old girl who sang the U.S. national anthem at a Major League Soccer game last weekend, has come under fire across the country for her version of the song. Given the difficultly singers have with the song, some sports fans are wondering why it is performed so often in the first place.

The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons tells inmates not to "lose hope," following the highly publicized suicide of a prisoner in the notorious maximum security prison in Colorado unofficially known as ADX Florence.

Tropical Storm Florence formed on Saturday, joining Tropical Storm Ernesto, as the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season began to take shape. The two storms have moved westward on paths that could bring them to the coastal United States.

After almost three decades of searching for the Loch Ness monster, George Edwards thinks he's finally had a breakthrough. Edwards, who captains a Nessie-themed cruise boat on Loch Ness, released a photo to the public Friday of what he claims is further proof that the beast really exists.

The family of Chavis Carter, 21, is left with unanswered questions after cops claim he shot himself while handcuffed in the back of a police car.

The Black Lips participated in the "kiss-in" protest at a Chick-fil-A outlet and posted a picture of themselves kissing on the band's Facebook page.

Chance Bothe is the poster child for the dangers of texting while driving. The Texas college student sent the text, "I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident" moments before a crash caused him to suffer a broken neck, crushed face, fractured skull and traumatic brain injuries during the January accident.

According to MSN, a teacher in Scotland used a terrible excuse to get out of going to work. After using some smaller, sillier lies to get out of work, Derek McGlone said he ran over a small girl. This all occurred in the town of Shotts, where McGlone is a high school music teacher.

National Watermelon Day is today, and the celebration of the annual holiday has become the butt of scores of racist jokes on Twitter, despite the fact that there is no factual basis for the stereotype that black people enjoy watermelon more than people of other ethnicities.

Adam Smith, a chief financial officer for a Tucson medical manufacturing company, recently posted a controversial YouTube video of himself going through a Chick-fil-A drive-thru and belittling a patient restaurant worker.

Former porn star Jenna Jameson was recently arrested for driving under the influence. Now, she is endorsing Mitt Romney in his presidential campaign.

Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first drought in three years, the weather office said on Thursday as it forecast that the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains again in the second half of the June to September season.

Vivian Gasper-Guerrero, 16, cut a hole in her screened bedroom window and made her room look like a struggle had taken place. On Wednesday, the FBI got involved, and an Amber Alert was issued until she was later found. But why did she run away in the first place?

The host of "The Colbert Report" recreated Maroney's Amanar vault using a power drill, Barbie doll and Twinkie. It follows a week during which she got a call from President Barack Obama on Air Force One and a tweet from Lady Gaga. Although the Fierce Five are only teenagers, or perhaps because of it, they've captured the hearts of American Olympic fans.

The National Weather Service upgraded Tropical Depression Ernesto to a tropical storm Thursday as the front reached winds topping at 50 mph.

A Megabus crashed Thursday afternoon between Chicago and St. Louis. The driver crashed the bus after a tire popped and he lost control, state police said. It's unknown how many passengers were hurt but local hospitals reported treating at least 14 people.

A massive sinkhole has opened up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, halting traffic and nearly swallowing a nearby parked car. The 20-foot wide sinkhole opened up on 79th street in Brooklyn, between 4h and 5th Avenues. The sinkhole was reportedly 15 feet deep.

A Brooklyn couple, already reeling from the loss of their stillborn baby, had their grief compounded after the New York City Medical Examiner's office gave them the wrong infant.