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A California man was rescued by authorities after his 50-foot-boat was hit by a whale as he sailed about 40 miles from the western coast of Mexico.

A French diplomat was arrested in Bangalore Tuesday for allegedly raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. He would be produced in a city court later in the day, police said.

California police confiscated marijuana plants and pitchfork and hoe as evidence from Rodney King's home as they try to determine how he died.

Wildfires continue to tax firefighters in the western part of the nation as 10 new large wildfires were reported Sunday.

A zookeeper in Sweden was mauled to death by a pack of wolves yesterday as she was feeding the animals.

Officials said the High Park Fire is 45 percent contained. However, dry, hot weather may re-stoke the fire, officials cautioned.

Jeevani Wickramaratna once described herself as the office cougar, but now she is just another jailhouse inmate. Jeevani Wickramaratna, a software engineer from England, spun a web of deceit when she sexually harassed her younger, married male coworkers with sexually explicit messages and lies about their personal medical history, according to the Telegraph.

After responding to a burglary report in a small village in southern France, two female paramilitary police were shot dead Sunday night when they confronted the suspect at his house and he attacked them.

Duangjai Jansauoni caused a stir after she used her bare breasts to paint a canvas on Thailand's Got Talent, spurring debate about what is considered art and leading the country's culture minister to call the topless painting very shocking.

The mother of a 6-year-old boy said her son was repeatedly hit by his entire classroom after the teacher allegely ordered more the 20 students to line up and take turns smacking the boy. Now, the instructor is expected to lose her job.

Videos of a mushroom cloud over Beijing on Monday have the Internet freaked out as concerns rise about just what caused the odd atmospheric phenomenon.

Australia's Fairfax Media, which publishes the Sydney Morning Herald, announced that it will cut 1,900 jobs over the next three years in an effort to keep the company afloat amid falling revenues as the journalism industry increasingly shifts online.

Recovery efforts on Alaska's Mount McKinley have been halted on Sunday due to the environmental dangers following an avalanche that is believed to have killed four Japanese climbers.

The Father's Day Doylestown shooting ended peacefully.

The death of radio talk show host Howie Chizek, a voice that filled the airwaves of Akron for nearly 40 years, has shocked and saddened many of his loyal fans.

Here's a great compilation of Father's Day quotes guaranteed to make Dad smile on his special day.

Rodney King, whose beating by LAPD set off race riots in Los Angeles died Sunday at the age of 47.

Today's Happy Father's Day Google Doodle is here to brighten up Dad's homepage on one of his favorite days of the year.

Rodney King, whose brutal beating at the hands of Los Angeles police officers provoked riots and a furious national debate over racism in law enforcement, is dead. He was 47.

U.S. tightrope walker Nik Wallenda has made it across Niagara Falls walking on nothing but a thin wire, the AFP reported. Cheered on by throngs of spectators, the skilled performer fulfilled his childhood dream on June 15.

China put its first woman into orbit on Saturday, one of three astronauts to attempt a critical space docking in the latest challenge for the country's ambitious space programme. A Long March rocket blasted off in the early evening from the remote Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gobi Desert, carrying with it the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft and the three astronauts, including 33-year-old female fighter pilot Liu Yang.

The announcement by the city authorities in Mumbai, the financial capital of India, last month that license would be needed for consuming alcohol have raised many eyebrows.

Nik Wallenda, a member of the famed Flying Wallendas family of aerialists, completed a historic tightrope crossing through the mist over Niagara Falls Gorge on Friday, stepping from a 2-inch wire onto safe ground in Canada to wild cheers from a crowd of thousands.

Crystal Scott, the woman behind the controversial photographs of military mothers' breast-feeding in uniform, has been fired from her job as a result of the media hype surrounding her campaign.

The Australian government has released new information about the extensive history of physical and sexual abuse of minors in the military dating back more than five decades.

Ray Dolin, the man who was writing a book called Kindness of America when he said he was shot in a drive-by, confessed to sheriffs that he had shot himself, authorities said on Friday.

Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, which she was awarded over 20 years ago.

The world wants to know: just who is web sensation Martha Payne? An international incident was ignited when school officials tried to stop 9-year-old Martha Payne from blogging about how disgusting the lunches served at her Scottish school were. On Friday, the Argyll and Bute Council overturned a ban on cameras in her school's dining hall, just hours after the council's members had lambasted the girl for her blog posts.

Bristol Palin's new reality show Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp, is off to a rocky start even before the premiere. Palin was reportedly slapped with a lawsuit by the man who was caught on camera exchanging a war of words last fall.