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The government may not invoke the bitterly debated National Defense Authorization Act to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion that they ?substantially supported? terrorism, a federal judge ruled.

It could take days before California counts all the votes in a controversial proposal that would add a steep tax to cigarettes, but an unofficial count currently shows it defeated by a narrow margin.

Ten private U.S. colleges and state university systems announced plans on Tuesday to be more upfront about the costs of higher education, including detailing the monthly loan payments students would face after graduation.

A group of New Jersey Muslims is suing the New York Police Department over a wide-ranging Muslim surveillance initiative first diclosed by the Associated Press earlier this year.

Wearing the black face-covering veil favoured by Saudi women, Maha Mazyad looked through leaflets for prospective jobs with some of the Islamic kingdom's largest companies at a recent career fair in Riyadh.

Egyptian state news reports that Hosni Mubarak has experienced severe health problems since he was sentenced to life in prison. He may now be moved out of jail and into a hospital.

Kris Humphries reportedly has a new girlfriend and her name is Fatmire Myla Sinanaj. Sinanaj, a Kim Kardashian lookalike, has reportedly been seen at various basketball games in which Humphries has played in.

Ulpana is a tiny Israeli settler outpost in the West Bank that has been making headlines after the Israeli Supreme Court said it had to be demolished.

We need to deepen our defense and security co-operation, and this is why I have come to India, Panetta said.

This should come as no surprise: New York City was named the number one city where kids are the most spoiled rotten, based on an info graph from Bundle.com which listed the cities home to the most overindulged brats. View the slideshow to see photos of the cities with the most spoiled children.

Sean Parker's latest company is a social video venture called Airtime. The Napster co-creator who was played by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network has teamed up with former Napster developer Shawn Fanning to build a Facebook-connected app that allows users to participate in live video chats.

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding pop icons Rihanna and abusive ex-beau Chris Brown following their recent musical collaborations. Rihanna, however, never thought this reunion would spark such concern.

More people dropped out of face-to-face talk therapy than telephone-based therapy in a new study.

Now that the initial public offering of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, has lost 32 percent of its value, technology giants including International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) are on a shopping spree. That may chill the IPO pipeline.

Crude oil futures edged higher Wednesday as positive US service sector data and the G7 leaders' pledge to tackle economic problems provided some relief to the markets.

It will be your last change to catch a glimpse of one of the rarest cosmic spectacles -- the slow movement of the planet Venus across the face of the sun.

You have been warned.

Scout Willis, the 20-year-old daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, was reportedly arrested in New York on Monday for using a fake ID and drinking beer in a subway station.

The question of whether gay marriage is legal or heralding the destruction of civilization, is not yet an issue ripe for the court?s final word.

One more U.S. state is joining the ranks of those considering opening their doors to fracking, the controversial drilling technique that has brought jobs and revenue across the U.S. while being accused of being environmentally damaging. Kansas is, like North Carolina and New York, debating whether to say yes to oil and gas companies that want to drill in the state.

Citing lax laws and concerns about their water supply, farmers in Australia are pressuring lawmakers to impose a moratorium on the controversial drilling technique known as fracking.