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From a studious Hogwarts student to a retro beauty, Emma Watson has completely transformed herself for her role in the new film, My Week with Marilyn.

United States team member David Toms has defended captain Fred Couples's faith in Tiger Woods for next month's Presidents Cup, following a barrage of criticism over the struggling former world number one's selection.

Ghostly goblins’ and monsters’ faces carved in real pumpkins are set to haunt guests at Heidi Klum's 12th annual Halloween party.

Here are some of the best Halloween light show spectaculars from the Riverside, Calif. home, including 2011's Party Rock and This is Halloween.

As police closed the park that once held the Occupy Oakland tent city, protesters gathered around the square for demonstration. About 1,000 people showed up to protest and watch the unfolding drama.

Jack the Cat has been found at JFK International Airport. After a two-month search for the feline, which went astray at JFK Airport, Jack the Cat was found alive late Tuesday night and taken immediately to a veterinarian in Queens. He is in critical condition.

With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week to shore up support from a group that is key to his re-election hopes.

A turf war between the Hells Angels and a rival motorcycle gang that erupted outside a California Starbucks shop last year has left several men dead, wounded or missing in three states, stirring fears of more bloodshed.

The federal government on Wednesday announced that it is now protecting 140 square miles of California shoreline for the endangered black abalone ? a type of shellfish once common in Southern California tide pools.

Occupy Oakland protestors will attempt to retake Ogawa Plaza again tonight, following the news that an Iraq war veteran was severely injured during a violent clash between police and protestors last night. As Mayor Quan is threatened with recall and mass arrests spread through occupied zones in the U.S., will the Oakland riots' violence spread?

Six-time NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Terrell Owens finally has a contract offer--but it's from the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League. The Rush announced Wednesday that it has extended a contract to Owens for the 2012 season.

Every year, animals die as a result of traveling in cargo hold

Sprint-Nextel, the No. 3 wireless carrier, acknowledged that selling Apple iPhones may be a costly bet: the carrier said it may require as much as $7 billion to help pay Apple for them.

The 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- the super committee -- held a public hearing Wednesday, after what has been two months of nearly-clandestine meetings offering little indication of progress. Things have reportedly become so uncertain, congressional leaders have intervened to hammer out a deal.

The leading cause of death in adult humans, head injuries, hardly gives a headache to birds that rapid-fire drill their beaks into hapless trees. A new study entitled Why Do Woodpeckers Resist Head Impact Injury: A Biomechanical Investigation from a team of Chinese scientists sought to answer that question.

President Barack Obama Wednesday is expected to announce the details of a new student loan repayment initiative aimed at easing the heavy debt many college graduates face.

Apple's Steve Jobs, who continues to make headline news after his death, criticized Fox News and its owner Rupert Murdoch for being a destructive force in America.

Terrell Owens, the 37-year-old receiver, held a workout in Calabasas, California. No talents scouts were there.

Rockstar Games released an enigmatic image of its upcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V, promising a trailer in under a week. Though GTA IV was a critical and commercial success, it dropped a lot of features that past GTA games had.

The Copiale Cipher could be something out of a Dan Brown novel or a 21st-century update on the Indiana Jones story arc. A yellowing 18th-century manuscript consisting of a mystifying mix of alien symbols and Greek and Roman letters, the Copiale Cipher has been confounding cryptographers since its discovery in the archives of a university in the former East Germany immediately following the Cold War.

The comet discovered in December became popularized as a doomsday comet since astronomers expected it to fly close to the Earth and the comet resembled ancient apocalyptic prophesies.