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A tick-borne infection known as Babesiosis, which can cause severe disease and even death, is becoming a growing threat to the U.S. blood supply, according to a 31-year-old study led by government researchers.

Lauren Bush dazzled her stunning surroundings at Ralph Lauren's ranch this weekend, as she married the fashion designer's son in an intricately embroidered Victorian-style gown.

The Tea Party Express asked Obama to “condemn this inappropriate and uncivil rhetoric,” adding that it “has no place in the public forum.”

A 17-year-old Florida boy was able to obtain a hospital ID badge, white lab coat and patient records while impersonating a physician's assistant.

NASA is gearing up for Thursday’s launch of its twin lunar orbiters that will map the moon's gravity in unparalleled detail. The twin lunar probes, Graili-A and Graili-B, are scheduled to lift-off Thursday, Sept. 8 between 5:37 AM and 6:16 AM (Arizona time) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

California Fire officials said that an approximately 18-foot long shark was sighted in the waters off Cambria on Sunday afternoon.

Hurricane Katia on Monday night strengthened into a major Category 4 storm, the second highest level as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.

A student and basketball player of Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee was stabbed to death early Sunday morning, after a domestic dispute with girlfriend turned violent. Shannon Washington, 20, was found bleeding heavily from stab wounds on her neck and back when the police arrived at 2 a.m. at her apartment in Tallahassee. She later died at a hospital.

The moon has fascinated mankind for centuries and has been studied by humans for hundreds of years, but Earth's natural satellite is still shrouded in many mysteries.

Hurricane Katia 2011 is growing stronger, and while the storm's path still leaves unaswered questions some along the U.S. East Coast from Florida to the Carolinas could feel its impact before it's all over with late next week.

Here are numbers showing job losses.

The Free Speech Coalition, a Canoga Park-based national trade organization to the adult entertainment industry, has recommended that the moratorium on filming be lifted because the first test looks as if it was a false positive.

Tropical Storm Lee flooded several neighborhoods in and around New Orleans, but it was not as bad as expected. By Monday morning, the storm had moved into Mississippi on its way to Alabama.

TechAmerica reports technology employment is falling. Who will make products consumers crave?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the latest frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has taken more radical stances than perhaps any other candidate. Here are the top 10 positions that may make it difficult for him to compete in the general election.

The adult film industry in Los Angeles looks set to resume after a porn actor who tested positive for HIV was retested with negative results.

Tropical Storm Lee hammered the Gulf Coast with torrential rainfall and tidal surges this weekend and the spinoff tornado headed to the northeast from south Louisiana to Mississippi. It pounded almost 14 inches of rain in New Orleans swamping the coastlines and flooding at least 11 southern parishes including Barataria, Acadia, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Livingston, St. John and St. Tammany, said the officials.

American Christian Taylor stunned defending champion Phillips Idowu with a world leading leap of 17.96 meters to win triple jump gold at the world championships on Sunday.

‘In My Time’ book review.

Tropical Storm Lee spawned tornado sightings and alerts from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to the Florida panhandle on Sunday, and at least one death was reported from a traffic accident related to the storm.

Tropical Storm Lee is moving at a crawl, slowly slipping onto southern Louisiana's coast Sunday morning as New Orleans hunkers down in heavy rainfall, hoping levees that breached in Hurricane Katrina in 2005 hold. The National Hurricane Center said Lee's center is about 125 miles west-southwest of New Orleans Sunday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour at around 8 a.m. EDT. Winds are gradually weakening from the storm, but that's the least of the threat from Lee. U...