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People.com is reporting that almost exactly 53 years ago, legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor cheated death.

Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. Her death was caused by a condition she has called congestive heart failure.

The U.S. army failed to detect tell-tale signs of mental disorder in an army scientist who unleashed the anthrax letter attacks that killed five people in 2001, according to a panel of behavioral analysts.

Twitter celebrates fifth birthday even as the microblogging site grows into something bigger than expected in global influence.

While a real war in Libya is unfolding, a much less serious event took place in Berlin, where a pillow fight flash mob suddenly appeared in front of the German capital's iconic Brandenburger Tor and engaged in a large scale pillow fight.

The Wildcats and Longhorns battle in Tulsa

The Wildcats and Longhorns meet in Tulsa.

As a reflection of the fiscal crisis that has city and state governments across the country in its grip, the town of Costa Mesa in southern California has sent out layoff notices to almost half of its public employees.

Nuclear energy experts in the U.S. believe that the quake-damaged atomic plant in northeastern Japan that is at the center of an unrelenting crisis has a dire breach in the wall or floor – a predicament that will pose serious problems when they seek to refill the spent fuel pool with coolant in order to prevent the release of extremely harmful radioactivity.

People.com confirms that Simon Cowell picked Antonio L.A. Reid as a judge for The X Factor.

U.S. troops and civilian teams have responded to the Japanese government's request to help distribute humanitarian aid supplies and search for survivors in Japan after last Friday's massive 9.0 earthquake and power tsunami.

Washington D.C. has emerged on the top of the 'most socially networked' cities of America. Men's Health has put together a list of 100 cities in a study that rates El Paso as the 'least socially networked'.

The Galaxy get a big road win in the first game of the year

Japanese and Japanese-Americans across the U.S. are mobilizing to send help to their homeland after the unspeakable damage wreaked by one of the worst earthquakes and tsunamis in history.

The England star is in the final year of his contract

Nuclear power will continue to be a part of U.S. plans for power generation even as a nuclear crisis unfolds in Japan in which authorities are trying their best to prevent a meltdown at a plant on the nation's eastern coastline, a top official said on Tuesday.

Alexandra Juhasz, a professor of media studies from Pitzer College, has worked on a video text book where the instruction is imparted through a combination of text and a series of Youtube videos.

The Lakers got off to a slow start, but turned it on in the second half

Kobe Bryant is a game-time decision tonight against Orlando

Five people have been swept out to sea after tsunami-created waves of up to eight-foot high crashed onto the shore of Crescent City, California, a small fishing village near the Oregon border.

You'll notice that Casey is missing from the group. He is unfortunately sick and in the hospital right now. Wave to him ... We know you're watching buddy, feel better - shout out to the nurses. Get back here soon, okay? said host Ryan Seacrest.