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Team USA takes on Australia in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament in London. You can watch a live stream online of the game here.

An Australian prostitute has won her case against a motel whose owner refused to rent her a room after a court had ruled the act discriminatory.

Neymar led Brazil to the gold-medal match in men's soccer.

Robert Hughes, the Australian-born art critic and historian, died Monday at age 74.

Alex Morgan's header in the final moments of overtime led the U.S. past Canada in the semifinal in Old Trafford.

"That turban has tragically marked us as automatically suspect, perpetually foreign and potentially terrorists."

Crude oil futures declined during the Asian trading hours Monday after surging the most in a month in the previous session on upbeat U.S. jobs data.

The Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), which represents retailers, says the fees levied on American supermarkets, stores and gas stations by Visa and MasterCard are up to three times more than in other parts of the world, inflating prices for U.S. consumers.

The newly discovered Cedar virus, with 90 percent of its genes identical to those of Hendra and Nipah viruses, failed to cause any disease when researchers injected it into animals, suggesting an avenue for identifying the deadly genes at the heart of Hendra and Nipah.

The remains of Ned Kelly, the famed bushranger considered a symbol of Irish-Australian resistance against oppression by the British ruling class, would be returned to his descendents 132 years after he was buried among other prisoners in a mass grave, Australian government officials said Thursday.

Despite the fact she has pinkeye, US beach volleyball Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings has consistently been dominating her opponents in London. Still, will her infection be the downfall of the team?

Beached dead whales come a dime a dozen in Australia, but high tide combined with rough seas to vault a baby humpback whale over a chain fence into a swimming pool along the shore near Sydney Wednesday.

Euro zone Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) numbers continued their 11-month straight contraction, with manufacturing in Italy, Spain and Greece continuing their alarming downward trends.

A report published in the Telegraph Media Group Tuesday revealed how the iPhone survived "multiple attempts" to scrap it owing to design flaws.

In a convincing win, Yannick Agnel triumphed in the men's 200 meter freestyle to win the gold medal for France.

The wheat production downgrade, made after corn and soybean prices reached fresh, all-time highs, is a blow for global wheat suppliers, especially those in Canada and the Black Sea, which includes Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, Barclays PLC said on Monday.

American teen sensation Missy Franklin lived up to lofty expectations as she won her first Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 58.33 on Monday.

Missy Franklin goes for her second gold medal of the London games on Monday afternoon.

Heath Ledger won an Academy Award for his portrayal of The Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” While his award was posthumous, his impact on the realm of cinema and villainy lives on. An actor, in preparation for the role, often will look at various material to assimilate and channel as a performer. It would seem, according to Kotaku, that Heath Ledger channeled a little bit of Tom Waits.

Ryan Lochte was the big story at the Olympics Games on day one, but it also was a great day for the U.S. beach volleyball duos, the country's women's basketball squad, and the nation's men's gymnastics team as the Americans look impressive after a successful first day in London.

Some blame oil. Others blame a loss of pleasure in the roads. Researchers call it “peak travel.” Whatever the reason, one thing's clear: Americans are not driving their cars as far away from home as they used to.