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On the grounds of the Bodyworks weight loss campus in Beijing, 30 tubby men and women sweat profusely, gasping for air as they pound the treadmills in an exercise room.

Hurricane season for the western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico runs from June 1 through November 30.

Joe Jonas hit the big stage in Mexico City on Aug. 25 to promote his debut solo album--Fast Life. The middle Jonas graced the MTV World stage confidently in a light blue suit and white collar shirt. He rocked the crowd full of thousands as we walked the catwalk and eventually sat on a stool. The singer was also embraced by a fan who jumped on the stage. Jonas seemed relaxed as security removed her from the stage. It's like a #MTV weekend, Jonas tweeted. Right he is! Th...

Masked gunmen killed at least 53 people at a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, leaving it ablaze with patrons trapped inside in one of the worst attacks in a major Mexican city in years.

Irene would truly have to be a catastrophic event to fall into the following list of the costliest natural disasters in recorded history.

The 95-year-old man was attacked near his home on Wednesday.

NOAA has released the updated and impoverished list of the costliest tropical cyclones in the United States during 1900-2010. These hurricanes caused huge property damage worth billions.

Two cousins who allegedly left a campfire unattended have been charged with starting Arizona's largest ever wildfire that torched more than 800 square miles of wilderness before it was contained. prosecutors said on Wednesday.

For the fifth time this year, Mexican police have found the body of a local mayor. Over the weekend, the body of Mayor Jose Nava of Zucuaplan was discovered, beaten to death and left on the side of a highway.

‘Wallow Fire’ took more than one month to contain.

As Hurricane Irene approaches the U.S., we take a look back at some at some of the most epic storms that have made landfall in the last century.

Joe Berlinger's and Bruce Sinofsky's Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, the third of the filmmakers' documentaries about the case of the West Memphis Three, will premiere at the 49th New York Film Festival with a new ending incorporating the recent release of the three from prison.

Google has paid the DOJ $500 million for allowing Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements on its Adwords program, thus helping them get revenue from the illegal transfer of drugs to the U.S.

During the summer and fall of 1780, at least 27,000 people perished from hurricanes -- an all-time record -- in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast of the newly-formed U.S.

Before Joe Biden left China this week, the last thing Vice President Xi Jinping told him over dinner was simple: he wants to be friends.

It sounds like a latter-day version of The Odd Couple -- petite, American actress Katie Holmes (Mrs. Tom Cruise) paired with portly Mexican writer/director Guillermo del Toro, a gothic horror film devotee known for Hellboy and Blade franchises.

Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane over the Bahamas on Wednesday as it roared up from the Caribbean on a path expected to swipe the East Coast from the Carolinas upward at the weekend.

A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation's capital and sending scared office workers into the streets.

The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend.

Most of the damage and loss of life occurred in New England (particularly Rhode Island); however Long Island and New York City were not completely spared.

China vowed on Wednesday to appeal a recent World Trade Organization ruling against its raw materials export policy, a case that could threaten Beijing's stance on rare earths, which it contends is in line with the trade body's rules.