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In the lengthy post to his Facebook account, Itay Hod calls out the hypocrisy of closeted anti-gay politicians.

Review site Yelp has hired former Rep. Issa aide Laurent Crenshaw to lobby in D.C. for patent reform.

FISC order covers all phone companies and all NSA metadata collections.

Moscow had allegedly set policy to prevent terrorist attacks.

Despite adequate U.S. suppliers, the government has allowed Lockheed Martin to use internationally-made parts for the high-tech military jet.

North Carolina city councilman David Waddell resigned from his post on Thursday with a letter written in Klingon.

A huge sting operation deals a heavy blow to the nation's drug trade.

Samantha Scheibe also told investigators she considered calling 911 on George Zimmerman before because "he has episodes."

De Blasio’s new plan, backed by animal rights groups, would ban horse-drawn carriages and replace them with vintage-style electric cars.

MQM represent the “Muhajirs,” the Muslims who fled Hindu-dominated British India during Partition to settle in the new country of Pakistan in 1947.

The New York Times columnist's piece admitting that he smoked pot but balking at legalization lit up the comment threads Friday.

Matt Skytta is facing charges of impersonating a law enforcement officer, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

The release of Palestinian prisoners, including hunger striker Samer Issawi, is the latest angry issue separating Israel from its neighbors.

Italian wine exports are at an all-time high, as is the exploitation of migrant workers used to grow the grapes and make the wine.

Immigration reform, a Republican-led Senate and federal tax reform? Some of these things could happen. Others probably won't.

Apple has flatly denied that it had any involvement in Project DROPOUTJEEP, but how true is the claim?

According to a report in the Washington Blade, Clay Aiken is mulling a congressional bid in North Carolina.

Rahul Gandhi has not been officially anointed, but Manmohan Singh said he had "outstanding credentials” as Congress leader.

Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un who was executed last month for "hideous" crimes, was reportedly stripped naked and thrown into a cage with as many as 120 hungry dogs that ate him alive.

While the storm is expected to dump more snow across the region, roads in New York City are expected to be open by 8 a.m.

Several companies are offering tours of Colorado’s cannabis culture, and their target market isn't who you might expect.

Assam, in the country's northeast, is more than 2,000 miles east of the country's western extremity, and yet shares the same time zone.

As Hercules blankets the northeast, Bill de Blasio needs to prevent the kind of mess that came with 2010's snowstorm.

Long Island Gov. Andrew Cuomo is shutting down the LIE and state parkways for snowstorm Hercules 2014 from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. Friday.

The defendants are accused of robbing the couple's home while interrogating them about drugs. The couple was never charged with a crime.

The outspoken "Duck Dynasty" patriarch adds his unique cachet to a new line of guns.

Tension, rivalry and hostility have long characterized the bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

With Colorado residents now going to legitimate marijuana suppliers instead of the neighborhood dealer, here are some job ideas for now out-of-work suppliers.

After Chinese President Xi Jinping stopped in for lunch, a Chinese fast-food chain has seen a surge in applications for franchise investments.