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Can we not just rebuild communities damaged by Sandy, but transform them too?

After a spate of sexual abusers receiving lenient sentences, courts in China are seeking to make punishments more severe.

What's the most widely prescribed drug in the US and also the most highly addictive?

Some federal prosecutors in New York oppose any settlement with the bank that doesn't include an admission of guilt.

An activist with a history of antagonizing the government wants to know why it's sending money to Kim Jong-un instead of poor Chinese.

Allen Wayne Densen Morgan thought he was dealing with the Ku Klux Klan. But the KKK members were actually undercover FBI agents.

Myanmar's army is open to women for the first time as part of its modernization efforts.

Deutsche Telekom's plan to shield Germany's online data from foreign surveillance may disrupt the Internet as we know it.

The Ramseys were exonerated in the murder of JonBenet in 2008, but the 1999 indictment shows the Boulder grand jury believed they should have been charged.

A Florida man charged with aggravated battery and disorderly intoxication said deputies took his girlfriend's word over his because "Obama said cops always listen to women."

JPMorgan might be the poster child for bad bank behavior, but another big financial firm has paid out way more in fines.

The Dallas Cowboys –- worth a cool $2.1 billion –- are the fifth most valuable athletic club in the world.

What is Obama's new national security strategy have to do with global warming?

The Haitian cholera outbreak of 2010 has reached Mexico. Are we in danger of a Pan-American epidemic?

North Korea's young film actors are at the front line of continuing the country's propaganda.

The Shandong high court’s decision comes as the Communist Party steps up its drive against corruption, but key questions remain unanswered.

A Ford Expedition parked in a garage behind John Kerry's home in Georgetown, Md., was burglarized.

Carey’s 911 calls reveal someone who thought that multiple men were stalking and videotaping her.

One hotel is taking the nation's passion for things gilded to new heights.

Public programs paid for 65 percent of the 1.7 million births resulting from unintended pregnancies in 2008.

Japanese lawmakers will probably submit formal legislation seeking to overturn a ban on casinos soon.

The shooter was "taken down" after he fired the shots and attempted to run, a news report said.

It's unclear who made the remark during a House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting on the Obamacare website glitches.

A Dutch interactive artist thinks he may have a simple solution to China's worsening smog crisis.

The debate stems from a source code piece invisible to website visitors that says users should not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

The bride's father, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, who is also who is also Yogyakarta governor, conducted the ceremony himself.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-VA, House Judiciary Committee chair, introduced the Innovation Act of 2013, a patent troll-killing bill that has a chance of passing.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., made a jarring remark after House Energy and Commerce Committee Joe Barton, R-Texas, asked him to yield his time.

Despite the Fed's political independence, banks with political connections were more likely to get emergency loans than banks without such connections.