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"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller came out as a gay on Wednesday in a letter to the director of the St. Petersburg International Film Festival.

An aspiring New York City rapper's Instagram photos helped the NYPD uncover a multi-state gun ring.

Since 2000, the wages for most American workers have remained the same even as productivity has increased significantly.

The court said the government engaged in unconstitutional surveillance.

Methamphetamine drug use is reportedly rampant in the world's most reclusive Communist dictatorship.

The action taken by the Treasury Department is the first such move against a madrassa. The assets of Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai were also frozen.

Obama welcomed members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins – the only NFL team in history to enjoy a perfect, unbeaten season.

Too liberal or too conservative? In Maine and Iowa, Republicans leave the GOP, but for very different reasons, as the party wrestles with its identity.

Sikhs, many of whom are vegetarian, objected strenuously to the proposed meat facility.

The trial of the former Chongqing party secretary and rising star for bribery, corruption and abuse of power begins on Thursday.

A New Jersey lawmaker is calling into question the safety benefits of red-light cameras in New Jersey after video evidence revealed shorter yellow light timings at red light camera intersections.

Gary Constans said he drove slowly on several occasions so he could hit his truck's "sweet spot" for gas mileage and avoid hitting "critters."

Waters has long campaigned against what he perceives as Israel’s unjust treatment of Palestinians.

The Michigan congressman says he has approached lawyers about impeaching the president. Trouble is, he has no evidence.

On Wed., Syrian President al-Assad's forces allegedly attacked several Damascus suburbs, resulting in the death of 1,300 people.

Bradley Manning has been viewed as both a hero and a traitor for leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks.

The GOP senator will be in Texas this week to explain to constituents: This is the "last best chance" to defund the health care law.

Onions are viewed as an essential – and up to now, affordable -- commodity for India’s poor.

Chemical weapons allegedly have been used for the second time by the Syrian army, but Syria's government denies the charge.

A report said the extent of the NSA’s surveillance has rendered current privacy protection laws inadequate.

Pakistan has invited Thailand, which has slipped into recession, to invest in its crippled infrastructure and energy sectors.

Convicted on 10 counts of espionage and theft, Bradley Manning faces up to 90 years for leaking more than 700,000 classified files.

The killing of an Aussie student by “bored” teenagers in Oklahoma has dominated news coverage in Australia for days.

How Republican Sen. Texas Cruz must renounce his Canadian citizenship and why it might not help him.

An AirTran flight was diverted and forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger attempted to open the emergency exit.

As the latest negotiations start with a more open FARC, Santos might make history as the Colombian president who put an end to the war.

Google, Facebook, invisible third-party data collectors, even the US government are collecting little bits of traceable data you leave behind every day.

While China's central government is busy cracking down on corrupt officials, it now has to keep an eye out for fake corrupt officials, too.

House Democrats say new documents showing the IRS targeted progressive groups should put the scandal to bed once and for all.