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Mayor Bloomberg has introduced a pilot for a program to allow New York City drivers to pay for curbside parking remotely via smartphone.

A homeless 27-year-old man named Joseph Stravinskas was arrested on Monday after shooting a BB gun near the path of President Obama's motorcade.

The U.S. Air Force is cutting flying hours to comply with budget cuts, and must leave a lot of its fighters and bombers on the ground.

Quinn, current frontrunner for New York City mayor, called on Time Warner Cable and Cablevision to pull 'false' attack ads.

As two senators -- one Democrat and one Republican -- work on a background check compromise, more conservative Republicans join a gun control filibuster.

Thatcher was a staunch free-market advocate, but she also believed that economic growth should not come at the expense of the environment.

Uhuru Kenyatta was inaugurated to become Kenya's president, despite his indictment for war crimes and upcoming International Criminal Court case.

Even in death, Margaret Thatcher cannot escape the hatred she has long inspired.

Photographer Michael Wolf documents Hong Kong's extreme urban development.

Is the gun control bill doomed in Congress? Perhaps: The number of Republicans ready to oppose the Senate Democrats' measure is growing.

Yaakov Tytell killed two Palestinian men and attempted to kill two Israelis. He was convicted in January and sentenced Tuesday to two life sentences.

It's unclear if the gun accidentally discharged or if the 4-year-old pulled the trigger.

A group of well-known celebrities have written an open letter to President Obama, asking him to reform prisons and enact changes to the nation's drug policies.

Margaret Thatcher has been mourned all over the world, but eyes are dry in Argentina due to Falkland Islands disputes.

North Korea continued to step up its warlike rhetoric Tuesday, targeted against South Korea and the U.S.

Syria accused the U.N. Tuesday of attempting to broaden a probe into an alleged chemical attack, official news agency SANA stated.

Fundamentalist militants are demanding tougher punishments – up to and including the death penalty -- for those who commit blasphemy.

Manufacturing giant Foxconn recently fired an employee for taking too many sleeping pills. Was this grounds for his termination?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel advised Russia to improve civil society freedoms, after a recent government crackdown on NGOs.

Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta is set to be sworn in Tuesday, leaving Western nations in an awkward scenario.

Beyonce and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba was allowed by the U.S. Treasury Department as a "cultural exchange."

Japan deployed missile-defense systems at three sites around Tokyo early Tuesday in case of a possible missile launch by North Korea.

North Korean laborers did not show up for work Tuesday at the joint factory complex of Kaesong on the border, carrying out Pyongyang's threat.

Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota has now endorsed same-sex marriage, leaving only three Democratic holdouts in the Senate.

The "Kissinger Cables" are an impressive collection of documents, but not compared to past releases. Is WikiLeaks losing its edge?

Hamas police in Gaza are stepping up enforcement of strict dress codes.

Amid a growing GOP threat to filibuster the Senate's gun control bill, Obama goes for the heart with Sandy Hook parents as reinforcement.

Glenn Beck is the latest conservative voice to rally against a MSNBC "Lean Forward" promo starring Melissa Harris-Perry.

Sarah Merkle says Maryland's gun control legislation won't stop mass shootings -- and 2.3 million people are listening.