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Authorities say a New York City subway car became a scene of bloody terror when a man whipped out a knife and fatally stabbed a fellow passenger. Police say two men in their mid-30s had gotten into an argument aboard...

Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik announced the birth of his daughter Abigail on Sunday morning, after being notified privately of the good news. His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston late Saturday, Central Time...The 42-year-old...

An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment embarked on the first spacewalk of his career Saturday, tackling a load of maintenance work outside the International Space Station. Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik ventured out into the black...

In one case, they even discussed blacklisting and boycotting one climate journal if it ever dared to publish a peer reviewed paper from a skeptical scientist again...Cheers Phil” And this: “This was the danger of always criticising the skeptics for...

The Alliance Defense Fund brought a lawsuit against the Charter Commission and state officials Sept. 1 in federal court on behalf of the charter school arguing for the school's right to use religious texts as part of its curriculum. The...

Twitter, the social-networking company valued at $1 billion by venture capitalists, said it is generating sales of more than $4 million a year and plans to build on that revenue with advertising. Twitter plans to start the ad business in...

Officials, who rely on tax revenue from hotels, retail sales and people eating out to help fund city services, hope that grooming the well-known shopping district in time for the start of the holiday shopping season will help attract skittish...

The machine, which was designed to smash together beams of protons in a bid recreate conditions after the Big Bang, was launched with great fanfare last year. But, just nine days after the launch, it suffered a spectacular failure from...

Except that it was First Lutheran Church, known for ministry emphasizing an end to hunger and homelessness in Guilford County, wrestling to get its money back from Wall Street.   Needing to safely set aside $500,000 in construction seed money...