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Chris Keith was 12 years old when he learned his family didn't die in a car wreck.

Wild chimps have learnt how to seek out and deactivate traps set to kill them by human hunters.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my second husband, "Greg," for 3 1/2 years. Before we married, Greg took me out on dates, we had wonderful conversations and a satisfying sex life. Now I spend every weekend cleaning, and when I clean the upstairs, Greg goes downstairs. If I clean ...

(AP) - In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, two goats are stranded on a railroad bridge south of Roundup, Mont. The goats were rescued after nearly two days and are in good condition. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sandy Church of the Rimrock Humane Society) NO SALES

Reuters - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.

Canning -- the source of jams, pickles and relishes that seems tied to the last century -- is on the upswing. There is a debate whether the trend stems from the tight economy or the local food movement, but its fans say the results are delicious.

Ready to take the plunge? While there's no guarantee of success, entrepreneurs can at least avoid these common missteps.

Many women these days want to showcase their small chests, not pad them out. Retailers are listening.

LONDON (Reuters) - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.

AP - The Big Ten's athletic directors got together on what was truly a conference call on Wednesday. The first thing Ohio State's Gene Smith did was open some accompanying e-mails that listed proposed Buckeyes football schedules for 2011 and 2012.

Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom: Heiress' Statements Contradict, So-Called Dumb Defense May Not Work, She's "Likely" to Face Jail

Some hospitals make colossal profits. Are they running a tight ship--or using monopoly power to overcharge patients? It's not a discussion hospitals want to have.

A judge rules that a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the starlet can go on

With footwear priced from $159-$228 and handbags from $79-$298, the latest additions to the sexy collection are not to miss!

• Kendra Wilkinson, breaking a sweat at David Barton Gym in N.Y.C. The reality star was there for a Svedka Vodka-sponsored event where she learned how to do different exercises, including the Bot Lunge. Plus, she was treated to a special training session with Barton himself. Despite the healthy pursuit, Wilkinson couldn't help but ask when it was cocktail time after arriving at the gym, a source says.

The LA Ink star says she's "embracing and enjoying" her new romance with James

Son Patrick Ryan, born Tuesday, is the second child for the actor and wife Virginia

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A survivor of a massacre in Mexico that left 72 dead advised other would-be migrants to stay at home to avoid a fate like the one he and his companions met.

A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern seaboard braced for a stormy Friday.

God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics.

Hurricane Earl took aim on the Outer Banks of North Carolina early Thursday as the powerful storm prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard.

Former child actress Cammie King Conlon used to joke "that I peaked at age 5."

Justice Secretary Jack Straw orders an inquiry into claims an MP was bugged as he visited a constituent in jail.

A child prodigy, aged 14, from Surrey is given a conditional offer for a place at Cambridge University.

The source of HIV has been found in wild chimpanzees living in southern Cameroon.

Gabon's prime minister issues a denial - backed by Spain - that President Omar Bongo has died, insisting he is "alive and well".

Robins in urban areas sing at night because it is too noisy during the day, a study suggests.

DEAR ABBY: My son "Clay" has been married seven years. There are times I like to discuss things of a personal nature with him having to do with our family, and I have asked him not to mention our talks with his wife. These discussions have nothing to do with her. The problem is ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I generally agree on most major issues. We agree to disagree on the minor ones. But there is one issue I think is major and he thinks is minor -- strip clubs. He sees nothing wrong with having women give him lap dances. He compares it to seeing a movie -- it's "...

DEAR ABBY: Your advice to "Pam in Springfield, Ohio" (July 14), whose husband didn't want to go to his mother's funeral, was right on. A memorial service can be a very different experience than a funeral with the casket present. One of the classiest ones I ever attended was at an art...

DEAR ABBY: I have a good friend, "Nina," whom I have known more than 35 years. I relocated 1,500 miles from her recently, and would like to invite her to visit me. The problem is, I want her to come alone. My husband and I have no desire to entertain her husband, "Sam." Sam...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 40-year-old woman who feels like a single mother. My husband is lazy, has a negative attitude and hasn't held a job in four years. I provide everything in our marriage -- the money, the education for our 8-year-old son, plus I do all the housework, etc. My husband graduated ...

(AP) - Dogs heading to Totally Dog day center in Miami, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, sit in their seats. Daily up to 25 dogs board the yellow school bus for their ride to the five acre fully fenced doggy playground complete with a bone shaped swimming pool. Some of the dogs are dropped off by their owners in business parking lots and others are picked up at their homes. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

(AP) - A dog heading to Totally Dog day center in Miami, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, makes the trip holding his head out the window. Daily up to 25 dogs board the yellow school bus for their ride to the five acre fully fenced doggy playground complete with a bone shaped swimming pool. Some of the dogs are dropped off by their owners in business parking lots and others are picked up at their homes. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

(Reuters) - A Congolese soldier and guard for Virunga National Park looks down into a lava lake boiling in the crater of Nyiragongo volcano near Goma in eastern Congo August 30, 2010. Congo's army and park rangers are conducting joint operations to secure large swathes of Virunga Park, which has for more than a decade been home to various armed groups relying on poaching and banditry to survive while using the park's wild terrain to hide during Congo's civil conflict. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - Tags: CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

(Reuters) - A Capuchin monkey carries an infant on its back at the Living Links Centre in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland August 31, 2010. Edinburgh Zoo’s brown Capuchin monkeys have had a record breeding season with six new infants joining two groups. The new youngsters,which are still to be sexed, will join a further 18 capuchin adults and juveniles. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

(AP) - In a July 16, 2010, photo provided by Procter & Gamble, Pittsburgh Steelers' Troy Polamalu poses for photos in Los Angeles. The long, flowing black hair that tumbles out of Polamalu's helmet and down his back--it's nearly three feet long--has been insured for $1 million by Head & Shoulders, the shampoo brand that is endorsed by the Steelers safety. (AP Photo/Procter & Gamble, Bob Riha Jr.) ** NO SALES **

AP - The opaque visor of one of Britain's most famous helmets has been lifted.

The Upshot - An Arizona man is in trouble with his homeowners' association over flying the Gadsden flag, which features a coiled rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me." The flag has been adopted by members of the tea party movement for its association with the American Revolution, but Andy McDonel tells the New York Times that [...]

AP - Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire.

AP - Twelve-year-old Malia Obama wears braces, toots a flute and is after her father to save the tigers. Younger sister Sasha, who is 9, shoots hoops like her basketball-loving dad and dances hip-hop.

The Upshot - With scientific data piling up showing that the world has reached its hottest-ever point in recorded history, global-warming skeptics are facing a high-profile defection from their ranks. Bjorn Lomborg, author of the influential tract "The Skeptical Environmentalist," has reversed course on the urgency of global warming, and is now calling for action on "a challenge [...]

At a reunion outside Washington, D.C., this summer, crew members of the USS Kirk paid their respects to Ba Nguyen, a Vietnamese helicopter pilot whose stunning airmanship they never forgot. Theirs was a story of selfless rescue at the end of the Vietnam War, nearly lost in history.

The overlooked story of the USS Kirk is one of the most significant humanitarian missions in the history of the U.S. military. On April 29, 1975, as South Vietnam was falling to Communist forces, a small U.S. Navy ship took on a big role in rescuing thousands of refugees rushing to the Americans for shelter.

Take a look at the evidence, and you'll start fretting more about accidents and less about nefarious strangers when it comes to childhood safety.

In the history of the world, every culture in every location at every point in time has developed some supernatural belief system. And believing in God may have been evolutionarily advantageous to humans as it provided a framework for promoting social good.

The constant stream of information we get through mobile and hand-held devices is changing the way we think. Matt Richtel, a technology writer for The New York Times, explains how the use of digital technology is altering our brains -- and how retreating into nature may reverse the effects.

More than 1,500 male fans of the Japanese dating-simulation game LovePlus+ have flocked to resort town Atami for a date with their videogame character girlfriends.

Don't believe Democrats who promise to fix the bill once they're re-elected.

You probably couldn't have found a more polite crowd at the opera.

Faced with debt and looming costs from the new federal health-care law, many local governments are leaving the hospital business, shedding public facilities that can be the caregiver of last resort.

Peter J. Boettke is emerging as the intellectual standard-bearer for a revival of the Austrian school of economics.

Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.

After losing his lower jaw to cancer, the film critic, who can’t eat, has written a cookbook that is an ode to the rice cooker.

The value-added formula to evaluate teachers is gaining acceptance, and critics, across America.

Ask experts why bedbugs disappeared for 40 years, why they came back, why they don’t spread disease, and you hear one answer: “Good question.”

Why muscles wither is captivating more scientists and drug and food companies, let alone aging baby boomers.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Don't look for rival studios to join Disney and News Corp. for Apple's announced 99-cent TV rental offering anytime soon.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Hurricane Center said newly formed Tropical Depression Nine in the eastern Atlantic Ocean would likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Gaston during the next 48 hours as it moved west on a path that could take it into the Caribbean Sea.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian security forces in the West Bank detained dozens of Hamas activists on Wednesday in response to a lethal attack on Jewish settlers in the occupied territory, a senior security source said.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.

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AP - The expanded Big Ten will place Ohio State and Michigan into different divisions.

AP - Laurent Fignon, the Frenchman who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and lost to Greg LeMond in 1989 in the race's closest finish, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 50.

AP - The motorcycle racing community mourned the death of a promising 13-year-old rider in a crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway while defending the youth circuit that allows teens to drive vehicles that can top 120 mph.

AP - Brock Mealer is going to lead Michigan's football team onto the field before its opener against Connecticut in a way few thought was possible.

AP - Tony La Russa doesn't understand the minor backlash that's been created by his participation in radio personality Glenn Beck's rally in Washington on Saturday, an event the St.

Winds of 135 MPH Rip Through Islands as Rapidly Intensifying Category 4 Storm Makes its Way Toward the U.S.

Construction Equipment at Site of Planned Islamic Center Torched; Vocal Protests Against Mosque Have Been Ongoing

Cardenas Market and Trafficanda Egg Ranch Added to List for Salmonella Contamination

In Exclusive Interview, Johnston Says It Made Him Sound Like Liar and He's "Never Lied about Anything"

Obama, In Weekly Radio Address, Says He's Fulfilling Campaign Promise To End Iraq War

The Chicago Bears are the NFL's most neglected brand and the best opportunity in football.

These schools do the best job raising their students above expectations.

Federal Reserve's ability to buy assets and spark inflation is unlimited.

Mean and scary is out, warm and fuzzy is in--all the better to warm youngsters' hearts.

Oprah Winfrey takes back her crown while pop chart phenomenon Lady Gaga catapults to No. 4 on this year's Celebrity 100.