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As Fighting Rages In Damascus, Survival Of Assad's Regime Is In Doubt

by: Mark Memmott

One day after three members of his inner circle were kil

by: Richard Knox

Ask AIDS researchers why they think a cure to the disease is possible and the first response is "

by: Laura Sydell

Marissa Mayer, the new head of Yahoo, is not the first woman to become CEO of a high-profile technology company. The sharp-witted Carol Bartz briefly held that post at Yahoo.

by: Elizabeth Blair

When Billie Holiday died in 1959, thousands of mourners attended her funeral at St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in New York City. The overflow crowd lined the sidewalks.

by: Nina Totenberg

As legal observers have sifted through the ashes and the tea leaves of the recent Supreme Court term, one justice has stood out for his dissents.

Bucking Bulls Draw Crowds, And Dollars

by: Laura Ziegler

The bucking bull has long been the embodiment of the American rodeo, and it takes just four seconds for a strong young bull to reap its owner as much as $50,000 in prize money.

by: Yuki Noguchi

County and city officials in San Bernardino, Calif., are considering a controversial plan: using the power of eminent domain to take over "underwater" mortgages, where the value of the home is wort

by: Mark Memmott

"What happened, if anything, that allowed Jerry Sandusky to do what he did over many years?"

"Was there an active coverup?" by Penn State officials.

by: Allison Aubrey

It's well-known that exercise is good for our bones, even as we age, but how about that ni

Fake Pot Is A Real Problem For Regulators

by: Joel Rose

This week, President Obama signed a law banning synthetic marijuana and other synthetic drugs.

by: Mark Memmott

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted

by: Jeff Tiberii

As one of the world's most popular sports, field hockey produces celebrities in Argentina, the Netherlands and Australia.

by: Allison Aubrey

Native Americans and Pilgrims were onto something when they turned to cranberries as an infection fighter.

by: Howard Berkes

Part two of a two-part series.

Bush Tax Cuts: The New Middle-Class Norm

by: Tamara Keith

The first in an occasional series: Fiscal Cliff Notes, breaking down the looming "fiscal cliff" of expiring tax cuts and deep automatic spending cuts set to hit around the first of year.

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