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Fox News' resident rightwing rodeo clown pulls out a heaping dose of hypocrisy when he accuses world leaders gathered in Copenhagen of 'fear mongering'.

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Limbaugh blasts GM for trying to sell the Chevrolet Volt in China, but his central premise (based on a New York Times story, no less) may be wrong.

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The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will facilitate exploration missions of the moon and serve as a gateway for deep space missions to Mars.

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He may be one of the most famous men who ever lived, but there's plenty to learn about Nelson Mandela.

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A primer on the deadly virus that has taken hold in Congo and scaring people around the globe.

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Ceisjan van Heerden won Bookends in Cardigan after the retiring owner held a raffle to find the new owner.

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Many people would prefer that sweets contain sugar and not high-fructose corn syrup. Hershey is considering giving them what they want.

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By implementing 'housing first' on a national scale, Finland has almost eliminated homelessness.

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A new study tracks more than 200 narcissists from the age of 18 to 41.

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The creepy bodark tree produces unnervingly strange fruit.

While out on a trip to photograph Arizona's latest winter storm, I came across this camouflaged Cadillac ELR.

The EPA is proposing new low-sulfur gasoline be phased in starting in 2017. Everybody's happy — well, everyone except Big Oil.

But a new University of Michigan poll reveals huge gender gaps in car knowledge.