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A federal agency is issuing guidelines designed to prevent workplace explosions like the one that killed three workers at a Wisconsin mill in 2008.
John Pilkington's boss wouldn't take no for an answer.
A Kentucky sheriff says a claustrophobic deputy has lost his job after accidentally locking himself in a jail cell and trying to shoot his way out of it. Adair County Sheriff Ra ...
Tough job market? Not for corporate honchos who snag cushy consulting deals at their former companies for $3,000 an hour.
Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular ...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit climbed, but the communications equipment maker reported revenue below analyst expectations ...
The thousands of California sea lions that showed up this winter off the central Oregon coast seem to have largely moved on.
In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.
Danish toy maker Lego said Thursday its profits rose 63 percent in 2009 as it managed to boost sales, mostly in Asia and Europe, despite a stagnant global toy market.
AFL-CIO leaders said Tuesday their decision to oppose Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln's re-election bid should send a powerful message to other Democrats who fall out of step with ...
Once and possibly future Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says in a new book that President Barack Obama's international outreach efforts during his first year in o ...
Burt Reynolds' manager says the actor has been released from a Florida hospital after a planned heart bypass operation.
There wasn't a bottle of Oxiclean or a ShamWow anywhere. But there was Dawn Stephens' nifty new, all-in-one toilet-bowl-cleaning brush.
Shakira has received a medal from the U.N. labor agency for her work to help impoverished children.
Mosab Hassan Yousef, who helped Israel's security forces kill and arrest members of the Islamic militant group Hamas, is probably marked for death.
NASCAR is finally about to lose its wings.
Major League Baseball's licensing wing has settled a lawsuit it filed against a baseball card maker for allegedly stealing trademarks.
LeBron James had 26 points and 14 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers opened a 20-point first-quarter lead and cruised to a 111-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday ...
The Baylor star who created buzz with her above-the-rim dunks is likely to face discipline after punching an opposing player in the face.
Peyton Manning has spent 12 seasons being a pain in the neck of NFL opponents. Now the four-time league MVP is trying to alleviate the pain in his own neck.
Jack Nicklaus is going to appear at next month's Masters. He thinks Tiger Woods will, too.
Once Ryan Miller finally got home to Buffalo early Wednesday, he tossed his Olympic silver medal "somewhere" on his dresser. And when he got to the rink for practice, ...
The Paralympic torch relay has begun its 10-day journey to Vancouver.
The United States fell flat in Europe once again, losing to the Netherlands 2-1 Wednesday night in the Americans' last match before coach Bob Bradley picks his World Cup roster. ...