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" Sopranos " actor James Gandolfini has died of an apparent heart attack at age 51 while in Italy, the New York Daily News reported June 19. Gandolfini leaves behind his wife, former model Deborah Lin, whom he married in 2008, and their baby girl, who was born last October.

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Solar power's progress has been strong in the U.S. lately , but there can be a huge difference in solar-friendliness from state to state.

Microsoft's next game console, the Xbox One , is perhaps best known for its complex used game system and once-per-24-hour online check-in requirement .

Seating with integrated storage is a big bonus for any room short on space, and add the color lime to the mix and you've got a winner.

Only a day after he was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, former USC professor and alleged molester Walter Lee Williams was captured in Mexico, the bureau's L.A. office announced last night.

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LEI Zhengfu, the first to fall under the spotlight for the sex tape scandal that brought down 21 senior officials in Chongqing in western China, denied the bribery charges against him in court today.

Sad as this may sound, Robbie has come to terms with the fact that he could be dying, primarily due to complications likely from metabolic brain disorder and other chronic ailments that date back to his infancy.

G8 LEADERS SAY TAX AUTHORITIES SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY SHARE INFORMATION "TO FIGHT THE SCOURGE OF TAX EVASION" AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO "SHIFT THEIR PROFITS ACROSS BORDERS TO AVOID TAXES" * HEAD OF THE NATL SECURITY AGENCY TELLS CONGRESS THAT THE GOVT'S SWEEPING SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS HAVE THWARTED SOME 50 TERRORIST PLOTS AROUND THE WORLD, ... (more)

Police are outside St. James Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah, Sunday June 16, 2013 after a man was shot in the back of the head during mass at the church.

Congenital heart disease is the most frequent birth defect, affecting 0.8% of live births.

You are extremely resourceful. In fact, your problem solving ability is a little like a superhero's super power.

This year's E3 conference saw 48,200 attendees from 102 countries, a 5.5 per cent increase on 2012's 45,700.

Can't afford it, don't buy it. And always pay cash for all day to day items so that your purchases do not go into a database.

Nigerian officials arrested cleric Gazali Akewadola for selling body parts. The Muslim cleric also confessed to murder and cannibalism.

"It will cost about RM80mil and take 18 months to build," he told StarBiz after the company AGM and EGM here yesterday.

A black bear mauled a man at a campground in Alaska, reports the Anchorage Daily News, but the animal is not believed to be a threat to the general public.

An early morning accident on Saturday left a woman dead after an allegedly drunk driver mowed her down before colliding with a tree.

Two south suburban firefighters face charges over allegations that one of them tried to rape a passed-out woman at a party Friday while the other was on look-out.