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Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore.

When Bruce Boaz is near a swimming situation, it's not quite the same as it was before he became a... Increased consumption of both unprocessed and processed red meat has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes over time.

The little-seen, little-discussed Obama girls, now 14 and 11 respectively, are along for the ride with first lady Michelle Obama while the president is in Northern Ireland today and Tuesday meeting with other leaders of the G-8 industrial nations.

Kickstarter fraudsters hawking Kobe beef jerky were just minutes away from completing the biggest-ever outright scam on the crowdfunding site last week.

A playground memorial is being planned to remember four young children killed in a house fire in eastern Pennsylvania on Mother's Day.

Time is running out for eligible military veterans to claim Ohio bonuses of up to $1,500, and officials are worried that thousands of veterans may miss out by not applying.

Prosecutors and George Zimmerman's defense attorneys are returning for a second week of jury selection in Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

Temperatures are rising, and while that may force those of us faint-of-heart indoors for the dog days of summer, it's a tomato's dream come true.

An airplane entirely powered by the sun landed in Washington on Sunday after a flight from St. Louis, the next-to-last leg of a journey across the United States intended to boost support for clean energy technologies.

Oscar Mayer is offering a luxury bacon box set as the ultimate expression of love.

There's nothing like a bit of sunshine to get plants putting on a growth spurt and spending time doing some gardening is a great way to get some exercise, reduce stress, boost your vitamin D levels and put heart health on the menu thanks to the harvest ahead.

A good source of potassium, fibre and vitamin C sweet potatoes are also one of the most versatile vegetables available, as this sweet potato sorbet recipe demonstrates.

Parents raise, shelter, feed and nurture us. They pay for years of baseball equipment and training so that we can break their hearts when, as teenagers, we decide to quit playing.

One of the FBI's Most Wanted for more than a decade, James "Whitey" Bulger went on trial this week.

Health officials plan to keep closer watch on a Burger King restaurant in Mendocino County where a customer reported getting a cheeseburger with a 2-inch-long razor blade in it.

A conservation organization that uses ultralight planes to lead endangered whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida for the winter has to replace its aircraft by next spring to comply with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

An organic farm in Tennessee says it is no longer buying produce from farmers in southern Kentucky who use pesticides on their produce.

The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who knew 94-year-old Michael Karkoc.

What in the world is going on with fast food establishments these days? The kinds of folks that are being hired at these restaurants are certainly making riveting subjects in viral videos.

Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges - but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.