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Anya Kamenetz says proposals to help students dig out from college debt don't go far enough. Bankruptcy would give lenders incentive for negotiating, and lower the cost of college in the long term

A man whose body was found wedged through a 6in-wide bedroom door panel died as a result of an accident, a coroner says.

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds."...

Veteran actor Robert Redford has criticised David Cameron after he suggested that UK film-makers should focus on commercially viable movies.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service is investigating news reports of other trips in which employees allegedly engaged the services of prostitutes while traveling abroad in advance of the president, an agency official said....

Singer Bobby Brown pleaded no contest Wednesday to driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or higher and was sentenced to 36 months of probation, his attorney said.

ATLANTA (AP) -- The American Cancer Society is recommending that cancer survivors exercise more and improve their diets to help prevent the disease from coming back....

US Congressman Paul Ryan's defends this budget plan in a speech at Georgetown University, after faculty and priests at the school criticised the plan.

Ali Noorani says that if Republicans can't come up with a smart immigration policy, they will see the consequences in the fall election

NEW YORK (AP) — The problem of birds living near some of the nation's busiest airports is coming under renewed scrutiny after two emergency landings in a week and more than three years after the famous ditching of a jetliner in the Hudson River.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, ...

Second seed Andy Murray breezes past Santiago Giraldo with a comfortable 6-1 6-2 victory at the Barcelona Open.

Earth's glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already committed to losing almost 40% of their volume, a study reports.

Three men have been arrested by police investigating the alleged naming of a rape victim on the Twitter website.

Hundreds of bakers have protested outside Downing Street at the government's plans to charge 20% VAT on hot takeaway snacks.

Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of seeing Ron Paul.

A former soldier blinded by an IRA bomb is awarded more than £200,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal after he was bullied at work.

WASHINGTON — Expanding the prostitution investigation, the Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is checking whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador.

The disclosure came not long after the Homeland Security secretary assured skeptical senators that the recent prostitution ...

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said that 500 UK troops will be able to leave Afghanistan by Christmas, because the Afghan army has been increasing its combat role.

Renewables can be a cheap form of energy within years, Prime Minister David Cameron says, as governments aim for global spread of clean power.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a service of thanksgiving at Cardiff's Llandaff Cathedral, as part of a UK-wide tour to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.