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For the first time in nearly 600 years, the head of the Catholic Church is resigning. Pope Benedict XVI announced the decision in Latin in Rome early Monday morning.

Rescue crews in the Solomon Islands are trying to reach remote villages, hit by five foot waves following a magnitude 8.0 earthquake near the Santa Cruz Islands. There have been reports of deaths and severe property damage. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has offered the countries assistance. Sirens were heard in Fiji, locals said. So, just how does a tsunami work?

A deadly fire broke out at nightclub in Southern Brazil early Sunday (Jan. 27), killing 232 people.

Sometimes—like when they call themselves "space conquerors" after launching a satellite that broke almost immediately and tumbled out of orbit—it can be hard to take North Korea seriously. Other times—like when they threaten another test of their nuclear program at a highly delicate time for their neighbors, politically—it seems wiser to keep a close eye on them.

We are receiving confirmation of reports that Americans are among about twenty hostages who were taken at a gas field in Algeria.

As we were cooking Christmas dinner yesterday I said to my wife, "We have two and a half gallons of milk, let's use 'em up" Now I'm having second thoughts. A new strain of MRSA or (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) has been found in British milk...

The fateful date of December 21, 2012 has arrived.  9AM Thursday in the Eastern Time Zone is Midnight Friday in Guam, just across the International Date Line.

The Mayan calendar is set to expire.  So has the world ended?

Mel Greig and Michael Christian, the Australian DJs whose prank call led to the suicide of a nurse at Kate Middleton's hospital last week, recently gave an interview to 'A Current Affair' in which they regretfully explained that they never meant for anything like that to happen.

What seemed to us as a harmless prank has turned deadly for the nurse who was fooled.  CNN is reporting that a nurse at King Edward VII hospital is dead following an apparent suicide.

Kate Middleton is pregnant.  When the royal baby arrives, what does that mean for the line of succession for the British throne?

Do you know which state has an average temperature year round, near 80 °F and 70 °F in the mountains? Answer: Puerto Rico. Wait a minute, they are not a state but it appears they want to be.