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Cities that once depended on manufacturing jobs are finding it hard to compete with already highly educated areas for college graduates, a key ingredient in a transformation.
Charles G. Taylor, a former president of Liberia and the first former head of state convicted in an international court since World War II, was sentenced for crimes in Sierra Leone.
Republican foreign policy figures have been slower than others in the party to embrace Mitt Romney, reflecting unease over some of his positions.
The operational details at the Parwan Detention Facility in Afghanistan point out a gap between nominal Afghan control and the reality of lasting American authority.
Could exercise actually be bad for some healthy people? A well-known group of researchers say the answer may be a qualified yes.
Plant geneticists who sequenced the tomato’s genome in pursuit of better specimens found it has 31,760 genes.
United States government bond yields fell to record levels in what analysts called a flight to safer investments.
The police released a photograph of Pedro Hernandez, 51, who was charged with second-degree murder last week after saying he strangled Etan Patz in 1979.
Pictures of the Day
A Syrian woman cradled her son after he was shot while they were crossing a river into northern Lebanon.
A group of Civil War “soldiers” takes role- playing to the extreme.
Jellio’s quirky home furnishings are selling, but can it make enough of them?
Arash Vakil of Flushing, Queens, wanted to buy a small multifamily building so he could live in one unit and rent out the rest.
By the time Chevrolet made the ZL1 option available for the Camaro in 1969, the muscle car era was starting to ebb. But it turned out to be one of the most storied V-8 engines of the era.
Kyle Zimmer of the nonprofit First Book says that when it comes to hiring, she looks for people who have tried great new things, failed and overcome the disappointment.
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