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Allyson Felix won gold in the 200 meters on Wednesday.

The New York Times Co. is close to a deal to sell its About.com division for $270 million, a move that would shed another non-core asset.

New Zealand police raided the home of Megaupload founder Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz in January, and now an exclusive video of the search has surfaced.

Forty years after dousing Vietnam's vegetation with the toxic defoliant Agent Orange, the U.S. will finally attempt to clean up the mess.

Pity the City. America is on a witch hunt against London's financial center, ruthlessly exploiting a few rotten banking apples to pursue their own political scheme, or so British MPs would have you believe.

The mainstream news media can’t stop obsessing over Mitt Romney’s tax returns. “Will he or won’t he release them?” they keep asking. What terrible secrets are hidden among Romney’s mortgage interest deductions and depreciation write-offs?

Veronica Campbell-Brown attempts to be the only woman to ever win the same event three-straight times.

Regional African leaders gathered at a summit in Uganda have failed to come to a consensus on deploying a coalition force to confront militia groups along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rebel uprising has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Lolo Jones, who had been performing well at the 2012 London Olympics, finished fourth in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. According to MSN, during her appearance on “Today,” the young star chalked up her failure to the criticism she suffered at the hands of the U. S. media. Jones, a virgin, has also been harassed on Twitter, where she’s an active user.

Clashes in the Sinai Peninsula have rumors swirling in Egypt, Israel and Palestine.

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings face April Ross and Jen Kessy in the women’s beach volleyball final. Watch a live stream online here as a U.S. team takes home the gold.

Ground squirrels living near the Rocky Mountains are waking up from hibernation later as snowstorms keep falling later in spring, researchers found in a new study.

Now that she’s been touted as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney, pundits are reviving the debate on Condoleezza Rice.

Fannie Mae (OTC: FNMA), the largest government-controlled mortgage backer, reported its second consecutive quarterly profit for the first time in five years Wednesday, but its CEO said the company should cede business to private investors when the housing market finally recovers.

Nicolas Batum took a swing at Juan-Carlos Navarro as France was on the verge of losing to Spain at the 2012 London Olympics.

Also: While Missourians overwhelmingly voted in favor the prayer amendment, they simultaneously rejected a proposal for the November ballot that would have called for a minimum wage increase.

Team USA takes on Australia in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament in London. You can watch a live stream online of the game here.

Gold medals will be decided for the women’s long jump, 400m hurdles, 200m race and the men’s 110m on Wednesday. Here is how to watch the 2012 Olympic track and field final events online.

Many Americans were saddened and dismayed yesterday to read that McDonald's in Philippines offers curly French fries called "Twister Fries" at the fast food chain nicknamed "McDo." But that's not the only unique menu item in the world at fast food chains abroad. Whether or not these unique menu items will ever make it across seas to the U.S. is a mystery many fast food lovers wonder, but in the meantime, check out photos of menu items unavailable in America.

Amnesty International believes 1-million North Koreans have died of starvation since the 1990s, while millions more remain malnourished.

Russia's food security commission on Wednesday ruled out imposing a ban on grain exports, saying -- for now -- concerns that a serious drought will not cause one of the world's largest wheat producers to deliver a worldwide blow to the price of bread.