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The first 74 locations on the 2012 London Olympics torch relay have been confirmed by the organizers on Wednesday.

NASA's fourth space-rated space shuttle, OV-104 Atlantis, makes its final planned move from Orbiter Processing Facility-1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The move, called rollover, is a major milestone in processing for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, targeted for early July.

The world's oldest panda Ming Ming has died at the age of 34 at the Xiangjiang Wild Animal World in Guangdong Province, according to Chinese state media.

The reconstruction of disaster that hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 11 this year, published by the Wall Street Journal shows the deterioration of the nuclear plants in the first 24 hours was much faster as opposed to what was comprehended earlier.

Luxury lingerie brand, Victoria's Secret has introduced its new Bombshell Summer Collection featured by Angels Adriana, Alessandra, Erin and Candice Swanepoel.

A 30-year-old man who allegedly abducted a 9-year-old from her family’s apartment was arrested and behind bars, according to the Riverside police.

If you have seen people flashing boards and passing out flyers reading 'God's judgment day - May 21, 2011' then you can be sure that these claims were most likely made by Harold Camping's prediction of earth's judgment day.

For those doomsdayer's who believe the end of the world is drawing nigh, there is a backup plan.

Maria Shriver responded to former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s revelation that he fathered a child with a household staffer, with the following statement.

If Harold Camping is right, Judgment Day is near. Near as in four days away. Yes, you've heard correctly. The Oakland-based Family Radio Worldwide, of which Camping is the president, said they have crunched the numbers, have done the math properly, and the numbers prove that the beginning of the end of the world as we know it is May 21. A day, the Family Radio Worldwide website says, the Bible guarantees.

Harmon Killebrew, one of Major League Baseball's greatest sluggers, died on Tuesday after battling esophageal cancer. He was aged 74.

If Harold Camping is right, Judgment Day is near. Near as in four days away. Yes, you've heard correctly.

There was a work-train derailment north of the Dekalb Avenue station in Brooklyn. According to officials with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, as a four-car train was coming off the Manhattan Bridge, one of the cars went off the tracks. The train carried MTA employees, but there were no injuries.

Timothy Ray Brown, a resident of San Francisco Bay Area, is possibly the first ever person to be fully cured of the incurable HIV-AIDS disease, according to scientific journal Blood.

When Austin Whitney, 22, walked across the stage to receive his degree from the University of California-Berkeley, thousands of students cheered and clapped because the steps he took were extraordinary - Whitney is a paraplegic student and the walk from his wheelchair to the was made possible with the help of a bionic exoskeleton engineered by a university professor and fellow graduate students.

For a nonrefundable fee of $135, Eternal Earth-Bound Pets will care for the furry friends of those who have been lifted up in the Rapture on May 21

Forest fires, which flared up quickly during a dry, windy weekend, have caused substantial damage to Slave Lake, Alberta and the surrounding area. Take a look.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, hosted more than 15,000 visitors under gray but rain-free skies on May 14 for a day of fun-filled activities, hands-on demonstrations, entertainment, and food. The Explore@NASA Goddard event was the center’s first open house since 2008.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, revealed Monday night that he had fathered a child 10 years ago with a household staff member.

Perceived earlier as a warning sign for climate change, the floating icebergs in Antarctic Southern Ocean are found to be helping the sea take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a new study has revealed.

A mentally ill Danville youth, who was accused of killing his mother 7 years ago, may not be going to jail after all because of his mental illness, according to Contra Costa County authority.

Physicist Stephen Hawking has dismissed religion once again as he deemed heaven a fairy story aimed at appeasing those afraid of death.

Ivan Stoiljkovic, 6 years-old, has a special talent. He can attract metalic objects.

The Mississippi River crest is slowly moving south, with the river expected to crest at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana this week.

Here is a slideshow presenting some of the rare, never-seen pictures that tell a human tale of fear for life.

Minutes before space shuttle Endeavour is launched to deliver a unique astronomical and particle physics experiment to the International Space Station, the crew members are seen preparing for their long journey.

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a flood warning for Kennebec River at Skowhegan affecting Somerset County.

At least 27 people were killed on a ranch plagued by drug cartels in a Guatemalan village near the border with Mexico, police said on Sunday.

As Endeavour is readied to embark on its mission to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare equipment to the Space Station, check out the latest pictures of the space shuttle on its mark.