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One of two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power station in Southern California was shut down on Tuesday after a small leak was detected in a steam generator tube, but the incident posed no risk to the public or plant workers, the facility operator said.

A former Los Angeles area teacher accused of taking bondage-style photos of students, some with cockroaches on their faces, was ordered held on $23 million bail on Wednesday as authorities said more possible victims had come forward.

Survival International has released a series of photographs of an uncontacted tribe known as the Mashco-Piro, located in southeast Peru.

Prince William will be deployed to the Falkland Islands for the next six weeks to serve as a pilot for the Royal Air Force's (RAF) search and rescue helicopters.

Valentine's Day 2012 is around the corner, but the supposedly romantic holiday will be met by groans and sighs from many across the country. In picking out the perfect gift for your sweetheart, take a look at the worst Valentine's Day gift ideas for Feb. 14, 2012 from roaches to toasters.

Researchers have found and measured new alien particles that have made their way through interstellar space into our heliosphere.The heliosphere is the area encompassing our solar system.

CNN executive vice president Tony Maddox announced today that Christiane Amanpour will return to CNN this Spring to host her own program Amanpour, airing in primetime across the globe. The program will run for 30 minutes and a new episode will air each weekday at 3 PM (ET) and replay at 5 PM.

Big box retailer Costco has added Super Bowl XLVI tickets to its wide variety of items sold in its stores.

John Goodman, a 48-year-old businessman from Florida, adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter in order to shield his assets in a wrongful-death suit he is facing.

At least 52 people are dead and nearly 600 injured after a massive snowstorm battered Japan, dumping some 10 feet of snow on its western coast. The storm, said to be the worst snowstorm in six years, caused at least one steel bridge to collapse and forced school closures in towns and cities across the region.

A Chicago High School has banned students from sexually explicit dancing, known as 'grinding', ahead of a school event. Administrators at Mundelein High School in Illinois have written to parents ahead of the upcoming 'Turnabout Dance' on February 11, warning students that 'back to front' or 'any other sexually explicit dancing' will not be allowed.

Four South African men were sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of a lesbian woman in Cape Town.

Microsoft, the No.1 software company, is hitting back at Google, No. 1 in search, by insinuating new Google policies may inadequately protect consumer privacy.

When he peered out his window in American Fork, Utah, Anthony Piceno saw a UFO hovering in the night sky. Neon blue and red lights flashed in the sky and drifted slowly from side to side. The UFO, or Unidentified Flying Object, was unlike anything he had ever seen.

A Chicago bound Amtrak train derailed in southern Michigan after crashing into a highway crossing. No life-threatening injuries were reported.

In an age where people spend more time socializing on the Internet than they do in person, it’s important to have at least a basic understanding of the social media universe. As the Facebook IPO approaches, here's how Twitter works for a better understanding.

In an e-mail reply to a fan, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company's newest hire, senior VP of retail John Browett, was the best by far among the candidates eligible for the position.

It is the terrifying picture scaring internet users in their thousands. What at first appears to be an innocent picture of a front room masks the spine tingling face of a hidden demon.

The United Nations estimates that 5,000 people each year are murdered in so-called honor killings. So what are honor killings and why do they happen?

Ashley Duncan, a troubled former Bellaire High School student, committed suicide after writing a series of posts on Twitter and Tumblr about how she wanted to end her life. Duncan was 17.

Authorities are monitoring a restless Alaska volcano for ash emissions and explosive activity. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has observed renewed eruptive activity of the Cleveland Volcano this week and a new lava dome has developed. An eruption followed by heavy ash emissions could threaten intercontinental flights.

A police officer with a new born daughter was shot in the head in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn Tuesday night by a known criminal by the name of Baby. The cop survived the bullet and is in critical condition.

JCPenney's Enough is Enough -- 2.1.12 sale began Wednesday, after the department store built buzz by running a controversial guerrilla ad campaign for the past week.

Another victim of the deadly Florida car crashes on Interstate 75 was found on late Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 11.

The famed Soup Nazi from Seinfeld will be making an appearance in the commercials for the 2012 Super Bowl.He will be teaming up with Jerry Seinfeld, not for a new television series, but for a new commercial to be shown during the game.

AOL Inc. posted a drop in fourth-quarter profit, but beat Wall Street forecasts as a rise in display advertising offset an ongoing decline at its Internet dial-up business.

Facebook Inc. will list a preliminary fund-raising goal of $5 billion on Wednesday, which is smaller than some earlier estimates of the offering. The public stock offering will probably value the company at $80 billion to $100 billion. But how did simple status updates and random photos of users help create what will likely be the biggest tech IPO in till date? Let's try to find out here...

Federal prosecutors expanded their insider trading case against former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta on Tuesday, saying the illegal activity lasted longer and involved more trades than alleged.

Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Wednesday said that the two-year-old girl, Falak, is critical with meningitis and brain fluid function. She still remains on ventilator.