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Britain needs to tackle deep-seated social problems following riots and looting in English cities this week, the center-right government said on Saturday, and a U.S. street crime expert it has brought in said arrests alone would not solve the problem.

British police flooded the streets to ensure weekend drinking does not reignite the rioting that swept London and other cities this week, shocking Britons and sullying the country's image a year before it hosts the Olympics.

Rick Perry will make it known on Saturday during a speech in South Carolina that he is joining the presidential race.

The current conflagration has the potential to escalate into the worst civil disorder in living memory,

For the second time in a row, the Falcon HTV-2, the unmanned hypersonic glider developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for U.S. defense failed its test flight and got lost over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.

A U.S. Ski Team member just lost his shot at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia after being charged with urinating on a young girl on a JetBlue flight from Oregon to New York, officials said on Friday.

Melanie Moore won "So You Think You Can Dance" eighth-season Thursday night, after home viewer votes of 47% crowned her the Fox show's dance queen. Runner-up is Sasha Mallory, followed by Marko Germar at third and Tadd Gadduang at fourth place.

Beyonce's "4 Intimate Nights with Beyonce" show sold out in just 22 seconds after going on sale Wednesday. Columbia Records tweeted, "It's official @Beyonce's 4th & final show at Roseland Ballroom is SOLD OUT! That's a total of 4 sold out shows next week!" This is Beyonce's first show in the concert series, and will open at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on August 14, 16, 18, and 19.

The same week he announces his plans to be mayor of Manhattan, he rids of his Manhattan digs. Politically ambitious Alec Baldwin has put his multi-million dollar New York City apartment on the market, according to Curbed.

Which party creates more jobs per year, on average -- Democratic presidents or Republican presidents? The answer may surprise you.

Former New York and Los Angeles police commissioner will serve in a consulting role.

All you ever need to know about the Perseids Meteor Shower is right here.

The U.S. will donate an additional $17 million to nations in the Horn of Africa coping with severe drought, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced.

Single mothers, acquitted murder defendants and reality stars ranked at the top of the list.

It is usually said that all good things come in threes, except for when it comes to politicians and sex scandals in 2011.

A member of the U.S. Ski Team, Robert "Sandy" Vietze, was kicked off the team after he peed on an eleven year old girl on a red-eye JetBlue flight from Portland, Ore. to JFK.

Verizon claimed sabotage, and called the FBI Friday. Tensions in the 45K worker strike are rising.

The New York police name the head of new social media unit.

Verizon Communications (VZ.N) won court injunctions in three states to prevent strikers from blocking facilities and it was seeking similar legal protection in two more states on the fifth day of a strike involving almost half the workers in its wireline business.

James Tabuteau has been living in a ramshackle tent camp in Haiti's capital since last year's catastrophic earthquake wrecked his home, struggling to find enough unskilled temporary work to feed his young family.

From an old-world Italian restaurant where Leonardo DiCaprio ate to the bakery where Cher found love, a New York tour company is taking movie fans to see where their favorite films were shot -- in Brooklyn.