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A fancy new aircraft upgrade for the Marines is causing a backlash in Japan and exposing years of tensions over U.S. forces in the country.

NCAA president Mark Emmert stepped up to the podium at Penn State on Monday morning as State College waited in anticipation to see what would happen to their beloved football program, recently rocked by scandal and thrown into disgrace.

Just hours ago, disgraced late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was the winningest coach in major college football history. After crippling NCAA sanctions to Penn State were announced Monday morning, which included vacating the school football team's wins from 1998 and 2011, the distinction now goes to Bobby Bowden, best known as the former coach of the Florida State Seminoles and West Virginia Mountaineers.

As U.S. President Barack Obama shifts the focus of his re-election campaign from joblessness to income inequality, unemployment has increased in more than one-half the country's states this year.

After the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, Warner Bros. has opted to pull the trailer for its coming film Gangster Squad from theaters.

A Bush spokesman said the former president is enjoying his time off the political stage and declined his invitation to this year's GOP convention.

TV's biggest scary show is having a huge week, following up its seventeen Emmy Award nominations with the announcement of a new cast member for season 2: Clea Duvall.

President Obama has been in heavy campaign mode lately, but he stayed away from politics during a Friday morning speech addressing the massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

In the aftermath of a deadly Colorado shooting, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged President Obama and Mitt Romney to say how they would prevent future incidents of gun violence.

Wednesday night's Fox interview doesn't seem to have helped Zimmerman in the court of public opinion and Sean Hannity has been criticized for asking soft and leading questions.

In his first interview since shooting Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, George Zimmerman has apologized to the teen's family

Scientists have found evidence for a new planet that could be the nearest world to our solar system. Yes, NASA astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of the Earth.

An animal rights campaign underscores the power activists have to pressure companies to stop using inhumane suppliers.

The Who have announced a 36-date Quadrophenia tour this fall, performing their 1973 rock opera in its entirety. The legendary band's first North American appearance in four years will kick off Nov. 1 in Sunrise, Fla., and wrap Feb. 26, 2013, in Providence, R.I.

Fox News' Sean Hannity has scored the first exclusive interview with George Zimmerman since the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in February.

The owner of the bar and restaurant chain Bikinis has purchased a ghost town from Craigslist and aims to rename it and rebrand it into a hip and popular tourist destination.

Heating up the so-called smartphone patent war, HTC has filed two counterclaims against Apple in the Southern District of Florida, claiming that the iPhone-maker has infringed on two HP patents it acquired in December last year.

Coachella has sprouted sea legs. The SS Coachella will be setting sail, it's a cruise line with up of artists like Pulp, Hot Chip, Yeasayer and Girl Talk, just to name a few. Goldenvoice has decided to take the musical festival to the sea.

A giant flash mob wreaked havoc at a Wal-Mart store on Tuesday by destroying merchandise and terrorizing customers, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Newly released tapes claim George Zimmerman sexually abused a family friend for over a decade. The witness also claims Zimmerman's mother proudly announced she was a racist.

For the first time since the John F. Kennedy, cargo ships will make regular trips between Cuba and Miami.