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Get out your telescopes, because the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks Saturday night, offering spectacular views of shooting stars as meteors enter Earth's atmosphere. The meteor shower will coincide with a stunning view of Jupiter, the moon, and Venus. So when is the best time to see it?

The Perseid Meteor Shower could not have peaked at a better time in 2012, falling as it does right in the middle of the weekend. But where is the best spot to view the shooting stars and when?

Joan Rivers' Costco protest is being touted as "the best book publicity stunt of 2012."

A Manila flood has killed more than 50 people in recent weeks and has continued to drench the country with torrential rains in the Philippine capital.

This season "Sesame Street' is bumping up its star power. The long running children's show will be hitting their impressive 43rd season this year, and plan on celebrating with a slew of stars ranging from funny man Steve Carrell to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to become Hurricane Ernesto as early as Monday night as it picks up speed, resulting in a hurricane warning for a portion of Mexico, according to the National Weather Service.

Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth of just six named storms in 2012, has caused nearly a half-dozen cruise ships to scramble their schedules in the Western Caribbean.

Not only did this represent a grave violation of fair trade practices, but it also smacked of a naked ploy to consolidate their political bases (who, no doubt, agree with their views anyway).

What happens when a large crowd of more than 100,000 people are evacuated from a small space all at once? Chicago is about to find out, as the Lollapalooza music festival is being shut down and Grant Park evacuated because of the looming threat of severe thunderstorms on Saturday.

Tropical Storm Florence formed on Saturday, joining Tropical Storm Ernesto, as the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season began to take shape. The two storms have moved westward on paths that could bring them to the coastal United States.

The National Weather Service upgraded Tropical Depression Ernesto to a tropical storm Thursday as the front reached winds topping at 50 mph.

Rush Limbaugh recently accused The Dark Knight Rises of naming its villain Bane to draw attention to Mitt Romney?s ties to Bain Capital.

U.S. Airways said it will assist the federal officials in investigating a report which said that three commuter jets came close to within seconds of a midair collision at the Reagan National Airport on Tuesday, after air traffic controllers mistakenly cleared two outbound flights in the direction of another plane that was coming in to land.

If you made the mistake of leaving during the credits of "The Avengers" then you won't want to miss watching this clip. During one of the post-credit scenes, fans got a glimpse of Thanos, the presumed villain of "The Avengers 2." The Thanos clip will be featured on "The Avengers" Blu-ray when it's released in September, but if you can't wait that long Marvel was gracious enough to post it online!

If Apple plans to release the iPad Mini to the masses at the same time as the iPhone 5, Apple could run into the biggest crowds in the history of the company. And that's not necessarily a good thing. Assuming Apple unveils the iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini at the same time, will the release dates for both devices be the same?

The number of unemployed people across all 17 euro zone countries soared 11.2 percent to 17.8 million in June -- up 1 percentage point from the year before, Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, reported Tuesday. Euro zone unemployment among people younger than 25 rose to 22.4 percent.

Some of the results for specific councils are quite shocking,? said Judy Aldred, managing director of SSentif.

It's only the first full day of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and the U.S. has already earned its first gold medal: American swimmer Ryan Lochte took home the gold for swimming in the 400-meter individual medley.

Watch live coverage as the U.S. take on Colombia in the preliminary round of the Olympic women's soccer, plus a full preview and prediction.

The big opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics is over and done, so it's time for the real attraction: the games themselves. Olympic schedules can be a little confusing to follow, so we've compiled a guide to some of the biggest events at the games, with a special emphasis on American athletes.

Storms hit the U.S. Northeast, leaving at least one person dead, while strong winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents. Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpour are expected to hit the U.S. Midwest today and into New York City and the Northeast, forecasters said.