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The sand is running out of the hourglass for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday. Her words speak to the recent intensification of the standoff between Western powers and the Syrian regime.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is known for his volatile personality. However, it is unclear whether his outbursts will have an effect on his chances as a potential vice-presidential candidate.

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic kicked off the CBGB Music Festival on Thursday with a keynote speech that reminisced on the days of old.

About a quarter-million computer users around the world are at risk of losing Internet access on Monday because of malicious software at the heart of a hacking scam that U.S. authorities shut down last November. Some blogs and news reports hyped the risk of an outage, warning of a potential blackout and describing the Alureon malware as the Internet Doomsday virus.

Some airline companies appear to be faring much better in gaining passenger traffic thanks to a soaring demand for air travel and limited carrier choices -- a trend that has given U.S. airlines wide leeway to maintain overcrowded planes and shoddy customer service.

What Cooper did in public should definitely not be called a coming out. It was a dragging out of a perfectly secure gay man -- a throwing of a Christian to the media lions.

Evacuations have been lifted in the Alpine Cove subdivision and another 160 Alpine residents will be allowed to return to their homes on Thursday, after a change in weather conditions have helped contain the Quail Fire, the Salt lake Tribune reported.

The fall-out from Robin van Persie's statement continues, while there is further news on many of the Arsenal's transfer targets.

Not only will hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern portion of the United States be enjoying (or not) their Independence Day holiday without power, many of them will also be sweating it out through the weekend.

Hundreds of thousands of people from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. will spend the Fourth of July without power, as utilities still struggle to restore power after violent storms last Friday.

Who stole the pot-laced cookies from the cookie jar? A three-year-old Southern California boy was rushed to the hospital when his family realized he had gotten into a family member's secret stash of chocolate-chip pot-laced cookies a day earlier.

The Josh Hamilton photo is taking the Internet by storm and making a lot of fans jealous. The Texas Rangers posted a photo of the outfielder inserting himself into the background of a picture taken by three female fans at the edge of the dugout at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

Many residents will likely spend the Fourth of July barbequing without electricity and biting their tongues over how long it is taking to restore power.

More than 2 million people on the East Coast are without electricity, and power companies said it could take days for things to return to normal.

Severe thunderstorms in Connecticut could cause further outages to ESPN's service.

Officials advise people without power to beware of downed power lines and drink plenty of water while also looking out for their neighbors.

Instagram, Pinterest and Netflix were among the casualties of a powerful storm in Virginia as the social media and streaming companies took to Twitter to update users on the status of their services. Why were Instagram, Pinterest and Netflix down?

Dominion Virginia Power is working to restore electricity to more than 900,000 customers in Virginia after hurricane-like storms fueled wind gusts as high as 80 miles an hour across a large portion of the state Friday, causing widespread power outages, the company said.

The start time of the AT&T National's third day was pushed back to 1 p.m. to allow time to clean up storm damage.

A fierce line of thunderstorms and high winds that swept across the eastern U.S. have caused nine fatalities and have left millions without power -- and without air conditioning -- Saturday to deal with thermostat-popping temperatures. Three governors declared a state of emergency.

A large portion of the East Coast has been hit by a heat wave that will expand upward over the weekend and head north, potentially shattering records.