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Weight-loss surgery did a better job of controlling type 2 diabetes in overweight and moderately obese patients than the most advanced medical treatment for the disease, researchers said on Monday.

The justices were skeptical that an 1867 law barring lawsuits that challenge taxes would bar them from hearing the health care law case, as the mandate requiring Americans to carry insurance is enforced with a tax penalty.

Who knew that Twilight fan fiction could spawn a three book series and a film? Fifty Shades of Grey has been the talk of the literary world for some time now. Women have been clasping their kindles on public transit ever since the E.L James work debuted and burned up the best seller charts.

The Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins have taken the world by storm, and now the movie could be a box office record breaker, as fans all over the world lined up for the premiere at midnight on Friday. View the slideshow to see photos of fans lined up waiting to see The Hunger Games around the U.S.

The second episode in South Park's 16th season took on Cash for Gold stores and cable shopping networks, mapping out a ridiculous conspiracy in which gold is continuously made into jewelry, sold to old Americans, gifted to their children and grandchildren, sold for a few bucks at pawn shops, smelted down and then forged into jewelry again in a never ending cycle designed to rip off the elderly. Of course Stan sets out to solve the mystery and right the wrong while Cartman attempts to cash in ...

While it looks flashy and impressive, the a move to bring in Tim Tebow is a huge mistake for the Jets from a chemistry and football perspective.

While shipping costs have been recovering over the past month from historical lows earlier this year, rates for the biggest vessels keep falling. Mistrust in the market, bad luck for iron exporters and a slowdown in world steel consumption are to blame.

Mohammed Merah, suspected in the killings of seven people in recent days, was found dead Thursday morning after jumping from a window of his Toulouse apartment building, France's interior minister said.

Developments in the two weeks since the credit event confirmed that the world's first test of using credit default swaps as protection involving sovereign debt turned out fairly well. But broader concerns abound, such as the fragile Greek economy and what could be in store for fellow euro zone members Spain and Portugal.

Lionel Messi went on a scoring surge against Granada.

Hundreds of tornado fatalities in recent years have got people thinking. Does global warming lead to an increase in deadly twisters?

Bob Carey's self-portraits of him wearing pink tutus at the Grand Canyon, inside the New York City subway system and other locales has takent the Internet by storm.

A 'mini-tornado' touched down in Townsville, Australia, Tuesday morning damaging 60 homes, injuring 3 people, and leaving 17, 000 residents without power.

One tornado touched down southwest of San Antonio Monday night, amidst widespread flooding and severe storms that continue to pummel several Southern and Midwestern states.

Porn star Alex Torres, commonly known as Voodoo, claimed he had sex with actress Lindsay Lohan while her dad, Michael, was asleep upstairs.

Despite the many conflicting reports about Jason Russell's naked breakdown in the middle of a busy San Diego intersection, the Kony 2012 director was not arrested last Thursday. Instead, he was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold. Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey recorded a video message in response to Russell's breakdown, saying that the 33-year-old director felt intense pressure.

Excitement over Apple's New iPad 3 release last week has waned as overheating rumors have emerge, casting doubts on whether the tablet is all it's cracked up to be.

Weeks of eye crossing preparation and practice goes in to each episode.

Spring may just be one day away, as the official start of warm weather and flowers in bloom beings on Tuesday, but Arizona and parts of New Mexico were hit by a rare snowstorm over the weekend through Monday, causing power outages and school and road closings in addition to snow accumulation and an avalanche warning. View the slideshow to see photos of the Arizona snowstorm.

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II is designing stage sets and costumes for a new production of The Nutcracker that will situate the ballet with Tchaikovsky's music in Copenhagen in the era of Hans Christian Andersen.

Apple's stock market gains have been overshadowed by media exposes revealing labor violations at Apple's Foxconn supply chain in China, but some facts have been deemed as fabrications by This American Life.