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Every year, animals die as a result of traveling in cargo hold

The leading cause of death in adult humans, head injuries, hardly gives a headache to birds that rapid-fire drill their beaks into hapless trees. A new study entitled Why Do Woodpeckers Resist Head Impact Injury: A Biomechanical Investigation from a team of Chinese scientists sought to answer that question.

President Barack Obama Wednesday is expected to announce the details of a new student loan repayment initiative aimed at easing the heavy debt many college graduates face.

Apple's Steve Jobs, who continues to make headline news after his death, criticized Fox News and its owner Rupert Murdoch for being a destructive force in America.

Terrell Owens, the 37-year-old receiver, held a workout in Calabasas, California. No talents scouts were there.

Rockstar Games released an enigmatic image of its upcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V, promising a trailer in under a week. Though GTA IV was a critical and commercial success, it dropped a lot of features that past GTA games had.

The Copiale Cipher could be something out of a Dan Brown novel or a 21st-century update on the Indiana Jones story arc. A yellowing 18th-century manuscript consisting of a mystifying mix of alien symbols and Greek and Roman letters, the Copiale Cipher has been confounding cryptographers since its discovery in the archives of a university in the former East Germany immediately following the Cold War.

Republican presidential nomination candidate Herman Cain proudly touts his unconventional campaign, which produced an ad featuring his chief of staff on a smoke break. But Cain's campaign is far from the only campaign to release an ad that left politicos scratching their heads.

Come on, America! Who wants to go to a fake haunted house for Halloween when you can experience real haunted houses (and some terrifying haunted roads) that have years of ghostly visitations and paranormal happenings to their names? Our top 13 picks span the U.S., choosing only those haunted locales with the most documentation, the scariest histories, and the creepiest happenings.

Hundreds of protesters in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement clashed with dozens of police in riot gear in Oakland on Tuesday. Police used teargas, rubber bullets and flash bang to disperse the protesters.

The Obama administration is seeking to seize almost $71 million in allegedly corrupt assets from the son of the leader of Equatorial Guinea, including $1.8 million worth of pop star Michael Jackson memorabilia.

President Barack Obama took issue on Tuesday with the broadcasting of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's bloody demise, saying even those who had done terrible things deserved decorum in death.

The cost of college in the United States rose sharply for the 2011-2012 school year, continuing a multiyear pattern in which public school increases outpaced private school hikes and both eclipsed the average rate of inflation by significant amounts, the College Board reported on Wednesday.

Police arrested at least 85 people and cleared a camp used by anti-Wall Street protesters near the Oakland, California, city hall early on Tuesday, a city spokeswoman said.

Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make The Expendables, a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator.

President Barack Obama took issue on Tuesday with the broadcasting of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's bloody demise, saying even those who had done terrible things deserved decorum in death.

Katy Perry, the Southern California born beauty, is celebrating her 27th birthday on Oct. 25. Happy Birthday is the main topic her fans tweeted on Tuesday.

The Chrysler Group LLC is all set for a major presence in the forthcoming 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas.

In case you missed it, here are some photos and videos of Monday's Northern Lights show as it moved into the sky view of southern states in the U.S.

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi missed his chance to bring democracy to his country and described his death as a message to dictators around the world.

Employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles were advised to stay indoors on Tuesday after a 200-pound bear was spotted roaming the campus.