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Terry Jones, the Florida pastor known for publicly burning the Quran, is running for president as an Independent, on a platform of spending cutbacks, deportation of illegal immigrants and tax cuts for businesses.

The latest picture taking craze to take the world by storm could be Tebowing in honor of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.

When Bernie and Ruth Madoff attempted suicide on Christmas Eve of 2008, they did so in the couple's penthouse duplex atop 133 East 64th Street. When Madoff went to jail, they had to forfeit their many homes, which each gained an aura of infamy. Some have done better than others in the luxury sales market.

Hurricane Rina's projected path has forced numerous flight cancellations and diverted nearly a dozen cruise ships.

Casey Anthony, the Florida mom acquitted in July of killing her child, has been voted the No. 2 creepiest celebrity, closely following shock rocker Marilyn Manson, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Tampa-based startup Unthink launched Tuesday in a flurry of green trim and black-and-white revolution-themed photography. The newest social network claims $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital and has its sights set on taking down Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and other social networks it says are exploiting their users by selling their information to advertisers.

The 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) ended ahead of schedule due to the predicted path of Hurricane Rina.

Oh, this is a new one in conference realignment. Boise State, which has garnered interest from the Big East to join its conference in football, is talking to the Big West to join its conference in other sports.

With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week to shore up support from a group that is key to his re-election hopes.

A former Chicago local, Harold Wayne Lovell, who was presumed to be a John Wayne Gacy victim after he disappeared 34 years ago, was reunited with his family Wednesday. Tim Lovell, Wayne's brother, and Theresa Hasselberg, Wayne's younger sister, contacted the Cook County sheriff's department two weeks ago to ask about their brother, Harold Wayne Lovell (who goes by Wayne), who they had not seen since he left their family's Chicago home in May 1977 for Aurora, Illinois in search of con...

Businessman Herman Cain is statistically tied with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among Republican voters in Iowa and South Carolina.

Well, now the Big 12 is just playing realignment games with the Big East.

The relatively instability of the Big East is having an impact on football recruiting for some of its coaches, but hasn't had much of an impact in basketball.

After a three year delay, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its first commercial voyage from Narita airport in Tokyo to Hong Kong.

The Big East needs to finally open up its eyes and offer an invite to Memphis.

A giant 8-foot, 100-pound fiberglass Lego man that washed up on Siesta Key, Florida beach Tuesday morning has left crowds wondering how it got there and who did it?

Hurricane Rina's projected path has caused several cruise ships to change their course and prompted most airlines to waive change fees on travel between the U.S. and Mexico's resort-heavy Yucatan Peninsula.

The Big East is expected to finally officially extend invitations to a group of six schools, according to a report.

In light of his landslide win in the Ohio straw poll last weekend, should Ron Paul get more attention as a viable contender for the Republican presidential nomination?

Actress Lindsay Lohan's father Michael Lohan was jailed in Florida on Tuesday on a domestic battery charge after his girlfriend accused him of threatening to throw her off a balcony, police said.

Hurricanes, earthquakes, lightning, slow play, burrowing moles -- Mark Russell has had to contend with a wide range of obstacles in his role as a tournament director for the PGA Tour.