Migrants are apparently dying at the hands of a drug gang seeking money or possibly recruits, officials said, though no nobody knows for sure.

After years of not getting sucked into the messy civil war on land, Somalia’s pirate gangs are taking sides — both sides.

Si comincia così, in un modo un po' banale. Dopo una notte insonne, un dolore che non si riesce a superare, un amore finito. Quella pastiglia per dormire (una, due, tre?) è la tua piccola, segreta abitudine. Che può diventare una dipendenza

di Mariateresa Truncellito

Un critico un po' cattivello ha detto che metà degli italiani sono stati drogati dalla tivù e l'altra metà dagli psicofarmaci. Io faccio parte dell'altra metà. O meglio: ne facevo parte fino a pochissimo tempo fa. Oggi spero di aver ripreso il controllo di me stessa, e della mia vita. Mi chiamo Anna Lucia, ho qualche anno sopra i 50, e vivo in una città emiliana. Sono un'insegnante in pensione, felicemente separata da pochi mesi e senza figli.

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Arne Duncan’s bus tour from New York to Maine is billed as a way to honor teachers.

Officials say a gunman with a history of protesting against the Discovery Channel was killed after a four-hour standoff at the company’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.

A blast touched off clashes between local police forces and mourners and protesters infuriated by the attack.

A London paper listened in on the private messages of the rich and famous, including Britain’s Prince Harry and Prince William.

Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold Botox for unapproved uses.

Senator Barbara Boxer and her opponent, Carly Fiorina, met Wednesday night in a heated forum focused on jobs.

Virgin Mobile’s MiFi is nearly like the ones offered by Sprint and Verizon but with three exceptions: an unlimited data plan, no contract and a $40-a-month service fee.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority appeared together with President Obama.

The approach of Hurricane Earl on Wednesday inspires opposite reactions on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

To car collectors with an eye for detail, small-engine vehicles called microcars are both fanciful and funky.

San Francisco has historically been an also-ran in fashion, but members of its varied style tribes sport an off-hand cool manner.

The two employees, who were both Afghan, were killed in the same region where 10 Western aid workers, including 6 Americans, were shot and killed last month.

The Pakistani Taliban, an Al Qaeda-linked group, is accused of playing a role in the failed Times Square bombing and an attack on a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan.

The Pakistani police said that two time bombs exploded during a Shiite procession in the eastern city of Lahore.

Harvey Pekar, the obsessive chronicler of everyday lives, was collaborating at the end of his life on a Web project whose fate in print remains uncertain.

Wall Street surged out of the gate and then kept going, fueled by upbeat economic news from Australia, China and, somewhat surprisingly, American manufacturing.

Many women these days want to showcase their small chests, not pad them out. Retailers are listening.