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Think you have the landlord from hell? Think again.

Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is used to throngs of media clamoring to ask him questions, but the NFL star has never had to deal with them camping outside his home.

A court has sentenced four relatives to years in prison for their roles in kidnapping and assaulting a gay man in Kentucky

James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO's "The Sopranos," died after suffering a possible heart attack in Italy, an HBO spokeswoman and the actor's managers said Wednesday. He was 51.

Two New York state men have been charged in a bizarre plan to develop a mobile X-ray system that would be used from afar to silently kill people that they deemed "undesirable," federal officials said.

The Justice Department's sweeping collection of Associated Press phone records as part of a national security leak investigation has had a chilling effect on sources, the news agency's top executive said on Wednesday.

Deputies in Alabama set up roadblocks for a voluntary stop to ask questions about drinking and drug use, and to ask for breath, saliva and blood samples, all at the request of the NTSB.

A Bronx public school teacher has been arrested and charged in the alleged rape of a 10-year-old student, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne.

A 1-year-old boy who plummeted two stories from a fire escape in Brooklyn on Wednesday was saved when a quick-thinking passerby saw the child and caught him as he fell, according to police.

The fourth suspect in the Ohio forced labor case has turned herself in, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Celebrity chef Paula Deen denies she's ever told racial jokes, but she did acknowledge using the "N" word, according to her deposition in a lawsuit.

One word could have a big impact on the way doctors treat obesity in the United States.

A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners, but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it.

President Barack Obama will call for up to a one-third cut in nuclear warheads by the United States and Russia during a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, a senior administration official said.

Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter.

Getting children to take a nap can be hard. Getting them to eat pancakes is not nearly as difficult.

Peter Bergen says Americans will have to decide if the yield of NSA-monitored calls justifies the invasion of privacy

Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was accidental.

A high-pressure system over the Northwest United States is giving new meaning to the term Baked Alaska. But meteorologists say Alaska's cooling trend will continue on Wednesday after record highs earlier in the week.

Like a magician in a blue shirt and white socks, James Riddle Hoffa stood outside the Machus Red Fox in Michigan on July 30, 1975, made a phone call and vanished.