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Game 3 drew the most viewers for the NHL on NBC Sports Network since the cable channel started televising the league in 2006

Scientists are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, while it will be smaller than average in the Chesapeake Bay

Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the American flag when shooting his latest video.

An East Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States

A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old boy

A congressman has released the full transcript of investigators' interview with an IRS manager and self-described conservative Republican -- who said the recent scandal originated in a Cincinnati office, not in Washington.

A bipartisan trio of key senators is demanding that President Barack Obama take more decisive action to stem the military advance by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces.

A new study has found that same-sex couples are treated less favorably than heterosexual couples when seeking information about rental housing advertised online. 

A State Department spokeswoman said Tuesday that a man who ranted about national security -- repeatedly screaming "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey -- once worked at the agency.

Federal and local authorities on Tuesday arrested three people in Ohio on charges that they enslaved a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter for more than two years.