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Lebanese soldiers found and dismantled eight Katyusha rockets Thursday afternoon that were pointed south toward Israel, Lebanese military officials said. The rockets were found near the southern town of Naqura,...

There is a teaching in the Talmud that says an individual who comes before God after death will be asked a series of questions, the first one of which is,...

Adrian Mitchell, a prolific British poet whose impassioned verse against social injustice, racism and violence was often declaimed at anti-war rallies and political demonstrations, died Saturday in London. He was...

Spike Feresten is about to be anointed, more or less, the great night hope for Fox -- late night, that is. The move has not attracted much notice, not amid...

A. Carl Kotchian, a former president of the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and a central figure in a bribery scandal that rocked Japan and the Netherlands during the 1970s, died Dec....

G. Franco Romagnoli, who with his wife, Margaret, helped introduce Americans to authentic Italian home cooking on the 1970s PBS series "The Romagnolis' Table" and in a series of best-selling...

Martha Putney, who became one of the first black women to serve in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and who went on to write pioneering works of...

It is one of the most troublesome questions now at the Pentagon, and it has started a semantic dance: What is the definition of a combat soldier? More important, when...

Chickpeas -- also called garbanzos, ceci and chana, among many names -- are among the most widely appreciated legumes, grown on every continent except Antarctica, and cooked and served in...

The Internet has made it ever easier for travelers to search for vacation-home rentals across the globe, but it also has made it possible for just about anyone with a...