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The report also finds that it is losing ground to the upper class when measuring aggregate income.

The all-female Russian punk band Pussy Riot is facing two years in prison after being found guilty of hooliganism. According to columnist Anne Applebaum, of all the attention paid to the case, a recent show of support from Madonna could prove most damaging to the regime.

Colon joins the Giants' Melky Cabrera as the second player this week to be nailed for doping.

Today on NPR: A debate is growing among Israel's secular Jewish majority over the question of whether to circumcise newborn sons.Smoking:Marshall County’s…

The Syrian government and the rebels communicate mostly by shooting at each other. But in a rare prisoner exchange, the government frees two women, and rebels release seven pro-regime fighters.

Health officials said this year has already been remarkable, but with cases on the rise, this outbreak could be worst since the virus was first spotted in the U.S. in 1999.

Astronomer Roger Angel completely revolutionized the large telescopes that scientists use to look at the stars. Now he wants to use his mirror technology to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient.

Taxpayers spend $7 billion a year to subsidize crop insurance. Economists don't like it. Neither do some farmers.

An estimated one out of every three Japanese are signed up to play games on their cell phones, helping to grow a mobile gaming juggernaut that's currently dominated by a few Japanese startups. Now, those same startups are eyeing a new playing field — the U.S.

Huge wildfires are burning in the West — setting new records for damage this summer. These megafires are burning bigger and hotter than ever before. Scientists say climate change and a century-long policy of fire prevention — which inadvertently turned forests into giant tinderboxes — are to blame.