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UPDATE 1 p.m. EST: The Canadian soldier who was shot outside the National War Memorial has died according to the Daily Globe and Mail. Ottawa police confirm that one of the gunmen was shot and killed, while another is still believed to be on the loose. A gunman shot a soldier and then ran toward Canada's Parliament building, Wednesday according to Ottawa police. Police have confirmed that a man op

A second health worker at Dallas Presbyterian Health Hospital was diagnosed with Ebola on Wednesday morning. Apparently the nurse had traveled by air from Cleveland on Monday.

Anila Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections” is the public vote grand prize winner of ArtPrize 2014. The juried grand prize produced a tie between Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections” at Grand Rapids Art Museum and Sonya Clark’s “The Hair Craft Project” at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University. Quayyum Agha's wins, announced Friday night in ceremonies at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, to

Remember when a group collaboration song was usually made to raise money for a cause? Well it's 2014. Nowadays, it's made for profitable reasons. It IS, however, still pretty cool.

WZZM-13 reports that multiple flights in and out of Gerald R. Ford International Airport have been canceled due to the fire at a Chicago airport related facility. In addition, flights have been grounded at Chicago's busy O'Hare and Midway airports.

You've seen websites with .com, .net, .gov, and .org web addresses. Now there will be websites ending in .beer!

Japan needs a superhero too, guys. Enter Chibatman: Japan's own Batman.

Tonight President Obama took to the national airwaves for a rare prime-time address to describe what America's response would be to the Islamic State (aka ISIL or ISIS), the terrorist group that has taken over parts of Syria and Iraq, and also beheaded two American journalists.

"Get your paws off me!" That's probably what one bride was telling her new hubby.

We all have goals in life. Maybe you want to be the guy who cures cancer. Maybe you want to hit a victory-clinching home run in game seven of the World Series. Or maybe you want to carry lots of beer. Lots and lots of beer.

At about 2:15 p.m. EDT Sunday, an asteroid went whizzing by the Earth and "just" missed hitting us by 25,000 miles. I know that sounds pretty far. But in space terms, it isn't.

"Thumbs up!" means "good', right? Not necessarily. While traveling around the world can be an amazing experience, we all have to face it, we are representatives of our country. I mean, one false move and you could be labeled an "ugly American." But believe it or not, even if you’re on your best behavior you may be insulting people in your host country without even knowing