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Divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony

Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before.

When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Walmart, he got a surprise.

Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell.

Willie Nelson has declined an offer to become comedian Roseanne Barr's runningmate.

Dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet during the hot, wet Mesozoic era.

Most young American drivers agree that it is dangerous to text while driving, but nearly a third admit they do it anyway.

A recent story resurrected the age-old debate about whether ugly buildings deserved preservation if deemed historically important.

Acupuncture and hypnosis have been promoted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit.

A man who impersonated his dead mother as part of a real estate scam was convicted of fraud.

Manhole covers are being stolen from the streets of New York City, leaving dangerous holes in the roads and sidewalks.

Seven hundred million pigs produce a lot of poo.

Russia is ending its long love affair with a car that was once prized by the nation.

Some bomb-sniffing dogs trained to help fight terrorism are turning their olfactory attention toward a different scourge.

The California mother of octuplets, dubbed "Octomom," filed for bankruptcy on Monday.

The Beatles may have sung "all you need is love," but in South Korea a couple wanting to get married also needs cash, a lot of it.