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Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked a Taliban-linked cleric based in Pakistan Saturday to help mediate talks with the Afghan Taliban, the cleric told CNN.

A member of the Dutch royal family was severely injured in an avalanche at an Austrian ski resort Friday, local authorities told CNN.

A 40-year-old mother of two was burned alive in central Nepal after she was accused of being a witch, police said Saturday.

The trial of 43 people accused in a case involving foreign funding will take place in a criminal court on February 26, Egyptian state news agency MENA said Saturday.

A NATO helicopter crashed Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, but there was no immediate information on casualties, local police said.

December 08, 2009 To a psychologist, climate change looks as if it was designed to be ignored.

December 07, 2009 Dec. 7--High absence rates among students with disabilities in Chicago's public high schools are the largest factor explaining the difference in their academic performance when compared with non-disabled peers, according to a new research report.

December 04, 2009 Dec. 4--Illinois child welfare officials are praising a change that allows pediatricians across the country to develop an expertise in abuse and neglect.

November 30, 2009 CHICAGO - The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis.

November 30, 2009 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others.

Reporter's Note: I write to President Obama every day. He has yet to write back. But I’m thinking, maybe some day soon… Dear Mr. President, So we ended up stopping yet another lone wolf intent on blowing up the U.S. Capitol. Sounds like pretty good police work tracking him down, and God ble ...

Rick Santorum blames the media for questioning a controversial comment made by his biggest backer. John King reports.

John King talks to Jeff Toobin and Tom Fuentes about the issue of entrapment in the case of the DC bomb attack suspect.

Stephen Farrell describes the passion and skill of his friend, Anthony Shadid, an award-winning journalist who died of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria for the New York Times.

Whitney Houston's daughter and other family members attended a private viewing. CNN's Jason Carroll reports.

Sometimes it's not about wearing a suitit's about wearing a suit of armor. Learn to love the hard-knock life and more in our Fall 2009 trend reports.

Later this month, Partners & Spade is hosting its own Ping-Pong tournament. K-Swiss has teamed up with the shop to offer a collaborative shoe, which will go on sale the day of the event. It's light enough to keep you spry on the tables and stylish enough to keep the rest of us looking good o ...

Gucci has tapped the DJ and producer to collaborate with Frida Giannini on several styles of Gucci Ronsons for the brand's upcoming series of sneakers-only pop-up shops. The first one comes to NYC this October.

Martin Dingman's new Rudyard travel collection, a line of equestrian-inspired bags, is due this fall. The saddle-leather bags and cases are outfitted with solid brass hardware and could be pulled from the hand of Daniel Dravot (played by Sean Connery in the film The Man Who Would Be King) himsel ...

From the late Pop artist Andy Warhol's birth to a lunar eclipse tonight, here are five things worth knowing today.

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