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Yesterday was Blumesday , an annual holiday held in honor of Judy Blume. . Researchers in Germany are developing a controversial new technology that seeks to prevent e-book piracy by altering a story's text.

It's not every day that a politician, a beauty queen and a hip hop star champion the same cause, but don't tell that to President Barack Obama, reigning Miss America Mallory Hagan and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am.

Top U.S. security officials have revealed that the government's recently exposed surveillance programs led them to an al Qaeda cell that plotted and scouted, but ultimately abandoned, a plan to bomb Wall Street in 2008.

A Nissan GT-R Nismo at the Nismo global headquarters and development center in Yokohama City, Japan, in February.

In this Sunday, June 16, 2013 photo, law enforcement officials transfer Charles Richard Jennings Jr. center, from an ambulance to a waiting police vehicle at a freeway exit off of I-84 near Tremonton, Utah.

In this Sunday, June 16, 2013 photo, law enforcement officials transfer Charles Richard Jennings Jr. center, from an ambulance to a waiting police vehicle at a freeway exit off of I-84 near Tremonton, Utah.

In this Sunday, June 16, 2013 photo, law enforcement officials transfer Charles Richard Jennings Jr. center, from an ambulance to a waiting police vehicle at a freeway exit off of I-84 near Tremonton, Utah.

A Honda Fit electric vehicle at the 2011 car show in Shanghai, China. Hondaa s plug-in, which fit U.S. standards, had total U.S. sales of 83 through May. Automakers are coming under increasing pressure to sell zero-emission vehicles to U.S. consumers who have shown little interest in them, with more states following California's lead in setting ... (more)

The director of the National Security Agency insisted on Tuesday that the government's sweeping surveillance programs has foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide in a forceful defense echoed by the leaders of the House... RICHMOND, Va.

This Oct. 13, 2012 file photo shows Fox News commentator and author Bill O'Reilly at the Comedy Central "Night Of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together For Autism Programs" at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

VICE magazine has a reputation for using provocative content to draw an audience - Dennis Rodman's North Korean tour comes to mind - but a spread in the magazine's recent fiction issue has sparked particular fury.

Readers say that councilman Kwame Kenyatta, who is collecting a check but not showing up to work, symbolizes Detroit's problems.

Residents along South Pearl Street say they need the city to step up and implement measures to slow down traffic along the stretch of road before another young life is taken.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association has announced a partnership with the ABC network, which will begin carrying its annual telethon nationwide this year.

HOLDING PATTERN: Trading was light Monday, with investors waiting to see what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will say Wednesday about how long the central bank might keep in place programs meant to stimulate the economy.

A New York man was arrested and charged for endangering the welfare of four children who allegedly broke into and vandalized his father-in-law's home, causing property damage in excess of $40,000 The man locked the children into a closet until police arrived, and claims he made no threats to hurt them.

Federal agents in New York and Virginia raided 7-11 stores today on immigration charges.

Perhaps it won't be as iconic as the black and white image of Ben Hogan's 1-iron from the 18th... We're a little hard to find, but worth it.

Sharon McKay, who lives a mile away from Jimmy Hoffa dig site near Adams and Orion roads, stopped in the area Monday with a camera.

Ron Perelman and Claudia Cohen divorced in 1994, but remained close. He became the executor of her estate after her death in 2007.