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Punting the ball on fourth down seems like tried-and-true football wisdom. But the authors of Scorecasting argue that like many sports cliches, this one is based more on perceptions than on hard evidence.

Writing sex scenes is a tricky business. Do it really badly and you could be awarded the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award, like this year's winner, novelist Rowan Somerville.

The 40-pound, six-volume, $625 and 2,438-page cookbook celebrates the science of cooking. But at that price — and with such exactingly detailed "recipes" — who's gonna buy it?

Hundreds gathered Tuesday to watch flames burn from rows of makeshift furnaces at cremation ceremonies for the young children and others who died in last week's killings at a day care center.

Scientists took a dozen research flights over major U.S. oil and gas fields to sample flare emissions. They found more methane than was supposed to be there.

It's not the first time for such a dire warning. Here's a brief look at why Guterres and others are raising the alarm now.

For the first two centuries of U.S. history, presidents pretty much decided what documents they wanted to take with them when they left the White House. But that changed with President Richard Nixon.

In Texas, a memorial service is planned Thursday for Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. They were killed in their home last weekend, just months after an assistant district attorney was killed outside the courthouse. The incident has shaken the community's sense of safety.

In eight years on the throne of St. Peter, Benedict XVI has angered Muslims, offended Jews and made controversial comments about the spread of AIDS. But the scandal that has most haunted him is the abuse of children by pedophile priests.

With this album, a London singer — a Prince favorite — and her versatile voice inch closer to mainstream pop.