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The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is under way, and dogs are being pampered, brushed and cajoled to walk before the event's judges. And in a competition for canine actors held out West, Martin Scorsese's attempt to rally support for a Hugo star falls short.

The science may not be perfect, but a prominent sleep researcher says she and her colleagues have a pretty good handle on how much sleep kids need. She defends the field against a study that claimed the experts haven't even had a clue.

A student in Cranston, R.I., sued the city over a banner in the high school auditorium. She started receiving death threats after a federal judge ruled in her favor, ordering the banner removed. The school board is expected to decide Thursday whether to appeal the judge's ruling.

People who got an antibiotic to treat common sinus infections didn't have milder symptoms or see those symptoms go away faster than those who got a placebo. Treat the symptoms with decongestants and other remedies, but avoid the antibiotics, researchers say.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report Tuesday on a deadly 2009 train derailment in Winnebago County.It has been more than two…

The frigid temperatures of Winnipeg, Canada, are legendary. So much so it's called Winterpeg. But this winter is one of the warmest in a century. Which has forced an annual festival that includes a snow-sculpting competition to truck in snow.

On a South African beach, the singer saw sea lions on rocks and in shallow water. As she later wrote on Facebook, "I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to get a bit closer than all of the other tourists." Then one of the sea lions moved within a foot of her, roared and tried to bite.

In defiance of international sanctions, Iran also announced it was halting oil exports to six European countries.

Officials described a hellish scene in which many of the prisoners burned to death or suffocated in their cells.