New data suggests that men are almost three times more likely to get esophageal cancer than women. The finding has consequences for health policy.

It appears that what was thought to be a credible lead in the 38-year search for the remains of teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa has been ended with no success. The FBI said Wednesday the field yielded nothing and they're taking their excavator and going home.

Toronto - At an event in Little Italy in Toronto over the weekend, the city's mayor, Rob Ford had a glass of juice thrown at him by Shannon Everett, allegedly. If this indeed happened, why? Why would she rear back and toss juice in the mayor's face?

Brian Felsen took part in recent protests in Istanbul, Turkey. The president of CD Baby, regularly visits the country and even lived there for two years. He says via email it's a delicate moment for the country's future.

A creative Chinese blogger has come up with an ingenious invention to help women keep away perverts and pesky gropers: a pair of ape-hairy leggings for summertime outings.

In the wake of the Obama administration's decision to arm the Syrian rebels, the American public continues to broadly reject such proposals.

A 24-year-old man, Yeiner Perez Garizabalo, a trained acrobat, pleaded not guilty to seven counts relating to a bizarre incident last month. Garizabalo stripped naked and ran, and leaped, even flipped, about a San Francisco transit BART station.

Quietly, talks have gone behind the scenes aimed at providing an opportunity for the Taliban to open an office in Doha, Qatar to conduct talks aimed at peace in Afghanistan. That office opened today and the Taliban signaled a willingness to negotiate.

A British Labour politician Simon Parkes, who represents Stakesby on Whitby Town Council, revealed in a TV documentary "Confessions Of An Alien Abductee," aired recently on Channel 4, that he fathered a child called Zarka with an alien he calls Cat Queen.

London - The meeting between Ecuador's Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño and his UK counterpart, William Hague offered no "breakthrough". Julian Assange is now prepared for a half-decade stint in the Ecuadorian Embassy.

Everyday is an adventure for Justin Bieber, one packed with possibility. Some good, some not so good. Monday might have been a decent day for him - but not for a photographer covering him. The Biebs whacked into the guy in his Ferrari.

Ice-T is narrating a documentary called "Assaulted:Civil Rights Under Fire." The documentary focuses on the significance of the 2nd Amendment and the definition of an "assault rifle." It is set for a July 20 release.

So, imagine you have gone away for two months, leaving your room in the hands of your housemates. Then try to imagine coming back to the results of their, well, artistic fun?

Birds Of A Feather, the popular 1990s BBC sitcom is to return to television screens for a new series, following a deal with the national independent broadcaster ITV.

In Indiana, a six-month old pit bull, attracted to his diabetic owner's open wound, chewed off two of the man's toes and part of his foot as he slept. The man awoke to find his foot a bloody mess and discovered the results of his puppy's nighttime meal.

Facebook, Tesla and Samsung are arguably three of the biggest companies in their respective technological fields. All three companies have picked the same day to reveal new products and services.

London - Julian Assange has now been under virtual house arrest in the London Embassy of Ecuador for a year. Some would say that even if he is guilty, he has served his time and charges against him should now be dropped.

China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer, built by the state-owned National University of Defense Technology in a project sponsored by the government's 863 High Technology program, has been named the world's fastest computer.

The plot may have thickened in the Justin Trudeau speaker engagement fee scandal, if a scandal it is. It turns out a husband of a board member of the charity asking for a refund has strong ties to the federal Conservative Party.

Belfast - U.S. President Barack Obama endeared himself to an audience of 2000 Belfast grammar school students and dignitaries by engaging in colloquialisms asking them “What’s the Craic?”