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Monte Factor, a Beverly Hills clothier and arts patron who co-founded the End Hunger Network and a groundbreaking Los Angeles child-care center, died Dec. 5 at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, his daughter Diane announced. He was 94....

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is said to be close to suing the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum foundation over hundreds of millions of dollars in disputed costs. Banksy, the anonymous street artist, is causing a stir with a sculpture...

Canadian freeskiing superstar Sarah Burke, a favorite to win the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, was seriously injured Tuesday during a crash in the halfpipe at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah. Burke, a four-time X Games champion,......

The captain of the shipwrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia is reportedly making eyebrow-raising statements to authorities, including that he "tripped" into a lifeboat and that the cruise ship ended up in shallow water because he "ordered the turn too...

Larry Gagosian is being sued for more than $14 million for allegedly selling two works of art that some claim he had no right to sell. A Hungarian violinist who helped children into their life jackets aboard the Costa Concordia is the first identified...

Lego man in space: Two Canadian teenagers launched a Lego Man into near space and--surprise!--the story goes viral....

Gilbert Arenas works out in front of Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak, reports say....

Good Sunday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome back to the Sunday Brunch, our weekly buffet of state news links, national and international stories and think-pieces designed to get your day started right. Think of this as "Weekend Edition" for the brutally....

Man caves: The time has come to leave the man cave — to bulldoze the bro bunker, to kick the kegerator to the curb. Manly men, your man cave is no longer a tenable refuge from the real world....

A Canadian appeals court in Ontario ruled Monday that banning brothels is unconstitutional and could put prostitutes in danger by not allowing them to work in a safe location....

Touching video shows a group of chimpanzees -- locked away for 30 years undergoing medical experiments -- emerging into the sun for the first time Tuesday, and appearing to hug each other and wave. According to the Daily Mail, the 38 chimps who...

Canadian doctors were startled to see an unsettling face in the ultrasound of a testicular tumor, according to the Toronto Star. "It was very ghoulish, like a man screaming in pain. His mouth was open and it looked like one eye was gouged out," Dr....