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- The second Youth Olympics concluded in Nanjing on Thursday after a spectacular closing ceremony and a glowing endorsement from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood's first couple, married in France over the weekend following a two-year engagement, ending nearly a decade of fevered tabloid speculation over whether "Brangelina" would ever tie the knot.

Despite boasting 34 grand slam singles titles between them, Serena Williams and Roger Federer wer

- Michael Phelps made an ominous return to international competition on Friday, qualifying for the final of the 100 meters freestyle at the Pan Pacific championships at Australia's Gold Coast.

LOS ANGELES - Robin Williams was sober but suffering from the early stages of Parkinson's disease as well as severe depression and anxiety at the time of his apparent suicide, the actor's widow said in a statement on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who receive growth hormone to treat short stature or hormone deficiency may be at an increased risk of strokes caused by burst blood vessels as young adults, suggests a new European study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For preemies, the combination of hearing mother's voice softly singing while being held against her skin can have a number of health benefits - and it helps moms, too, a new study suggests.

WINNIPEG/TORONTO - An experimental Ebola vaccine that is offering some hope for West Africa was invented in a small Canadian Prairie city and had its roots in the Cold War, the German town of Marburg and a disease scare that panicked Toronto in the 1970s.

Nepal has reversed a decision to allow a monk prominent in Tibetan Buddhism to be cremated on its

Derek Jeter completed a storybook ending to his All-Star career by helping the American League to