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Jeremy Lin, who had 17 points with 9 assists, and Carmelo Anthony, who scored 15 points, showed signs of improvement in playing together in the Knicks’ victory against the Hawks.

The Obama administration’s proposal to extend tax breaks to manufacturers would result in other companies losing some lucrative tax benefits.

The 6-to-3 decision, which overturns the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews engaged in religious studies from military service, adds a new urgency to the government’s negotiations with religious parties.

Mitt Romney tried to regain his lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, assailing the voting record of Rick Santorum in a fiercely combative exchange.

During the sustained Syrian Army assault on Homs, videos of the violence are offering a stunningly vivid picture, sometimes live or at least in real time, of life in the city.

After 20 debates, a long-running television series appears to be wrapping up.

Google will start selling eyeglasses that will project information, entertainment and ads onto the lenses, but questions have been raised on how privacy will be regulated.

A manual for a program monitoring sites like Facebook and Twitter has come under scrutiny over how far and broadly officials should look without violating privacy or free speech rights.

A federal judge said that the Defense of Marriage Act violated a clause in the Constitution by denying health benefits to a woman’s spouse.

Living alone means freedom to come and go and space and solitude to recharge. It can also unleash eccentricities.

Patricia O’Brien’s sixth novel was rejected 13 times. Then she used a pen name, and a publisher loved it.

Live updates, analysis and fact checking of Wednesday's Republican presidential debate hosted by CNN.

Parents go to Hong Kong for better medical care and lifelong residency benefits for their children, but locals are outraged over being shut out of maternity wards.

Jurors in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player have found him guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend.

Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia reversed his position on a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before undergoing an abortion.

A committee recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve what could become the first new prescription drug to treat obesity in 13 years.

President Obama sang again on Tuesday night, carrying on a tradition of chief executives who dabble in music.

Although many people have assumed the cancer screening test must save lives because it is so often recommended, strong evidence had been lacking.

The former United Nations weapons inspector and fierce critic of the Iraq invasion is still fighting, but now against only himself.

With the proposal, President Obama enters an election-year debate with Republicans in Congress and in the presidential race who seek even lower taxes for businesses.