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Students at San Francisco's Clown Conservatory pay $10,000 to learn the art of clowning.    

Pop star talks about how fame can mean pain, and what she would say to Lindsay Lohan.    

Convicted Ohio man plans appeal in case of paralyzed victim who blinked eyes to ID shooter    

Nearly eight months after two of their children were stabbed to death allegedly by their nanny, Marina and Kevin Krim announced today they are expecting another child.    

Jennifer Love Hewitt paid $3.25 million for a modern estate in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. It was first listed for $3.399 million in early February. The actress listed two of her homes earlier this year, for sale and rent. The 4-bed home was previously owned by 7 for All Mankind jeans co-founder Peter Koral, who sold his company in 2007. The home has a pool and lounging area with a fire pit and flat-screen TV.    

As the climate changes and carbon dioxide levels rise, experts say it's not just the environment that is affected, but your nose. Warmer temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels mean certain plants will thrive and unfortunately these plants tend to make us sneeze during allergy season.    

President Obama today appointed Office of Management and Budget official Danny Werfel to serve as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.    

An Army lieutenant colonel in charge of the sexual-assault prevention office at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been removed from his job after his arrest for allegations that he violated a protection order filed by his former wife. It is the third high-profile incident in 10...    

Painting of late 'Golden Girls' actress Bea Arthur topless fetches $1.9 million at NYC auction    

Venezuelans scramble to find toilet paper as government plans imports to alleviate shortage    

After three days of immigration bill markups, the Senate Judiciary Committee appears to be steadily plowing ahead, while the House group finally makes headway on its own bipartisan proposal. The House bipartisan group that seemed to have stalled earlier today announced it is finally moving...    

Ariel Castro, the man accused of kidnapping three women and keeping them imprisoned in his home for a decade, stalked the neighborhood where his daughters lived and preyed on the girls' friends, his daughter says.    

Diane Sawyer reveals the top stories that have people buzzing this week.    

Latest scam racks up thousand-dollar phone bills by hacking into phone lines.    

Tornado winds up to 200 miles per hour destroy more than 100 homes in Northern Texas.    

Coming off the heels of report that the uber-wealthy hire disabled tour guides to cut the lines at a famous Florida theme park comes another story about able-bodied people gaming a system set up for people with limited mobility.    

JAMES GORDON MEEK reports: WASHINGTON – A $625,000 gold shipment vanished early Tuesday in a brazen heist at Miami International Airport after it arrived aboard a jet from Ecuador, police said. As the FBI confirmed it was leading the hunt for the crooks, the pool...    

At just 15 years old, Charlotte Brown has learned to fly — with a pink pole vault. She’s not just the best pole vaulter Emory Rains High School, in Emory, Texas, has ever had, Charlotte is one of the best in the nation. She’s cleared 11...    

The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation. Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations...    

Tea party activists descended on Washington today, promising to sue the Internal Revenue Service and claiming vindication in their long-held complaints about perceived government overreach.