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CONCORD, N.H. — A leading Republican and a lagging Democrat became the first major candidates Wednesday to file for New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

* Dollar hits 3-month highs, weighs on oil even before EIA data

A rare vivid blue diamond is expected to set a new record when it goes on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.

A rare vivid blue diamond is expected to set a new record when it goes on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.

A rare vivid blue diamond is expected to set a new record when it goes on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.

(Reuters) - Canadian Olympic and world champion snowboarder Maelle Ricker announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on her golden 20-year career.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced a new indictment against the former husband of "The Sopranos" star Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and three additional arrests over allegations they ran a $300 million stock manipulation scheme.

Many people are familiar with the two most popular forms of cycling: road cycling and mountain biking. Road cycling typically involves riding on a paved surface, while mountain biking involves riding on a dedicated unpaved, off-road trail. Each form uses a different style of bike.

ShootLogic Firearms Training Center and Gun Range in Dorchester County will hold its second annual Second Chance Charity Shoot benefiting the Frances Willis SPCA on Nov. 7. There will be divisions for law enforcement, concealed weapon permit holders, new shooters and competitors. No competition guns are allowed, and shooters should bring a minimum...

A handful of outdoor-related items decorate my desk at home — a collection of family photos from fishing or boating outings, a whale vertebra I found on a nearby beach, a large shark tooth, a photo of a whale I took just a few miles outside of Charleston Harbor —­ but two stand above the rest.

A Seattle elementary school is thanking a garbageman for finding nearly $12,000 in checks in the trash.

Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a local judge of elections was arrested after allegedly failing to show up to the polls Tuesday and instead deciding to work as a jitney driver for the day.

The deer remaining in the woods during the final two months of the 2015 season aren’t dumb. They have been smart enough to outwit hunters since the opening of deer season on Aug. 15. So if you’re going to be successful over the final two months of the season, you’re probably going to have to change your tactics.

Recently, customers have been coming into the store with questions about which trail camera would work best for them and how to use one properly. There are hundreds of models of trail cameras from a variety of manufacturers. Prices vary from $50 to well over $400, depending on many factors including the size of camera, internal...

Donald Trump is demanding as much as $75 million from hundreds of condo owners in Panama City's Trump Ocean Club, alleging that its directors wrongfully fired his company as administrator managing the luxury building...

Romania's government collapsed Wednesday after thousands of people took to the streets to protest a deadly fire at a heavy metal concert, the final straw after a five-month corruption investigation that has shaken the...

Aviation officials say a solar storm knocked out the air traffic control systems in Sweden on Wednesday, prompting them to close the country's airspace for more than an hour.

Head coach James Franklin stared out over the waiting rows of media members, face straight despite not being but five minutes removed from sealing a 39-0 win over Illinois.

Three anti-independence parties filed complaints Wednesday with Spain's Constitutional Court against moves by secessionist parties with a majority in the regional parliament of Catalonia to announce the formal start of...

Spanish police say they have detained two members of the notorious Pink Panthers gang of jewel thieves and recovered more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in stolen goods.

Again, top government and European Union officials were on hand Wednesday for the departure of a tiny batch of refugees from a southern EU nation to the heartland of the continent where they will likely be granted asylum.

The Vatican sought Wednesday to play down a pair of books recounting financial malfeasance and greed within the Vatican, saying many of the disclosures were already known and the material creates confusion about Pope...

The latest on the fire in a Romanian nightclub that killed more than 30 people, and the political crisis it has set off. All times local.

This was the week that schoolchildren in one Paris suburb got a stark choice at the cafeteria: pork or nothing at all.

A Zimbabwean court has granted bail to three journalists accused of slander after they allegedly implicated an unnamed top police officer and other officials in the fatal cyanide poisonings of more than 60 elephants by...