SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Roger Federer seems pretty comfortable with his new label as one of the sexiest men alive.

The world number one was named by People magazine as one of its "International Men of Sexiness" earlier this week and Federer is not about to argue.

"That's why I put clothes on tonight," joked Federer at the season-ending Masters Cup on Thursday. "So we can speak norma...

It's true that Republicans here can't prosper without pledging to be as eco-green as a can of baby peas, but most Democrats — even that metric standard of liberalism, Barbara Boxer — can't advocate emptying death row and still hold on to office.

Most of the other big blue states don't have a death penalty, or don't use it. Massachusetts, still a little freaked over those ...

I strongly disagree with the notion that the $50 million or so spent on the special election was a "mistake" or that the $50 million was spent as a war on public employees.

In spite of known budget problems, Californians passed Proposition 71 (Stem Cell Research) and agreed to spend up to $3 billion over 10 years, with the total cost possibly running to $6 billion when the bond is finall...

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Mother freed after allegedly offering 4-year-old for sex over Internet

MARTINEZ (AP) ---- Prosecutors decided not to charge a woman who allegedly agreed to sell her 4-year-old daughter for sex over the Internet.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office sent the case against Shannon Nicole Woods, 22, back to the M...

SHANGHAI, China -- Roger Federer asked for treatment at the start of his third set against Ivan Ljubicic, and a collective groan echoed around the Qi Zhong Stadium.

The injury-marred Tennis Masters Cup couldn't withstand the loss of another of its stars.

Top-ranked Federer, the two-time defending champion, got a quick rub on his right leg from a physiotherapist, then held off Ivan ...

- In Peru, Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro takes Inca emperor Atahuallpa prisoner at a feast in his honor and slaughters thousands of his followers.

- King Gustavus II of Sweden, 'the Lion of the North' is killed while defeating Holy Roman Empire troops at the Battle of Luetzen, now in Germany.

- A liberal insurrection breaks out in Rome, eventually forcing the pope to fl...

Victims of sexual abuse by priests would have a second chance to file suit against the church or abusive clergy under a law change being sought by members of a victims' rights group.

During a news conference yesterday, members of the Tennessee chapter of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests announced they have found two lawmakers to support a bill that would temporarily reopen th...

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams scored 19 and 17 points respectively Monday as top-ranked Duke began its season with a 64-47 win over Boston University.

The Blue Devils (1-0) won despite missing their first nine field-goal attempts from the floor and shooting just 3-of-16 from three-point range.

Next up for Duke in the Preseason NIT tournament will be...

In the press Malawi is the new Niger, and why some disasters get all the sympathy... Go

BEIJING, Nov 15 (Reuters) - China, where 119 boys are born for every 100 girls and 40 million men may live as frustrated bachelors by 2020, has yet to curb its worsening gender imbalance despite much effort, state media said on Tuesday.

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