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Eddie Murphy may seem like a strange choice to host the Oscars, but in fact, he has a lot in common with other veterans of the job.

It shows — from a distance — smoke rising above the hills of Shanksville, Pa., where the jet came down on Sept. 11, 2001. Thirty three passengers, five flight attendants and two pilots died.

The fallout continues from last year's bloody confrontation between troops from the Israel Defense Forces and activists aboard a Turkish aid flotilla bound for the Gaza coast. Robert Siegel speaks with Omer Taspinar, a Turkish scholar who is at the National War College and the Brookings institution.

The University of Kentucky is celebrating the inaugural semester of its new "Core" studies program, which all undergraduate students must complete as part…

The Japanese public is demanding that the country move away from nuclear power and toward renewable sources of energy. But it's a tall task for a country with few resources.

About 56 people a day show up in emergency rooms with injuries from BB, pellet and paintball guns. How did researchers figure that out? It's all in the code.

The suspension sets up what is likely to be a drawn-out fight and a climax to a long-running political feud in the city.

Was that a jobs plan Mitt Romney unveiled Tuesday or a Steve Jobs plan? Wanting voters to see him as the political version of the black turtleneck-clad business visionary, Romney said he's got a smartphone approach on how to improve the economy while Obama is more like a coin-op pay phone.

Frank Deford wonders about the state of the nation when its citizens think a football game is more important than the president's economic address.

For commentator Sandip Roy, his niece's departure for college on another continent brings a level of unexpected poignancy. In this essay, he counsels her on how to say goodbye to her Indian neighborhood — while leaving room for the memories that make her community a home.