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His death freed his music and allowed it to be appreciated in ways it wasn't in Jackson's final years, when he was a tabloid curiosity whose personal baggage overwhelmed his entire artistic output.

Freelance journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin received the Endocrine Society's annual Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism, the Society announced today.

Ramin, of Mill Valley, CA, was honored at the Society's 96th Annual Meeting & Expo in Chicago, IL, for her winning article, "The Hormone Hoax Thousands Fall For". The article was published in the October 2013 issue of More magazine.

Clad in combat gear and marching in military formation, thousands of Shiite Muslim militiamen on Saturday vowed to defend Iraq's capital from a Sunni insurgent movement that seized three more towns from government forces.

The government today said it was working round the clock to rescue the Indian nationals trapped in Iraq even as it stressed that it does not want to complicate the issue by merely making statements.

England's 2014 World Cup group features three of the world's top 10 teams, according to the latest Fifa rankings.

A full day after a heavily armed gunman killed three police officers and wounded two others, Moncton, New Brunswick, largely remained under siege on Thursday night.

As the police hunted for the person suspected of committing the killings, schools and most stores were closed, offices remained shut, buses were taken off the generally deserted streets, and mail delivery was suspended. In the neighborhood where the shooting occurred Wednesday evening, fearful residents, following police orders, remained in their homes

Laying out clear conditions, President Barack Obama and Western allies opened a pathway for Russia to ease tensions in Ukraine but pointedly warned Moscow it could face new sanctions within weeks if Vladimir Putin fails to go along.

India's southern coast could witness the arrival of this year's monsoon in the next day or so after sporadic rains in recent days heralded the arrival of the wet season that is crucial to farmers in Asia's third-largest economy.