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We have all heard of boxers throwing a fight to make a big payday with the bookies, but now it appears as if badminton players are involved in the same racket — and it’s getting them tossed out of the Olympics.

Like many Olympians, British diver Tom Daley uses Twitter to communicate with his fans. On Monday, one of his over 700,000 followers stepped out of line with a vicious taunt after the 18-year-old failed to medal in the 10m synchronized diving event.

I wonder if Eve Ensler is planning an Egyptian performance of the Vagina Monologue, after “Egypt's ‘first sex-slave marriage’ took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president,” as Raymond Ibrahim recently noted. Ms Ensler was quick...

Laylan is a 20-year-old Iraqi native who’s also the star player of an all-female basketball team she started. That fact alone may not seem like much to a lot of us in America, but to the people of the country who are still suffering through gender inequality, it’s a huge deal.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive city to relocate to, Tokyo is NOT it. According to a new survey by the consulting firm Mercer, the Asian city ranks number one as the most expensive city in the world.

A house built by Habitat for Humanity across the street from The White Horse near downtown Flint is nearly finished and the new owners Jake and Trish will visit The Tom Sumner Program Tuesday June 5 beginning at 6 p.m. Plus a conversation with award winning journalist and author Patricia McCormick about her new book "Never Fall Down" about surviving the Khmer Rouge...

The upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics marks 40 years since 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In commemoration, the Israeli government and two US Congressmen asked for a moment of silence at this summer’s event, only to have the International Olympic Committee reject the proposal.

Fortune’s annual list of the 500 wealthiest companies didn’t contain many surprises. The biggest surprise, however, wasn’t who made the list but where they made it.

A pastel version of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece ‘The Scream’ sold for $119.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday night, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.

When you were a kid, your mom probably told you if you kept drinking Coke, your teeth would fall out. Natasha Harris kept drinking Coke and something a lot worse happened. The 30-year old died.