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Four-time Winter X Games champ Sarah Burke has died, nine days after wiping out at the base of the super-pipe during a practice run in Utah. The Canadian freestyle skier, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29.

An Australian woman is lucky to be alive after surviving a bungee jump accident. Erin Langworthy jumped from the Victoria Falls Bridge above the Zambezi River. Her bungee cord snapped and she fell into the water below, which was infested with crocodiles. How she not only survived the fall, but managed to avoid all the crocs is amazing. What may be more amazing, is everyone standing around on t

President Barack Obama finally made good on his 2008 campaign promise to end the war in Iraq. On Wednesday, the president was at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to welcome troops returning home from Iraq for the last time.

Many dream of going into outer space, but only a few actually get the chance.  With this incredible time-lapse video, you can see the world like you've never seen it before.   Michael Konig uses NASA pictures to show the Earth from the International Space Station. Check out our world.

Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, who’s been in hiding since August when a NATO-backed rebel force seized his headquarters in Tripoli, was killed on Thursday after rebels stormed his hometown of Sirte, where the last remnants of troops loyal to him were hiding. He was 69 years old.

Today is September 21, and on this day since 1981 many people and organizations, including the United Nations, recognize International Day of Peace. How do you celebrate? Well, it's up to you. According to the official website for International Day of Peace (internationaldayofpeace.org), the event was created so that you can "create practical acts of peace on a shared date."

September 11, 2001 is one of those dates frozen in time, and one of the only events in American history simply  known by its date...9/11. I recall exactly where I was when the news came in. I was working in advertising, and as I was beginning my work day in my Clinton office, I got a phone call from a friend who said, "Are you watching TV? Did you see what happened a few minutes ago in New Yo

Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood are joining more than 150 stars to carry on the late Bob Marley's charity work.  It's all part of the "I'm Gonna Be Your Friend" campaign, to fight hunger in East Africa.   The initiative centers around the Marley song "High Tide or Low Tide," accompanied by a touching video.   Fans are being encouraged to download the song or donate money to t

I am into the stars, planets and cosmos big time! Tonight, we on earth (that includes all of us) will experience a total lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, it won't be visible to us in central New York, or even North America.

Hoppy Cinco de Mayo!  Today is about so much more than drinking. May 5th is celebrated every year as a Mexican holiday.  It was on this day in 1862 the Medican army defeated French invaders at the Battle of Puebla.  On June 7, 2005, the U.S. Congress issued a Concurrent Resolution calling on the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to

A late-night announcement made from the White House's East Room on Sunday set the world aflutter, and news of the death of Osama bin Laden quickly spread across the globe. President Barack Obama announced Sunday night bin Laden had been killed and his body taken into U.S. custody in Pakistan. Word of the death of Al Qaeda's leader quickly spread, and politicians, celebrities and athletes began rel

We all remember, as Alan Jackson wrote,  where we were when the world stopped turning.  I was at home recovering from a surgery when I turned on the TV and saw the news on every station.  I called everyone I loved to make sure they were safe and then watched the coverage in amazement.  It's a day that will live with everyone, especially those who lost loved ones that fateful day. Today we'll all r