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The Obama administration said it needed to cut funding for the towers — mostly in small communities — because of $637 million in budget cuts mandated by law.

Since Leonardo Da Vinci drew up plans for an ornithopter in 1488, hundreds of engineers and inventors have pursued the dream of flight. A handful have succeeded.

Photographer Allison V. Smith finds beauty in the abandoned spaces of Dallas' shuttered schools.

The disgraced politician who resigned his congressional seat after sending sexual images to female followers on the social networking site — and then lying about it — rejoined Twitter on Monday. His first tweet was a link to a policy paper he authored.

A performance of "Here Comes the Sun" brought smiles to a group of jobless Spaniards gathered to request government benefits.

A lingerie company says the bra has a "growth strategy" to help bust Japan's inflation problem.

A bill passed by a majority of lawmakers present would mirror similar laws in Europe that make Holocaust denial a crime.

Pakistani officials say Waliur Rehman was killed by a suspected U.S. drone strike. The U.S. has been offering a $5 million reward for information about him. Rehman is said to have been involved in a 2009 attack that killed seven Americans in Afghanistan — the worst loss of life in CIA history.

For the first time in the competition's 86-year history, a vocabulary test is part of the preliminary and semifinal rounds.

The mostly silent film "The Artist" came in second with 10 nominations, including best picture.