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"In the time of Caligula," says American University's Ira Robbins, "it was intended to be representative of a phallic symbol. Not today." Instead, showing a middle finger is an expression of "frustration or rage or anger or protest or disdain."

Dog days are back with the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City. Six breeds will be competing in the show for the first time, including the xoloitzcuintli, or Mexican hairless dog.

The bill would keep taxes from rising for 160 million Americans. Republicans said they were dropping their demand for that revenue decrease to be paid for by other cuts.

A consortium of consumer and environmental groups says there's too much lead in lipstick. The Food and Drug Administration says there's nothing to worry about.

Officials in Mexico are offering a reward of nearly $1 million for the capture of 30 inmates who broke out of a prison in the northern state of Nuevo Leon on Sunday. The governor says the inmates staged a riot to create a diversion for their escape. Forty-four inmates died in the violence.

Even if they scrub their hands like crazy, which certainly helps, doctors succumb to germs every once in a while, just like the rest of us. And also like lots of the rest of us, doctors go to work sick, a survey of medical residents finds.

Brett H. McGurk's nomination was threatened by leaked emails that revealed an extramarital affair.

According to a study by Brand Finance, a brand valuation consultancy, Manchester United is no longer the sporting world's most valuable brand. The team didn't bring home any trophies this year.

The Army appointed Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl to investigate facts and circumstances involving Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's capture by the Taliban. The team won't interrogate Bergdahl in the near future.

Petro Poroshenko called on separatists to lay down their weapons. The chocolate magnate also offered amnesty to those without "blood on their hands."