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The Global Language Monitor's Top Word of 2014 is not a word, it's an emoji of a heart. The company says the spread of pictures in place of words reflects a broader transformation of English.

Syrian President Bashar Assad's Instagram account includes images of his smiling first lady. It makes no mention of the country's civil war. Instead, it show his wife helping out in a soup kitchen, and congratulating top achieving students.

Michael Erb has reviewed more than 800 products on Amazon — everything from a telescope to facial wipes. Why does he do it?

Oregon residents are being asked to contact police if they see a 30-foot tall gorilla — wearing sunglasses and polka dot shorts. He's carrying a hot tub, and may or may not be inflated. The giant gorilla stood for four years on top of the Spas of Oregon store in Gladstone.

A new burger in Britain is topped with chillies that pack 40 times the heat of the average Tabasco sauce. The Fallout Burger is on sale at Atomic Burger in Bristol. It registers a million on the Scoville Scale which scientists use to determine chili heat.

Two well-known economists are considered top contenders to replace Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who's expected to step down in January: Larry Summers and Janet Yellen.

A top Japanese diplomat says indirect negotiations to free a captive journalist from the militant Islamic State group have reached a "state of deadlock."

Back in the 1960s, people were fed up with the top-down system for picking nominees. Reforms led to the first-in-the-nation caucus.

The gut-wrenching film about the struggles of living under England's welfare system won the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

The large wooden horns which are traditional in the Alps can be more than 10 feet in length. Over the weekend, professionals serenaded the German city of Dresden from the top of an apartment building.