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Though the bikini made waves when it first appeared in the late 1940s, the origins of the revealing two-piece date back much further. Similar garments were worn by female Grecian athletes as far back as 1400 BC, while primitive artworks from Asian Minor push the garment back another 4000 years ...

Earlier in the week, a massive storm dumped almost 12 inches of rain in less than hour on Montreal, causing the city’s sewer system to swell. In this amateur video shown on ‘Today,’ a cameraman filmed as a geyser of water blew off a manhole cover and lifted a parked car into the air. The geyser started slowly at first, lifting the car only inches off the ground. But eventually, a massive torrent o

Email and other electronic transactions have caused a dramatic drop in the volume of snail-mail and its associated revenues — so much so that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has proposed eliminating Saturday mail delivery. It’s a move that could save the United States Postal Service as much as $3.1 billion a year.

A leading member of the LulzSec hacking group, famous for high-profile invasions of the computer databases of companies such as Citibank, has been arrested in the UK. The 16-year-old boy, who goes by the name Tflow online, was taken into custody by the London Metropolitan Police’s E-Crime Unit.

Michael Vick is lending his support to a congressional bill that will penalize those who attend animal fights. The Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act would make attending an animal fight a misdemeanor punishable up to a year in prison. Under the act, bringing a child to an animal fight could cost an offender up to three years in jail.

Geof Wilson, Flickr Everybody knows about sunscreen and beach chairs, but what if you want to take your beach time to the next level? With temperatures climbing into the 90s (in some areas, the 100s) this month, now is the perfect time to buckle down and get serious about planning the perfect trip to the beach ...

It’s okay for a parent and a toddler to sleep in the same bed, according to a new study. Bed sharing has always been a topic of disagreement among parenting experts:  some endorse the practice, while others say it’s a bad idea.

He's Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author referring to the time that he experienced a chance encounter with America's most notorious serial killer, Charlie Manson. The fearless Gross is joining me this afternoon (Tuesday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show...

We’ve all almost been bowled over (or worse) by a pedestrian who was too busy sending out a text message to notice their surroundings. In Philadelphia, such inconsiderate behavior is now punishable by a ticket and a $120 fine.

Now we have just one more reason to love  Richard Branson. The environmentalist and founder of Virgin America airlines has installed “hydration stations” at San Francisco International Airport.

We’ve all had our share of break-ups that didn’t go so well and left a heartbroken ex behind. But a spurned superhero may be the worst kind of all. After 73 years with the Man of Steel, it seems Lois Lane got a little tired of his phone-booth fetish and moved on. So, when the Superman comic relaunches in August, she’ll have a new boyfriend. Talk about a hard act to follow.

Alzheimer’s disease has long been a medical mystery, but new research may point to at least one cause for the debilitating condition. After a study involving 300,000 veterans aged 55 and up, scientists at the University of California-San Francisco learned that older people who’ve experienced a traumatic brain injury — or TBI — during their lives have more than twice the risk of developing dementia