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"The Colbert Report" was supposed to be new last night. But Comedy Central abruptly canceled Wednesday's taping.

In all, the fire at an overcrowded prison in Honduras killed 358 people, officials confirmed Wednesday, making it the world's deadliest prison fire in a century.

Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.

Some 180 houses in Beverly Hills, the storied Los Angeles enclave, have been foreclosed on by lenders, scheduled for auction, or served with a default notice.

A federal judge is set to decide if the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit in 2009 will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Consumers may be exposed to arsenic in some organic baby formulas, energy bars and energy gels.

Syrian troops attacked Deraa to try to stamp out rebels in the border city where the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule began last March, residents and opposition activists said.

Neighbors of a severely malnourished Wisconsin teenager found wandering outside, her bare feet purple and her face bleeding, say they rarely saw the girl leave home, and that when she did emerge she would scavenge through the trash and eat discarded scraps.

Alcohol kills more than 2.5 million people annually, more than AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis.

Gov. Chris Christie defended his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff for Whitney Houston, saying he rejects criticism that she "forfeited the good things" she did because of her struggles with substance abuse.

With only a handful of foreign embassies, and a political leadership forced into international invisibility, it's not surprising that Taiwan's 23 million people feel their island home doesn't get the respect it deserves.