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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Calling all gamers to help pick World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees. Twelve finalists were named Tuesday for the class of 2018, pitting “Ms. Pac-Man” against “J...

Canada will send 283 athletes to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, looking to mine 100-plus medals Down Under. The Games, which run April 4-15, will draw more than 6,500 athletes and officials from s...

CAIRO - Turnout appeared low on Tuesday as Egyptians voted on the second day of an election that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is virtually certain to win, after all serious rivals were either arres...

LOS ANGELES - For Steven Spielberg, “Ready Player One” was a great escape from reality. The legendary filmmaker says he got to live in the imaginations of author Ernest Cline and co-screen...

NEW YORK - Sean Penn made a smoky appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to promote his book. The actor told the host Monday he had taken a sedative “to get to sleep afte...

BERN, Switzerland - Scientists have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are - as some parents have long suspected - a haven for nasty bugs. Swiss and American researchers co...

JOHANNESBURG - Angry and with his voice trembling at times, Australia’s cricket chief announced Tuesday that team captain Steve Smith and two other players who plotted to cheat in a test in Sout...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices posted another big gain in January, pushed higher by a shortage of homes for sale. Standard & Poor’s says its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - No matter who was on the private train that pulled into Beijing from Pyongyang overnight, one thing is clear: China still plays a major role in efforts to end North Korea&#...

LONDON - The Canadian computer expert who sparked a global debate over electronic privacy said Tuesday that the official campaign backing Britain’s exit from the European Union had access to dat...