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A trio of astronomers won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for discovering that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, a finding that implies that the cosmos will end in frozen nothingness.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The "astounding" discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.

Since escaping Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison in August, American Matthew VanDyke has either been fighting "lunatics" loyal to Moamer Kadhafi or giving battlefield tours to foreign journalists.

The Detroit Lions, once NFL laughing stocks, staged another scintillating rally, erasing a 24-point second-half deficit to beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-30 and remain unbeaten.

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Monday kicked off a video campaign to legalize gay marriage in the state. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Monday kicked off a video campaign to legalize gay marriage in the state. The campaign bears a striking resemblance to New York's effort, which was coordinated by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest gay rights group, and featured prominent celebrities, professional athletes, politicians and everyday folks urging New Yorkers to support marriage equality. In Maryland, the campaign is being organized by Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a coalition of gay rights groups and gay allies, which includes the HRC and the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP. An effort last year to legalize the institution failed in the Maryland House of Delegates after passage in the Senate. In the campaign's premiere 47-second video, O'Malley argues that marriage equality and religious freedoms can coexist. ?As a free and diverse people of many differe

Tampa Bay, who seized a Major League playoff berth in the most unlikely fashion, kept the momentum going with a 9-0 victory over the Texas Rangers in their post-season opener.

Tampa Bay, who seized a Major League playoff berth in the most unlikely fashion, kept the momentum going with a 9-0 victory over the Texas Rangers in their post-season opener.

Tampa Bay, who seized a Major League playoff berth in the most unlikely fashion, kept the momentum going with a 9-0 victory over the Texas Rangers in their post-season opener.

Boston parted ways with manager Terry Francona on Friday, a decision announced two days after the Red Sox's stunning September collapse ended with the team missing the playoffs.

A record 45 million Americans are now living on food stamps, a weekly stipend from the US government that helps them make ends meet in hard times.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks keen to grow revenue want their brokerage arms to pitch more loans and credit cards to clients, a plan resented by financial advisers.

The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions, once American football's laughing stocks, enter the fourth week of the NFL season undefeated and undeniably the surprise teams of the young season.

The newspaper headline said it all - "The Choke's On Us."

Less than a month after telling a rock star to pull up his saggy pants, a US airline on Tuesday found itself in another celebrity row -- this time over a same-sex kiss.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black people in Canada are at least as healthy as whites, hints a study that is a stark contrast to U.S. statistics.

The New York Yankees defeated reeling Boston 9-1, opening the door for Tampa Bay to gain on the Red Sox in the American League wild card race.

National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday that the tossing of a banana at a black player during a pre-season exhibition game Thursday night in Canada was "stupid and ignorant".

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Decades after he slept under a beloved first pinball machine wedged into his cramped apartment, David Silverman will open the nation's largest museum dedicated to speeding silver balls and fast-motion flippers.

(Reuters) - Tom Brady has racked up remarkable numbers in the first two weeks of the National Football League (NFL) season but any question marks over his New England Patriots team will not truly be answered until the playoffs.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Of all the U.S. cities that claim a connection to the troubled author Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore likes to think its case is strongest.