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The dusty National Archives has a certain style that's drawing interest from Washington's fashion crowd. On Tuesday, the Foundation of the National Archives and D. C. Fashion Week will announce a new partnership to host the fashion show's opening night Sept.

Say you find an image online that you’d like to use in your article, or repost. How do you go about deciding if it’s even legal? The last thing you’ll want is to get sued — so how do you determine if it’s safe to proceed? Before starting, you’d first need to be familiar with four terms: copyright, fair use, creative commons and public domain.

Our 5-month-old kitten, Jasper, went into kidney failure a few years ago. We had adopted Jasper for next to nothing from a shelter, but a few days of emergency care…

Delevingne is one of the stars of this season's multi-model campaigns for Chanel, Burberry and Balmain and is also the face of Mulberry for Autumn-Winter 2014.

The government says Medicare's finances have improved. The program's hospital trust fund won't be exhausted until 2030 - four years later than last year's estimate.

A $3 cup of shave ice is at the center of a dispute in this beach town between street vendors trying to stay in business and town officials who say the vendors cause traffic congestion and increase the potential for accidents. George Manko sells Hawaiian shave ice in a private parking lot for beachgoers in Westerly, where celebrities including Taylor Swift and Conan O'Brien have summer homes. The town recently banned street vendors, except for at festivals and one-time events.

A traveling exhibit about the Emancipation Proclamation is being displayed at a North Carolina plantation that relied on slave labor. The "Freedom for All" exhibit goes on display Monday at Somerset Place State Historic Site in Creswell as part of a tour of state history museums, historic sites and libraries.

Hillsong NYC is attracting more than 6,000 young, attractive urbanites every Sunday with a simple approach to religion: A hot pastor covered in tattoos gets onstage to a rock introduction to preach in a way they relate to.

For the most part, toys are taken for granted. They’re bought, they’re played with. When they’re broken, they get tossed out in favour of new ones. It’s time someone takes the time to appreciate toys. With x-ray. Sydney-based commercial photographer Brendan Fitzpatrick has done just that — using x-ray as is “invisible light” to photograph toys, contrasted with various colours — revealing the intricate mazes of wiring, motors and batteries.

When it comes to preventing the spread of germs, maybe the president is on to something with his fondness for fist bumps.

Before he answered a question at the press conference following the Baseball Hall of Fame's induction ceremony on Sunday, Joe Torre wanted to address someone he regrettably omitted from his speech. The former Yankee manager briefly mentioned late owner George Steinbrenner, but forgot to thank him the way he planned. "I missed mentioning and thanking the most obvious guy in the world when you talk about the Yankees," Torre said.

A selection of books that the Orlando Sentinel staff would like seen turned into films.

One of Liberia's most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, a government official said Sunday, highlighting the risks facing health workers trying to combat the deadly disease.

Simone is a 7-month-old beagle mix who came to the Humane Society as a stray. Still in her puppy years, Simone has plenty of playful energy, so she would benefit from obedience training. The s…

GENOA Italy (Reuters) - The wreck of the Costa Concordia arrived on Sunday off the northern Italian city of Genoa where it will be broken up for scrap, two-and-a-half years after the cruise liner ran

Oakland’s cultural renaissance can be felt in full force at the 14th annual Art + Soul festival. And check out what else is going on around the region. Aerial dance company Bandaloop will be one of the performing groups at Oakland's Art + Soul festival.