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Children's author Roald Dahl would have turned 100 this week. To celebrate, the OED added 6 words and expressions from Dahl's writing. For example: golden ticket, Oompa Loompa and Scrumdiddlyumptious.

American Electric Power, an Ohio-based company, has agreed to a $4.6 billion settlement of a lawsuit over pollution controls at its power plants. The Justice Department says it's the biggest environmental enforcement settlement ever.

More than a dozen people have been killed and more than 160 others injured in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesian tourist spot Lombok island and surrounding areas, officials say.

Two large investors — Ares Management LLC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board — have reached a deal to purchase Neiman Marcus, Inc., for $6 billion, the companies said Monday. The two buyers will hold equal shares of Neiman, which is based in Dallas.

But results were boosted by several one-time-only factors, including cost-cutting efforts and asset sales.

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and we're looking back at albums that changed the game. Today, it's the group that took a shoestring DIY approach to creating horrorcore: Three 6 Mafia.

The City of Commerce will once again be spraying for mosquitoes, beginning May 6 and continuing through Sept. 26.Truck-mounted foggers will be spraying…

By Brad KellarGreenville – A record bond is set in connection with a Greenville shooting. 19-year-old Francisco Javier Davila-Rodriguez was reported to be…

The competition coordinator of Britain's Diagram Prize says, "You can't judge a book by its cover, but I think people do." The winner will be announced March 22.

Mary concludes her series on civil war, civil rights, and Southern charm, with a stop in Mississippi at a historic plantation home.The O'Conner family's…