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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have uncovered an overlooked way cockroaches evade us. The bugs have an amazing ability to run fill-tilt to the edge of a countertop, table or bookshelf, flip to the other side and keep going without missing a beat.

Both the Republican and Democratic efforts boasted of receiving many of their contributions from small donors who gave $250 or less. The campaigns use that as a proxy for how much grassroots support each has as well as for a level of excitement they hope will extend into November. Romney's campaign said 93 percent of all donations came from smaller donors while Obama's claimed 98 percent.

When the Philadelphia Orchestra first visited China four decades ago, it was a prestigious, well-funded institution performing in a poor, underdeveloped nation. Now the orchestra is emerging from bankruptcy and hoping that an increasingly wealthy China can provide new streams of revenue.

Three-year-old thoroughbred I'll Have Another has a shot to become the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Washington Post horse racing columnist Andy Beyer talks about why the feat is so difficult and his predictions for the 2012 Belmont Stakes.

As he rose through the ranks, Command Sgt. Maj. Chris Faris saw his marriage to his wife, Lisa, slowly unravel. In 2009, the two made a decision to do whatever it took to make their marriage work. Now they tour the country, sharing the lessons they've learned with special operations troops.

A Russian anti-terrorism agency says that its secret service agents have thwarted a planned attack on Sochi, the city slated to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Russia's FSB security service says it found 10 caches of weapons.

Oil and gas is Oklahoma’s number one industry, according to Oklahoma City University’s Stephen C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute.It reports…

Pianist and competition founder Van Cliburn, one of classical music's megastars, has 150 items going to auction at Christie's, from silver owned by the Russian tsars to his mother's Steinway piano. The sale is expected to bring in more than $3 million.

The mission found tell-tale signs that the asteroid was a planet in the making.

A calico lobster that had been living in obscurity off the coast of Maine has now been catapulted into a sort of celebrity, thanks to its rare coloring: a calico mix of orange and yellow spots. Researchers say it could be a 1 in 30 million specimen.