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His crime spree stretched across the U.S. in 2010, until he was caught in the Bahamas. Colton Harris-Moore got the nickname because he committed some of his crimes while shoeless.

Thirteen percent of all students and nearly 20 percent of high school students are missing more than 15 days of school a year, according to the latest numbers from the Obama Administration.

"Significant damage is likely and the disaster is potentially widespread," the United States Geological Survey says.

Big majorities are more likely to make history, either by passing new laws that really matter or by frustrating a president who has big plans.

A Pew Research Center survey shows that 63 percent of Republicans under the age of 34 favor legalization.

People in lower-income communities are more likely to die of colon cancer, often because they don't get diagnosed early enough. Those premature deaths take a financial toll, too.

Authorities say a man opened fire inside a hospital in the Bronx, N.Y., killing at least one person and wounding several more before taking his own life.

The National Association of Realtors has reached a national settlement that could change the way real estate agents are paid. Critics say the current system keeps commissions artificially high.

People are often told to walk 10,000 steps a day to be healthy. But if your goal is to avoid being crippled by knee arthritis, just 6,000 a day will to it, a study finds. And 3,000 is a good start.