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A Filipino maid has been left covered in burns after her Saudi boss’s mother allegedly threw boiling water at her as punishment for not making coffee quick enough. The 23-year-old was not taken to hospital for hours, despite suffering scarring to her back and legs. Once there, she passed her cousin’s phone number to hospital staff and urged them to …

Sex sells. Jessica Alba gets that — especially since her new character in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For simply oozes sex appeal. But, despite her on-screen persona, the mother-of-two insists she’s a prude in real life.

A father is feeling a flood of emotions after his wife, who is in a coma, delivered a healthy baby boy. West Nathaniel Lande was born Thursday at five pounds, nine ounces. The father, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Lande, is relieved because doctors were not sure the baby or the mother would survive the pregnancy.

The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a request by Nigeria to place Boko Haram on its al-Qaeda sanctions list, putting into effect an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo against the Islamist group.

“Yasiin Bey, a.k.a. Mos Def, cancels U.S. tour amid ‘legal’ wrangles.” The rapper, who now lives in South Africa, has decided not to come back to his native US for ‘immigration/legal’ reasons.

The Washington Department of Health has issued a consumer warning for raw clover sprouts from an Idaho producer because of an E. coli outbreak. The first of ten cases was reported on May 1. Five cases in Spokane County, three in north Idaho and two in King County.

A team of researchers has identified a protein that is capable of trapping malaria-causing parasites inside red-blood cells, thus preventing their spread throughout the body. This discovery could potentially lead to the development of a vaccine against the deadly malaria virus.

A recent study led by Dr. Ayelet Fishbach of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business indicates that children who are told certain foods will make them stronger, smarter or taller are less likely to want to eat them.

A Tennessee woman is trying to solve the mystery behind a figurine she found in a garden gnome. She discovered the object after accidentally dropping the gnome on the sidewalk and breaking it open.

Michelle Obama has a warning for Washington — her daughter Malia will be driving this summer. In a taped interview broadcast Tuesday by “Access Hollywood,” Obama talked about her daughters’ summer plans. She said the girls are counting down to summer, volunteering and getting ready for camp and internships. She added one child will be driving this summer, then joked, …

Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century. Rapidly rising rivers surged into homes, sometimes reaching up to the second floors, sending people climbing to rooftops for rescue. Hundreds were also evacuated in Croatia. Authorities said …