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Winter is here and it is making its presence felt quite severely in the Northern and Midwestern parts of the USA, as well as, parts of Canada.

Twelve-year-old Daniel Naroditsky is the winner of the World Youth Chess Championships held in Antalya, Turkey. Daniel, who lives in Foster City California, competed with...

While the World Olympics take place every four years, Brazil's indigenous Olympic event takes place every year. This year's event was held in the Northeastern State of Pe...

Japan's twelfth Robo-One championship match, where two-legged robots poke at each other, throw balloons and even sing to try win the world championship, took place on Sat...

It is that time of the year when we decorate our homes, trees and . . . ourselves? Check out this fun video on what the folks over in Hong Kong are decorating.

Can't decide on a pet? How about a python? That's what seven-year-old Cambodian resident Koun Samang has, and they are inseparable!

Four years ago, on her way to get a cup of coffee, New York resident Elizabeth Gibson spotted an interesting looking painting in the garbage pile.

Southwest Kansas resident Linda Katz, is earning thousands of dollars selling tumbleweed that she finds outside her house, to people all over the country, and all over th...

Ever wonder who gets to first taste those wonderful and wacky bubble gum flavors like sour apple cherry (yum) or cotton candy (double yum) or even better still "yellin' m...

It is a good thing we weren't around 400 million years ago. If we had, we would probably have been afraid of being squashed by bugs, rather than the other way around.

Sacha Van Loo, a detective with Belgium's police force, is fluent in seven languages, knows a number of more dialects (same language spoken in a different way) in his hea...

Just like the Titanic, a Canadian cruise ship hit submerged (hidden) ice in the frozen waters near Antarctica and started to sink on Friday November 23rd. However, this s...

Built over 30 years ago, by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, this orphanage takes care of baby elephants, whose mothers have either abandoned them or have been killed...

Our green ogre has become even more famous and will now be remembered forever. Madame Tussauds, England's famous celebrity wax museum, recently unveiled their latest wax...

Next time you snatch a toy from your baby brother's or sister's hand be careful. They can tell the difference between good and mean!

An 18-ft minke whale which, was spotted almost 1,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean deep inside the Amazon Forest last week, was found dead on Tuesday.

It is that time of the year again, time to be happy, sing and perform. In this fun video watch three elephants get into the spirit as they perform "Jingle Bells".

All you Harry Potter fans, be very careful before you put on that wizard's hat!

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all our US based DOGONews readers. We hope you have fun, eat lots and lots of yummy food and think of all the things you have to be thankful...

Things are looking a lot better for the residents and the birds of Northern California, twelve days after the 58,000 gallon oil spill near the Bay Bridge.

What lengths would you go through to obtain tickets to a sold-out Hannah Montana concert, besides paying $1,000 for the tickets?

Disney's "Enchanted", which comes to theatres this thanksgiving weekend is a fun mix of animation and live action.

Sadly this week, we had a lot of natural disasters to choose from. There was a big oil spill near Russia, a major earthquake in Chile, South America and then the cyclone...

When Mitsubishi (the company that makes the robots), was looking to hire out its Wakamaru robot earlier this year, they had no doubt it would find a job immediately. They...