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Some travelers faced delays Monday as furloughs of air traffic controllers began taking effect. Thanks to mandated federal budget cuts, the furloughs can't be avoided, the Federal Aviation Administration says. But critics want the Obama administration to cut some other part of the budget instead.

The five-day Hindu festival Diwali, honors the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. Vasudha Narayanan, director of the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions at the University of Florida, discusses the rituals and significance of the festival.

Celebrating 50 years with a new compilation and tour, the guitarist and songwriter calls "Street Fighting Man" one of his favorite Rolling Stones songs.

Before last week, California voters had rejected every statewide tax measure since 2004. This election, they approved two of them. They also said yes to…

Political observers are still working through the rubble of the unprecedented $6 billion presidential campaign, but we're getting a steady stream of reaction and analysis.

France, which left open the possibility of arming the rebels, became the first European country to recognize the coalition as the legitimate government of Syrians.

In his new book, Oliver Burkeman shuns motivational seminars and the power of positive thinking in favor of uncertainty, insecurity and even pessimism. "Trying to let [negative] feelings be and not always struggling to stamp them out is a more fruitful alternative," he says.

The Food Network star and celebrity chef gets down with some turkey tips ahead of Thanksgiving and challenges host Melissa Block to change her ways. Brown claims stuffing is evil and that there's no good reason to baste a turkey.

For years, the military has been held in high regard — to the point where some argue it became less accountable to civilian authorities. The affair involving retired Gen. David Petraeus could lead to the military's being viewed as more flawed and held more accountable.

Steven Sinofsky and Scott Forstall, instrumental figures at two of the world's biggest tech companies, have left their positions. What does that mean for the future of those companies?