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The 2012 presidential election concluded on Nov. 6, and after clinching 303 electoral votes, President Barack Obama will return to the Oval Office for his second term. After one of the most heated battles in campaign history, President Obama delivered his victory speech in Chicago, Ill., saying, "Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual ... I am looking forward to reaching out and

Nearly two months after an outbreak of tornadoes swept through Alabama and other states, a Casper, Wyoming radio crew went to check out the damage. Donovan Short from KISS 104.7 FM went to Alabama to visit family and saw the damage that remained after the news crews were long gone.

Well, there's one things Canadians aren't apologetic over and that's their intense love of hockey. This passion led to riots on the streets of Vancouver Wednesday night when the beloved Canucks lost the Stanley Cup 4-0 to the Boston Bruins.

This monstrous creature was captured by one of Google's roving Street View mobile cameras in Taiwan. It looks like a massive alien queen, but we think it's just a stinkbug. Check out our gallery for more.

Don't have any vacation time left this year, but have always wanted to experience the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail? This video is a pretty good approximation of the trek. Hiker Kevin Gallagher made the journey over six months, taking photos along the way, then he edited all the images together into a gorgeous stop-motion slideshow. Watch it below:

This truck spewed hundreds of gallons of ink all over the highway outside Boston on Wednesday. Pretty colors! Ink is one of the most expensive liquid materials, so this might be one of the priciest truck spills in history (though the whale spill of 2004 still goes down as the grossest). Check out the video below:

In honor of Black History Month, check out these iconic vintage images from the civil rights era.

Used to be that our presidents had bears and silkworms and stuff lying around the White House. Now it's mostly cats and dogs. But are they ever adorable. We've collected some of the White House's cutest pets, from Barack's Bo to Billy the Hippo...

We tracked down some of the most bizarre examples of patriotic art for Presidents' Day. Enjoy the creepy puppets, wine bottle stoppers and more.

This couple, Kathryn O'Conner and James Oliver, really love aquariums. So much so in fact that they decided to have an underwater blessing in the Ocean Reef Display in the London Aquarium on Valentine's Day.  The ceremony was conducted through written cards from the other side of the glass...