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After Argentina's dramatic penalty kick win, over the Netherlands yesterday, the table has been set for the final match of the World Cup.

With Neymar out injured, just about everyone in Brazil knew it would be tough against Germany. Nobody ever expected this. The Germans tore apart Brazil's porous defense time and time again Tuesday, routing the hosts 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals, the largest margin of defeat at this stage in the history of the tournament ...

The World Cup is down to its final eight teams. All of them are dreaming about being champions. Here's how the bracket breaks down. Host country Brazil faces Columbia, with the winner playing either France or Germany in the semifinals...

Rest assured, this week's FIFA World Cup soccer match between the Yanks and the Germans will draw a bigger crowd than the contest with Portugal because excitement is growing!

Cristiano Ronaldo set up Varela for a late equalizer on a hot and humid night in the jungle Sunday to give Portugal a 2-2 draw with the United States and hope for a spot in the second round of the World Cup. Ronaldo, who has been playing despite a left knee injury, sent in a cross in the fifth minute of stoppage time and Varela scored with a diving header in the last seconds of the match... Read M

Thomas Muller netted a hat trick as Germany opened Group G play by shredding a 10-man Portugal team in a 4-0 rout from Salvador. Portugal defender Pepe was shown a straight red card following an altercation with Muller.  The Germans got off  the mark after just 11 minutes when Muller converted a penalty  kick...

``These men waged war so that we might know peace.'' That's what President Barack Obama said today of the men who stormed the beaches at Normandy 70 years ago today. More than 160-thousand allied troops landed on the French coastline in 1944...

Religious leaders, public officials and residents came together Sunday night to remember the more than six million victims of the Holocaust. This year's ceremony, however, also honored the willingness of the Philippines to take in escaped European Jews at a time when many countries were shutting their doors to refugees from Nazi Germany...

New Bedford is in the opening stages of welcoming a new industry...offshore wind. City officials on Tuesday hosted a panel discussion at the Whaling Museum, featuring leaders of Europe's wind industry, manufacturers, and those looking to expand their markets to New Bedford. ...

A baby girl was born in Germany on Friday weighing in at a whopping 13.47 pounds!  The baby was not born via C-Section the (er) little girl was also 22.6 inches long.