Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof of such...

BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board...

A US-based religious group calling for everyone to burn a copy of the Quran in remembrance of 9/11 victims has been slammed by groups across the...

A young boy accidentally shot dead his friend after playing with unattended gun in...

Indian American New York hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, who refers to the Clintons as family, will be one among the lucky 450 guests attending the high profile marriage and reception of Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary...

About 7 in 10 American voters (69 percent) think that a transition from capitalism to socialism in United States would be a bad thing, according to a Fox News/ Opinion Dynamics Corporation...

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was turned away by security guards at the White House when he arrived to play a gig for U.S. President Barack Obama last...

Researchers at Purdue University may finally unravel the mystery of why the New Madrid fault - lying in the middle of the North American continent and not along a tectonic plate boundary - produces large earthquakes like the ones that shook the eastern US in 1811 and...

American voters are of the opinion that the country is 'on the decline' as a civilization, according to a Fox News/ Opinion Dynamics Corporation...

American scientists have developed a new technique to uncover clandestine gravesites. The method allows for the detection of biochemical changes in a decomposing...

A judge in the US has thrown out a case brought against a man who was wearing low riding pants that exposed his...

Actor Laurence Fishburne's 19-yr-old daughter is set to star in a porn film for Vivid...

Demi Moore has ended her 10-day maple syrup diet in 4 days only and has moved on to a 21-day Clean Program, developed by cardiologist Dr. Alejandro...

Mark Sanchez and Jamie-Lynn Sigler have parted ways over the NFL star's multiple love...

US president Bill Clinton arrived in Rhinebeck on the eve of daughter Chelsea Clinton's wedding, casually dressed and looking...

After the leak of classified US military documents proved links between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, an editorial in a leading Pakistan daily has said that the important question that needs to be asked is whether the link is still there or...

Leaks of top-secret military documents on Wikileaks have prompted Twitter users to post their "Star Wars"-themed parodies of the scandal days using the hash tag,...

A British-led rowing team is attempting to break a 114-year-old record for crossing the North Atlantic from New York to the Isles of...

Portable urinals could one day create power from pee, for researchers at the Bristol Robotics Lab are testing urine as potential energy...

The United Nations Security Council has removed the names of Taliban from its sanctions list, saying they are not as much of a threat. Three of them have already made peace with Kabul, and the other two are...

As Afghan and Western governments explore reconciliation with the Taliban, Afghan women fear that the peace they long for may come at the price of rights that have improved since the Taliban government was overthrown in...

Somalia's Al Qaeda-backed militant group Al-Shabab has launched an on-line "news" channel called Al Kataib, and its first propaganda newscast, in English, uses graphic footage to warn African countries to stop sending troops to...

US President Barack Obama has called on Iran to free three American hikers it detained one year...

Despite all the criticism, President Barack Obama's appearance on daytime talk show 'The View' has set ratings record and has even become the most watched telecast in the ABC series'...

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is set to release a new book - 'America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag' - in...

Plans for building a Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of "Ground Zero" (the 9/11 attack site) in Lower Manhattan, has intensified the national debate on limits of religious freedom and the meaning of the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

Anna Chapman is a lucky spy - first a doll, then a video, and now even her mugshots are a rage on the...

US President Barack Obama called on Iran Friday to release three Americans hikers who have been held for a year, saying their continued detention is...

The US called on Iran Friday to release three Americans hikers who have been held for a year, saying their continued detention is...

The White House Friday said lacklustre European policies were in part to blame for the sluggish US recovery from the deep recession of the past two...

del.icio.us It has been 20 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA is a landmark federal law that requires, among other things, that the disabled be given equal...

DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's plans to nominate a convicted murderer to serve on a panel that disciplines police officers is rankling some current and former officers. City Council...

DALE CITY, Va. — The hamburger patties, French fries and pretzels tossed into the pool were bad enough. But did a vandal really have to smear mozzarella cheese on the water slide? ...

Firefighters spray water on burning plants as flames race across the desert floor in Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare. Lobsterman Denny Ingram says he found the lobster in one of his...

GROTON, Conn. — Another attack submarine has joined the Navy. The USS Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class sub, entered the fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval...

NEW ORLEANS — On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to...

A bottle of wine and a note sent by Chelsea Clinton's wedding planner thanking the neighbor for putting up with road closures on the day of the wedding is photographed Friday, July 30, 2010 in...

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex...

MIAMI -- After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf of Mexico is how, and if, an...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The 27-year-old daughter-in-law of Missouri Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has died in a car accident in central Missouri.The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Amy Luetkemeyer died Friday...

NEW ORLEANS — BP gas station owners across America are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets...

(CNN) -- The worst-kept secret in the political world is expected to culminate Saturday as Chelsea Clinton marries Marc Mezvinsky at a posh venue in Rhinebeck, New...

In this image released by the Nelson Mandela Foundation former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, shakes hand with Ariel Dorfman, world acclaimed Chilean-American author, left, after...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co coal mine in West Virginia heard testimony this week about possible illegal tampering...

Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics...