Politics in Washington picked up a beat Friday, when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suddenly announced her resignation as Alaskan...

This happens in the world's oldest democracy as well. Two lawmakers, one accused of corruption and the other of slashing his girlfriend's face with a broken drinking glass, are at the centre of a bizarre 'parliamentary coup' that has paralysed the New York Senate for weeks, stalling action on critical...

Russia has agreed to allow American troops and weapons to fly over its airspace on the way to Afghanistan, the New York Times reported...

'New York', the first big Bollywood film to hit America after the industry strike, has won good reviews from US media with the New York Times praising its portrayal of problems faced by a Muslim...

New York, July 4 : Sarah Palin's daughter's ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston is planning to pen a tell-all...

New York, July 04 : The ring that Kevin Jonas gave to his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa, when he asked for her hand in marriage, has 210 diamonds in...

New York, July 4 : Rock musician Courtney Love is said to have trashed her high-end hotel room at The Inn on Irving Place in just eight...

London, July 4 : A Russian spacecraft is said to have landed on the moon hours before NASA's Apollo 11 in...

New York, July 4 : The US Department of Homeland Security has given three state-of-the-art radiation detectors to the New York Police Department to patrol city streets in search of dirty bombs and other nuclear...

New York, Jul 4 : American actress Rumer Willis is all set to guest star in the TV series...

New York, July 4 : Sarah Palin's shocking announcement of stepping down as Alaska Governor has doomed her chances of ever becoming a President, Republican insiders have...

Edinburgh (Scotland), July 4 : With around eight million viewers watching the Wimbledon semi-final between British tennis hope Andy Murray and American Andy Roddick, experts have estimated that 120 million pounds worth of man hours were lost at...

London, Jul 4 : American record producer Quincy Jones has revealed that he has been left heartbroken over King of Pop Michael Jackson's...

Washington, Jul 4 : American television personality Vanessa Minnillo has revealed that her tummy makes her feel embarrassed....

New York, July 04: If sources are to be believed, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's relationship is on the...

Flag of North Korea (Getty Images) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Several nations are condemning North Korea's recent missile launches, with Japan calling the July Fourth firings a "serious act of...

GAFFNEY, S.C. - A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing...

ABC News will broadcast the Jackson memorial service live at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 7. Kevin Cikatricis, a fan in Hollywood, Calif., told KABC he had problems signing up for the lottery on...

The caravans carrying billions of dollars worth of goods move along a 2,300-mile, mostly rural, two-lane trade route from Mexico to Canada, and frequently stop in on towns like Limon (LY-min) and...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Record label mogul Allen Klein, who handled the affairs of both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a...

July 3: Sarah Palin’s resignation raises a lot of questions for political pundits. NBC’s Chuck Todd offers analysis, and says that being a private citizen opens a lot of opportunities for the...

Former President George W. Bush, who has turned up in a handful of out-of-the-way places since leaving office, was set to spend part of Independence Day speaking at a remodeled rodeo arena in...

One killed, four critically injured when truck carrying fireworks exploded The five were to set up Fourth of July show on Ocracoke Island in Outer Banks Truck blew up at the Ocracoke Island docks...

Monument in New York Harbor closed since 9/11 attacks Thirty people make climb to rreopend crown "This is a celebration of America," Interior secretary...

Joey Chestnut (center) of San Jose celebrates his victory after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2009, in Coney Island in...

OCRACOKE, N.C. - A worker preparing for an Independence Day celebration was killed and four colleagues critically injured after fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a...

LONDON (Reuters) - Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic ensured Wimbledon was not all about the United States on Saturday with a tense doubles victory over Americans Bob and Mike...

USO often brings thoughts of Bob Hope, but organization well beyond that Group offers technology, entertainment to troops overseas USO played key role in arranging "Colbert Report" from...

HALEIWA, Hawaii -- Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed...

PHOENIX — Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the...

HARTFORD, Conn. - A 16-year-old girl thought that she heard her mother being assaulted and rounded up some friends who beat up the woman's boyfriend, only to learn later that the couple actually was...

On U.S. Independence Day, President Barack Obama is calling on Americans to remember the spirit of the nation's founders, and to embrace his domestic initiatives. Republican Senator John McCain,...

In what may well be a first, a Catholic archbishop worshipped with U.S. troops at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo then turned up across the minefield separating the base from Cuba a day later...

FILE - This July 1, 2009 shows Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listening to a question concerning his declaration of a fiscal emergency at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers failed...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Specialty Hospitals of America (SHA) announced today the official opening of a new 50 bed Critical Care Hospital at United Medical Center, located at 1310 Southern Ave,...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The White House is getting ready for the big holiday barbecue and fireworks show at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle...

Luis Aldama, 17, of Salinas, Calif., holds a portrait of Micheal Jackson near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009....

A top aide to Iran's all-powerful leader has accused the country's main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason, increasing the pressure on reformists disputing...

Philadelphia police were scouring the city yesterday for a high-level drug dealer who they believe set up the shootings of Rian Thal and Timothy Gilmore, according to a law enforcement source, and...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson crossed swords with a lot of people when he was alive, but perhaps none more important than Jacqueline Kennedy...

the United States on its Independence Day. The launches, which came two days after North Korea fired what were believed to be four short-range cruise missiles, will likely further escalate...

Pineland is a contradiction that exists for the best of causes. It is a real place that does not exist, or, perhaps, a fake place that does. It is a military training ground etched onto the landscape...

A 19-year-old New Jersey woman was killed yesterday when her car ran off Route 55, down an embankment, and into a line of trees along Route 55 in Gloucester County, police said. Shannon Newell, 19,...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. -- John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of...

HARRISBURG - Invasion of privacy is an issue that really gets under State Rep. Babette Josephs' skin. That's why the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously last week by the...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, optimistic California can finish its budget negotiations in a few days, is willing to reconsider his proposed cuts to education in hopes of...

Manhattan 's signature office building had lost its sheen as one of the city's most desirable places to work. To get it back, the owners did what an increasing number of property owners have done...

FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the...

Alaskan Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell salutes Gov. Sarah Palin Palin announced Friday she'll step down this month Parnell to be sworn in as governor on July 26 Parnell vows to run for another term in...

(AP) — WASHINGTON - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the...