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Chinese president visits US
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington on Tuesday, a day before a high-profile meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss trade, currency...
Steve Jobs takes medical leave from Apple
Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder and chief executive of Apple, is taking a medical leave of absence, a year and a half after...
McCain praises Obama speech, disses Palin
The old John McCain was back Sunday, writing a gallant tribute to President Obama - and delivering a veiled rebuke to former running mate...
Top 5 2010 celebrity ups and downs
2010 was a year juicy tabloid year. To be brutally frank, the downs -- and dirty -- proved more entertaining than the ups. After...
Egypt: From blogger to best-selling novelist
Egyptian author Ghada Abdel Aal never intended to become a writer or a social critic when she began her blog, “I Want to Get...
Shooting causes Arizona gun sales to rise
When Jared Lee Loughner opened fire on a crowd in Tucson Saturday, killing six and wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and many more, reactions across...
Doctor stands trial for death of Michael Jackson
Dr. Conrad Murray has been ordered to stand trial for manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson.
According to The Associated Press, Superior Court Judge...
Verizon iPhone announcement expected
After years of speculation and rumor, the big day is here: The anxiously awaited unveiling of a Verizon iPhone is expected to take place...
Controversial Kennedys miniseries dropped
Will The Kennedys find a home? The question is swirling around Hollywood in the wake of A&E Television Networks’ surprise Jan. 8 decision to...
Arizona shooter waives bail
Jared L. Loughner, his head shaved bare and his hands and feet in restraints, was led Monday into a federal courtroom, where he agreed...
No Facebook shut down on March 15
There's a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Côte d’Ivoire: Laurent and Simone Gbagbo under financial sanctions
The United States has imposed financial sanctions against former Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo, his wife, Simone Gbagbo, and three members of his inner...
Sudan: US Senator lauds Sudan’s Khartoum government
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir may be wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity including genocide in Darfur, but...
US moves toward universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment
The United States has just taken an important decision in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The American National Institute of Health has officially agreed to...
Republicans move quick to derail Obama agenda
John Boehner vowed on election night to cut spending, and he takes the speaker of the House gavel with the backing of a GOP...
Reedition of Mark Twain classic loses ‘N-word’
What is a word worth? According to Publishers Weekly, NewSouth Books' upcoming edition of Mark Twain's seminal novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" will remove...
‘Malcolm X’ chosen for National Film Registry
The Spike Lee classic, Malcolm X, was chosen by The Library of Congress as one of the 25 films that will be preserved in...
Is omega-6/omega-3 imbalance at the root of obesity?
According to a French study, an excess of omega-6 type fatty acids, combined with a shortage of omega-3, may favor the transmission of obesity...
MySpace set to fire 50% of workforce
News Corp.'s MySpace is preparing to unveil a major round of layoffs as early as this month in its latest restructuring step, the Wall...
Facebook scores $500 million cash infusion
Everyone wants a piece of Facebook Inc.
News that investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian Internet investment firm, will...
Over 5,000 blackbirds drop from sky in Arkansas
Times Square had the ball drop, and Brasstown, North Carolina, had its descending possum. But no place had a New Year’s Eve as unusual,...
Oprah launches OWN cable network
When a flick of the switch Saturday activates OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, making it available in 85 million homes, another marker will be...
Cellphones thrive in US prison system
A counterfeiter at a Georgia state prison ticks off the remaining days of his three-year sentence on his Facebook page. He has 91 digital...
Retailers offering fewer post-Christmas discounts
The post-Christmas rush was on at malls and other retail venues, but many shoppers right away noticed something missing: the huge discounts that made...
Lauryn Hill reveals winter tour dates
Rapper/R&B star Lauryn Hill is heading out on a Winter tour starting next, playing a series of mid-sized venues possibly for the last time...
Google poised to enter travel search industry
Google has a knack for making waves when it pushes into new arenas, and online travel is no exception. Six months ago, Google announced...
The United States, Britain and China – Sudan, a nation divided
The seventh in our series of articles about Sudan’s pending referenda focuses on the United States, the United Kingdom and China and the remarkable...
Blizzards in US create travel chaos
Blizzards have swept north along the eastern coast of the US, forcing the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights and disrupting rail and road...
Disney World hosts Chilean miners
The Walt Disney Company has given a well-deserved holiday gift to the Chilean miners and their families.
The workers, who spent almost 70 days...
Elders close social networking gap
Though people ages 18 to 33 outpace other adults in almost every category of Internet use, their elders are rapidly closing the gap in...