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...

NEW YORK -- A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx.The arrests late Friday...

WEST ISLIP, N.Y. -- Police say a New York man has died after his boat capsized during a regatta on Long Island's Great South Bay.Suffolk County police say John Everitt was participating in the 83rd...

Some in downtown St. Louis are experiencing their first Independence Day as American Citizens. The Old Courthouse in St. Louis played host to a naturalization ceremony this 4th of July. Mayor Francis...

From Rolling Stone: Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone magazine's latest issue is creating a fair amount of buzz across the Internet. It's hard not to be sucked into am article that begins this...

July 4: President Obama recounts America’s great history of overcoming challenges and pledges to focus on creating reliable clean energy, working toward health reform and revitalizing the U.S....

I love being in New York, and not just for all the usual tourist things, fine as they are. It is more because I like the people and always seem to have the kind of interesting conversations I could...

North Korea fires 7 ballistic missiles off eastern coast, flouting UN resolutionsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a...

Alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been declared fit to stand trial on charges that he was an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews during World War II, German prosecutors announced...

Andrew Parker went to his old school last summer to visit his former kindergarten teacher, Diane Marcoux-LaClair, and to say goodbye. Parker, now 21, was headed off to war in Afghanistan. He was...

(Maricopa County Sheriff's Office/AP Photo) 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...

Customer satisfaction with America's airlines has dropped for the fourth straight year, according to a survey by J.D. Powers and Associates, an independent research...

Mourners attending visitation for pitchman Billy Mays gather at the funeral home in his hometown, the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith...

Steve McNair Highlights With The Balt... Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was found dead in a Nashville home Saturday after being shot in the head, according to police officials. A female victim...

Every year, at the beginning of one particular course that focuses on cultural differences, I ask my students if they think Japanese or Americans are more polite. The overwhelming consensus every...

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - World number one Tiger Woods enjoyed a three-shot lead over holder Anthony Kim and three other players midway through the third round of the AT&T National at...

NASHVILLE - Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a woman were found shot to death today inside a residence in Nashville, police said.Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron confirmed that authorities...

The Saddam Hussein interviews are interesting for what they reveal and what they conceal. Probably right up to the end, Saddam was talking up the Iranian threat to Iraq, knowing that this would...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Where is Sarah Palin? A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the...

Orchestras, theaters, museums and other arts organizations in the nation's suburbs face the challenge to attract customers — and donors — from the same population going to...

NEW YORK -- A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist...

Aaron Weisinger, 26, surprises his girlfriend Erica Breder, 25, both of Walnut Creek with a wedding proposal while visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009, in New York...

CHICAGO -- Credit the recession for staycations and bringing us more game-night parties at home. But also give it a shout for spurring more first dates.Economic woes, it seems, unleash something...

Real Or Fake? American pride is on display Saturday as the nation celebrates its 223rd birthday. With all the parades, picnics, and fireworks – the party is on to celebrate our freedom. But...

(AP) — WASHINGTON - Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated. The retired general and former secretary of state said he was in...

LOS ANGELES: The website set up for Michael Jackson’s fans to register for the Tuesday memorial service received more than 500 million hits within an hour of its launch, the organizers said. ...

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, South Carolina (AP) — 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(AP) — WOODWARD, Okla. - 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...

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...

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...