Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.

The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to...

Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.

The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks...

American comedian Joan Rivers claims she has had a total of 739 surgical procedures.

According to showbizspy.com, the 78-year-old TV personality has gone under the knife more than 700 times, and...

Then US president John F. Kenendy took the virginity of a White House intern in a side room a few feet away from where staffers were drinking at an after-work party, the Daily Mail Sunday quoted a...

A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his...

Sam Arora is a Maryland state Delegate, Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji served on President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and Hari Kondabalu is a rising comedy star just back from an...

Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81.

A student at New York's legendary Actor's Studio where other Hollywood stars like...

Former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 White House contender Mitt Romney secured his third victory of the GOP primary season, as television networks declared him the winner of Nevada's...

NEW YORK -; A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he's staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building. The dozen protesters had...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. -; Authorities say a Hagerstown, Md., mall was closed temporarily after a crowd became unruly while waiting for a shoe store to open and begin selling Nike's new Foamposite...

CAIRO - Egyptian investigators filed criminal charges Sunday against at least 40 international civil society workers, reportedly including the son of a U.S. Cabinet secretary, in a controversial case...

For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important...

WASHINGTON - Sitting in his pew at St. Louis Catholic Church in Miami one recent Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio heard the same homily as other parishioners who were urged by church leaders nationwide to...

U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn earned her 50th World Cup victory Saturday, winning a downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. She ranks third on the women's all-time list for...

The audiotape of Malcolm X's 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student Malcolm Burnley hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old...

About 40 charity workers were referred to a criminal court in Egypt on charges of illegally funding a civil society organization, sources told Bikyamasr.com. Among the defendants are 19 Americans,...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Nineteen Americans are on a list of 43 people that Egyptian authorities have referred for criminal trials as part of an investigation into foreign financing of nonprofit...

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A small group of about 50 activists marched to Lucas Oil Stadium where the Super Bowl will be played later on Sunday to peacefully protest Indiana's new anti-union...

A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he's staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the...

CAIRO — Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally...

The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning - Eli, and Peyton,...

VALLEJO (KCBS) -- All Vallejo Fire Department units responded to a four-alarm massive structure fire on Mare Island just west of Vallejo on Sunday morning. Fire Captain Mike Linnell said mutual aid...

SAN FRANCISCO -; There's a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up...

Barack Obama , but what is frightening is that it might come as surprise to a plurality of the American electorate. There is nothing like a sweet-sounding, and all but meaningless, phrase to persuade...

Pam White, the sanctuary's owner, gave Balderson a tour Saturday because she wanted to show how her preserve differs from Terry Thompson's farm, where 56 exotic animals were released by Thompson in...

"America is back," President Barack Obama said in his 2012 State of the Union address. That sounds muscular, very Schwarzenegger-sque. But America’s new avatar is a little different...

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Three people out picking mushrooms who disappeared for six days in a southwest Oregon forest were recovering from their ordeal after being found on Saturday, authorities...

Authorities say a Hagerstown, Md., mall was closed temporarily after a crowd became unruly while waiting for a shoe store to open and begin selling Nike's new Foamposite...

Fire officials say a blaze in a north Philadelphia row home injured seven people, including three firefighters, one critically. Authorities say the fire in the three-story building was reported...

A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that...

RICHMOND (CBS SF) — After a chase, two men were arrested in connection with a shooting in Richmond early Sunday morning that left one victim in critical condition, police said. Richmond police...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Bay Area residents have been asked not to burn wood Sunday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. District officials said that due to stagnant weather...

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — One of the keys in fighting the battle of the bulge may lie in the waistline of your doctor. A new study that looked at the weight of both doctors and their patients...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (CBS/AP) — Lauri Korpikoski scored two goals to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. Down by two goals late, the Sharks’...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three-day weekend starting Feb. 3 with "Chronicle" at No. 1, according to studio estimates...

Police have closed the last of the big Occupy Wall Street encampments in the United States, this one just a few blocks from the White House. Some 50 police converged on McPherson Square to seize...

PHILADELPHIA -; Fire officials say a blaze in a north Philadelphia row home injured seven people, including three firefighters, one critically. Authorities say the fire in the three-story...

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011, file photo Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. presides over the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in...

This undated photo provided by Karanda Williams shows Daniel and Belinda Conne. The couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 after they got lost while picking...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top...

Cypress Bay High in Weston ranked first out of more than 4,000 schools nationwide in the performance of its Hispanic students on Advanced Placement...