US President Barack Obama has donated the $1.4 million that came with winning the Nobel Peace Prize to charity, the White House said...

Extrajudicial killings by the Pakistani military in the ongoing fight with insurgents have further added to human rights concerns in the country, the US State Department said...

American singer Lady Gaga has no boundaries on her relationships and says she won't mind falling in love with a...

President Barack Obama has delegated his authority to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to send mandatory certifications regarding the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal to the US Congress after every six...

United States President Barack Obama has appointed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the new certification authority to verify the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement after every six...

Natalie Mejia, a member of US band Girlicious, has been arrested after drugs were found in her purse, police told The Los Angeles...

Pakistan has been claiming huge success against the Taliban by capturing several key militant leaders, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's second-in command, however the United States is far from convinced that the arrests mark a change in the Pakistan Army's...

Jamie Jungers, who has won Howard Stern's Tiger Woods' mistress beauty pageant, has revealed that the golfer never tipped waitstaff when they were...

Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes, have collaborated on a fashion line for teenage girls that debuts this August exclusively at...

Mariah Carey has never met director Woody Allen, but she plans to work with him some...

American supermarket chain Walmart has received flak for selling black Barbie dolls at a lesser price than white...

Rapper Jay-Z is said to have scrapped plans to invest in a racetrack casino project in New York after state officials allegedly ordered all backers to hand over detailed records of their...

American scientists have developed a new nitric oxide-releasing cloth that may come handy in making a wrap for donor organs and therapeutic socks for...

A new American study has suggested new ways to improve heart...

The report regarding Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani extending the tenure of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General (DG) Lt.Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha by a year clearly suggests that nothing much has changed in the country and two still rule the...

An American man has earned himself a Guinness World Record after he built the world's largest ever house of...

The Pennsylvania woman linked this week to an alleged terrorist plot involving militant Muslims was not known in her neighbourhood for her extreme religious...

Scientists in the U.S. have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and discovered that parents give kids fewer mutations than previously...

An average woman will spend 13,000 dollars on makeup during her lifetime, a new survey has...

A constant gum-chewing habit can cause wrinkles to pop up, health experts...

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 per cent over the last...

Federal authorities are investigating the business dealings of Denny Hecker stretching as far back as a decade, according to affidavits unsealed this week. The FBI affidavits, which relate to...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers. ...

TRENTON, N.J. — Authorities say four people were fatally struck by trains in the Northeast. The first death occurred in Mercer County in New Jersey on Thursday morning when Amtrak's...

FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a shell of what was once part of the facade of one of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center rises above the rubble that remains after both...

(AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESThis 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking...

(AP Photo/Lake and Peninsula Borugh School District, Alaska) NO SALES.In this 2009 photo provided by the Lake and Peninsula Borough School District, Candice Berner, an Alaska special education...

DENVER -- Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams after a New Year's Eve outing three years...

American Idol started out with 24 semifinalists, but now, half of those are gone and half are on to the finals. By Patrick Ecclestein,...

As American Idol's new top 12 rises, last year's finalists are launching their post-Idol careers: Danny Gokey and Scott MacIntyre both just released new albums. Find out what the rest of last year's...

ANKENY, Iowa (Reuters) - A coalition of family farmers, consumers and other critics of corporate agriculture on Thursday called on the U.S. government to crack down on what they see as unfair...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State Troopers said on...

A member of the infamous Los Angeles Rams' Fearsome Foursome during the 1960s, football giant Merlin Olsen has died at the age of 69. CBS News' Bill Whitaker...

A recently released aerial photo of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack taken by NYPD helicopter pilot Greg Semendinger show the towers coming down from a dramatic new...

In this Jan. 26, 2007 file photo, an AirTran Airways plane leaves Logan International Airport in Boston. The discount carrier AirTran fired the first shot of the summer airfare wars this week,...

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CBS News Interactive: After Hurricane Katrina An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the...

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a Japanese whaling ship last month, an official...

BEIJING (AP) ― Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said...

recession , Federal Reserve figures showed on Thursday.US household debt contracted by 1.75 per cent in 2009, according to the closely watched “flow of funds” data. It was the first annual...

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:54 p.m. Add American Airlines boarding passes to the list of paperless services consumers can use to simplify their lives. Travelers flying out of Lindbergh Field can...

(Thursday, March 11th) Final Score: Western Michigan 69, Central Michigan 60 Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - David Kool led all scorers with 26 points, as Western Michigan held on for a 69-60 win...

BUENA, N.J. — A New Jersey official says a suspected terrorist who worked at a complex of nuclear power plants did not breach security there. Mike Drewniak, a spokesman for Gov. Chris...

HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal judge has ordered a former northern Indiana mayor and two ex-aides to pay $108 million in civil damages in an alleged sidewalks-for-votes scheme. U.S. District...

TRENTON, N.J. — Authorities say three people were fatally struck by trains in New Jersey and New York. The first death occurred in Mercer County in New Jersey on Thursday morning when...

TRENTON, N.J. — Two people have been struck and killed by trains in separate accidents in New Jersey. The first death occurred in Mercer County on Thursday morning when Amtrak's Keystone...

NEW ORLEANS — An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for...