With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...

A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking...

The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment...

Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled...

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...

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...

Manoranjan 'Mano' Misra, an Indian American professor known for turning coffee grounds and chicken feathers into fuel, been honoured as the 2010 Regents' Researcher by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of...

Indians Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal figured among world's top ten billionaires as Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu beat Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on...

The US will not recognise the outcome of Myanmar's elections scheduled for later this year because of new laws that ban political prisoners and the country's leading democratic activist from participating, the US State Department said...

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...

HARTFORD, Conn. — The campaign manager for former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays is expected to plead guilty to charges of embezzling campaign funds. Michael Sohn, of Fairfield, Conn., is scheduled...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama speaks at a banking conference Thursday, holds more meetings on health care and gets a look at a new TV series about World War II. Obama will address...

Shahriar Koochekpour, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, led research that has...

Philadelphia linked to an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist held to have insulted the prophet Mohamed – represents the worst nightmare...

The takedown of an Internet provider that helped spread a chunk of malware was thought to have cut off criminals from millions of PCs under their control. But the victory seems to be short-lived....

Some 168,000 Defense Department civilian employees are expected to move out of the National Security Personnel System and back to the General Schedule...

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Federal Chief Performance Officer Jeff Zients wants to see an ?nid=35&sid=1909676" target="_blank">overhaul of federal hiring and performance appraisal systems. Zients speaking at the National...

In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, left, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, before their talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...

This image provided by the California Department of Justice shows registered sex offender, Dana Kennette, a letter carrier who has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering...

Iran playing a double game in Afghanistan, wanting a good relationship with the Afghan government and wanting to make our lives harder," he said."At this point the level of their effort I think is...

(AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, left, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, before their talks in...

WASHINGTON — Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot...

The US Congress would hold a discussion today (Thursday) that would focus on the increasing threat perception posed by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and explore view within the Pakistan Army regarding...

NEW: Tornado watch lifted for Arkansas, but remains for Mississippi First twister struck in Saline County and damaged 22 homes Another tornado struck in White County, damaging 9 homes and injuring...

Eatery charged with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product for unauthorized use Meat from whale, an endangered species, is illegal to consume in the United States Authorities do not yet know...

Kansas City school board approves plan to close 28 of 61 public schools Superintendent says 'right-size' plan is needed to save money, prevent declining enrollment Critics say closures will drive...

Lawyer kept internal documents that he says could be damaging to Toyota Biller says he quit because of what he alleges were "criminal acts" by Toyota He said Toyota settled one lawsuit to...

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, his manager and closest friend said...

Obama wants to double exports in the next five years to support millions of U.S. jobs Obama also plans to re-establish the president's export council U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk admits new...

Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house, damaged furniture and confiscated her parrot.Angela Iannelli has filed a lawsuit alleging...

(Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association has created a "Disability Etiquette" webinar to assist United Way of America with its initiative to improve outreach and service to people...

LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ERF Wireless (OTCBB:ERFW), a leading provider of enterprise-class wireless broadband products and services, announced today that the company's Oil & Gas...

(AP) — LOS ANGELES - "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee) may still be drying her tears after a moving performance by contestant Michael "Big Mike" Lynche. The...

Lawyers for the Yankees slugger are setting up an interview as part of an investigation into a Canadian doctor who is the focus of a cross-border drug smuggling case involving human growth...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's...