Headline News

GB Paralympic skiing medal prospect Jade Etherington needs a new guide to keep her Sochi 2014 dream alive.

From Obama's gun control stance and Lance Armstrong's doping confession, to India's Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, TIME presents the best images of the week.

Al Roker scored a split-second, wild chat with President Obama and got a handshake from Vice President Biden during the inaugural parade on Monday. Roker was standing in the crowd, watching Obama go by. NBC colleague Bri...

In case you missed the musical performances at the inauguration today, here they are.

The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said there could still be problems with wiring or other charging components.

WASHINGTON -- Four years ago, as the United States inaugurated its first black president amidst the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, an estimated 1.8 million swarmed the National Mall to savor the histor...

Women across the country (WAC) seek an American Corporation (AC) for romantic evenings, walks on the beach & eventually marriage complete with all the benefits & privileges a bed in the 1% entails. An iron clad prenup wi...

It's official: Australian accents were invented to register surprise at things found in nature. This video, in which a guy finds the biggest chicken egg he's ever seen, proves it. Watch till the end to find out what he f...

There were some pretty iconic moments at the Presidential Inauguration on Monday. We're reaching out to our readers to see what captions you would assign to the candids below. Send us your best captions for the photos ei...

No other downloadable content from 2012 was as rich or rewarding as the new Dark Souls DLC.

How militant Islamists are gaining a foothold in Africa

Factories will fare better in 2013 than they did last year, but that's a pretty low hurdle to meet. Manufacturing production finished 2012 with a gain of 2.7 percent over December 2011. That might sound decent, but the p...

Last Friday China began a series of economic data releases for the market. The numbers came in as expected. There were no upside surprises, nor downside ones. In fact, says Barclays, most of the data was unexciting.

Can't wait to find out how the rest of season three plays out on "Downton Abbey"? You're in luck. PBS has announced that the complete third season will be available on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 29, which, yes, means the show ...

Tyler Hamilton talks about his cycling career, drug use and being on the same team with Lance Armstrong.

A suicide car bomb exploded Monday outside the headquarters of a local government-sanctioned armed group in Syria, killing at least 30 armed people loyal to embattled President Bashar al-Assad, an opposition group said.

WASHINGTON -- Immigration reform activists came to the National Mall on Monday with a slightly different attitude than other revelers. They, like everyone else, were excited to be there and happy for the president to be ...

In classic Washington fashion, the biggest political spectacle of the year was staged and had no tangible effect whatsoever. The president told the nation that its citizens have shed their "skepticism of central authorit...

WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups hailed President Barack Obama's warning about climate change in his second inauguration speech, but said the president's words will soon be tested as he decides whether to approve the K...

Inauguration Photo Album: The Inside View

I wasn't going to bother blogging about Lamar Alexander's peculiar boast that today's "peaceful, orderly" transfer of power was uniquely American, figuring that it's just standard patriotic puffery and nothing to complai...

The price of carbon under the EU Emissions Trading System hits a record low as Europe's economic weakness contributes to an over-supply of permits.