Headline News

Harry Reems became a cause celebre in Hollywood after he was convicted on federal obscenity charges related to 'Deep Throat.' The charges were eventually dropped.Harry Reems, who starred with Linda Lovelace in the 1972 p...

Military releases names of 7 Marines who died in mortar explosion during Nevada training

Salary.com, a 14-year-old career website owned by IBM that supplies job seekers with free general salary information and more detailed information for a fee, just released a survey where it asked workers how they waste t...

India: Will Tourism Be Tarnished by Recent Attacks on Women?

What it takes to run the Metropolitan Opera.

The education of the 'Barefoot Bandit': Boeing worker mentors infamous plane thief in prison

Netizens and pop stars worry about censorship and hemlines. But are they getting their knickers in a knot for no reason?

A New Day to Celebrate: Will Kurdish Withdrawal Bring Peace With Turkey?

Weeks after announcing he'd become a first-time dad, Perez Hilton is formally introducing his son, Mario Armando Lavandeira III. The celebrity blogger, multimedia entrepreneur and actor, who will turn 35 on March 23, spo...

Ask the Expert: Why 100,000 New Jobs a Month Isn't Enough

Is This Man Single-Handedly Stifling the U.S. Housing Recovery?

CARACAS (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas in downtown Caracas on Thursday as anti-government student protesters clashed with supporters of late President Hugo Chavez in an increasingly volatile atmosphere ahead of next m...

There are lots of places you can go to get all the latest messy details about Cyprus—Felix Salmon's take is good—but the nickel version is that everyone is fed up. The Cyprus legislature has refused to appr...

A man who may be linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prison chief led authorities in Texas on a harrowing, 100-mph car chase Thursday that ended after he crashed into a semi and then opened fire before being shot d...

A jury convicted Cook County Commissioner William Beavers today on one count of corruptly impeding the Internal Revenue Service and three counts of filing a false federal income tax return for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In his first three months in office,  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has surprised many with his determination to change the old rules of power by challenging Mexico’s top billionaires and putting one ...

Gavin Stevens' first step off a curb on his own was captured on video.

J.C. Penney is in trouble on Wall Street and pretty much any street where it does business. It's understood that the company has had a series of missteps since Ron Johnson took over as CEO of the company, and whether it'...

The exchange-traded fund business resembles an episode of HBO's Game of Thrones. Alliances have been formed, surprise attacks have been launched and everyone wants to be king. And why not? ETFs are the fastest-growing se...

While President Obama spoke to Israeli students in Jerusalem today, nearly 1,000 miles away Iran’s supreme leader issued a fiery threat to the coastal cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. “At times the officials of...

Bob Marley's guitars don't show up at many parties these days. The legendary artist passed away in 1981 after a two-decade career that helped bring reggae music to mainstream listeners.

Fracking is a result of our insatiable demand for fossil fuels. Share the blame.