US president Barack Obama has announced his government will spend billions of dollars to build huge infrastructure projects in the country, to create jobs and boost confidence in the American...

North Korea has supposedly prepared a meeting between members of the ruling communist...

The Australian government has been returned after help form two Independent members, Tony Windsor and Rob...

Dying patients in the US have been benefitting from dosages of a drug found in psychedelic magic...

A wind-driven Colorado wildfire has spread across the rugged Colorado foothills, causing the evacuation of 1,000 people while destroying many...

Joran Van der Sloot, a man who has been blamed by police for many crimes on the Caribbean island of Aruba, has been now been accused of extorting money from the family of a girl who was...

A planned Quran-burning could endanger troops, according to the US commander in Afghanistan, David...

One of the original Little Rock Nine has died in the US at the age of...

The Iraqi government has said it might release former Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on compassionate grounds due to his ailing...

The owner of Osama bin-Laden’s former home has said he will consider selling it to him if he wants to live back in the...

The annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon has raised $58.9 million despite America’s struggling...

Another tropical storm is forming close to the US...

Jan Glent (left) appear in court in Oslo on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, before the start of the trial of a Somali-born Norwegian citizen charged with sending more than $30,000 to top leaders of...

Barclays PLC into a global powerhouse in investment banking and has been criticized for his lavish pay, will become chief executive next year, the company announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/VisMedia,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A protest over the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant turned violent when some demonstrators threw bottles at officers, set trash cans on fire and refused to...

Quran to be the word of God and insist it be treated with the utmost respect, along with any printed material containing its verses or the name of Allah or the Prophet Muhammad. Any intentional...

Indonesia , Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The volcano shot volcanic ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries...

Smoke from a wildfire that broke out on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, fills the sky in the mountains between Four Mile Canyon and Left Hand Canyon northwest of Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Denver...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lead Australia's first minority government in 67 years after two independent lawmakers threw their support behind her center-left...

The elegant marble temple of Athena Nike, fronted by four slender Ionic columns, stands free of scaffolding on the Athens Acropolis, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. A ten-year restoration project has just...

News ) said Tuesday that it will sell its Spanish unit which makes liquid crystal display televisions for the European region to two Spain-based companies. The move is part of the company's efforts...

A few hundred inmates at Tehran's Evin prison are reported to have been denied phone calls since 17 of them launched a hunger strike in late July, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.There are an estimated...

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Azimbek Beknazarov has been hospitalized, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.Kyrgyz media outlets reported today that Beknazarov was hospitalized with symptoms...

, outspoken critic of the 2009 presidential elections in Afghanistan Peter W. Galbraith, and Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb, a former senior advisor to former U.S. General McChrystal.Listeners...

Tens of thousands of packets of dog food were being recalled Tuesday after possible traces of salmonella were found when they reached the U.S. from Brazil.Hartz Mountain is withdrawing 74,700 packets...

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Police say a Long Island man riding his bike was struck and killed by a vehicle that fled the scene. Police in Suffolk County say 45-year-old Paz Espinal was on his bike at...

McALLEN, Texas — Tropical Storm Hermine began to lose its punch as it pushed north Tuesday, after causing landslides in northeast Mexico and leaving one Texas town almost entirely without...

Teenagers who use Facebook while studying get exam results 20 percent lower than their classmates who simply stick to the books, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. The constant flicking between...

Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva has asked a judge to order the star to pay her back tens of thousands of dollars she spent on public relations, TMZ reported Tuesday.Grigorieva drafted in...

TEHERAN, Iran — The European Union on Tuesday condemned the stoning to death sentence passed against an Iranian woman convicted for adultery, saying it was "barbaric."In his first State of the...

The timing could not have been worse. The summer after FDR launched his drive to balance the budget, the economy fell into a major recession, reversing the recovery that had been under way since...

TOKYO - Suicides and depression cases in Japan last year cost the country 2.7 trillion yen (just over $32.1 billion) when taking into account lost income and compensation claims, a government study...

The police are likely to discuss new phone-hacking allegations with Number 10 communications chief Andy Coulson. Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates said he would "imagine they will be...

The long-running club for dedicated fans of Dennis the Menace is to be replaced with a website in a bid to attract more members. The Beano Club stopped accepting new members in August, though the...

Tiger Woods will find out on Tuesday if he has made the United States Ryder Cup team to play Europe at Celtic Manor.The world number one missed out on one of the eight automatic qualification spots...

Diane Abbott has warned against "anointing" Labour's next leader, saying they must show Labour has "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Ms Abbott told the LabourList...

Tony Blair and other former prime ministers should pay towards their police protection, a Labour MP says. Roger Godsiff has tabled a Commons motion calling for an "urgent review" of...

Despite significant improvements in cancer survival rates across England, regional differences remain, national statistics show. Overall, survival improved by as much as 10 percentage points for...

Sony has closed a loophole that allowed users to run software that enables pirated games to be played on the PS3 console. The update blocks the PSJailbreak and PSGroove applications. Mathieu...

A British man suspected of burning his wife's body and burying the ashes in cement after accidentally killing her at their French countryside mansion has been...

It was forced to temporarily halt production at the Overton factory on July 21 over concerns about the quality of banknote paper. Initially the problem was believed to be confined to one customer,...

Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government faced a showdown with angry trade unions on Tuesday as thousands prepared to march against plans to raise the minimum retirement age to 62. ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Six months after Iraq held an election that many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and...

A file photo of workers at an unfinished Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Obama proposal to allow businesses to write off their capital investments in one year rather than over a...

Kyron Horman at school science fair the day he vanished, in photo taken by his stepmother, Terri Horman, the last person known to have seen him alive. Police have not named her a suspect or person of...

Paris Going Back to Jail? Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is in more legal trouble, as she was officially charged with cocaine possession after an embarassing arrest in Las Vegas. CBSNews.com's Ken...

THE PHILLIES stopped feigning ignorance long ago. Yes, they are watching the scoreboard. Yes, they know exactly what the Braves do. And yes, they are well aware that they appear to be on a collision...

For the students who have not returned to school already, summer vacation ends this week.Today is the first day of school for the 163,000 students in the Philadelphia public school system as well as...

TRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie is kicking off a series of town halls to unveil his reform agenda. The governor will start off with a series of television appearances Monday morning, including...

There is an increased risk of forest and brush fires in the Philadelphia area because there has been no rain for two weeks, the National Weather Service says.The NWS has issued a fire weather watch...