Four hundred years after Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake for his belief in the \"plurality of worlds\" (aliens), scientists and religious leaders gathered this week at a seemingly more open-minded Vatican for a conference on astrobiology (aliens).
Last Wednesday was Armistice Day, when on the \"eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month\", in 1918, the armistice was signed for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front at the end of World War I.
Trista Joy Lathern, who claimed she was having chemotherapy for breast cancer, even shaved her head as part of the act. When supporters raised $10,000 for her, she took the money and got a $6,800 boob job.
Bad enough that they used their 6-year-old son in a national hoax (they\'re pleading guilty). Now, Richard and Mayumi Heene may face federal charges stemming from an ongoing civil investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration because the family\'s stunt caused some planes at the Denver airport to switch runways while the balloon was in flight.
Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks -- and four co-defendants will be tried in federal court in New York instead of a military commission, a federal official said Friday morning.
From Nixon, to Ford, to Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes, dealing with China has never been simple. President Barack Obama begins his first trip to China Nov. 15, with his policy toward China still largely untested. He has said little about human rights in China and last month was the first president in 20 years to refuse to meet the Dalai Lama.
Mexico\'s most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he eludes capture.
Los Angeles police are searching for 30-year-old Miguel Herrera, wanted in a brutal attack against his girlfriend on Halloween night. The victim says she showed up late to Herrera\'s apartment that night, and they got into a argument. So he decided to teach her a lesson.
Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gates said on Wednesday he believes Wall Street pay is \'\'often too high\'\' and that U.S. government ownership of American International Group Inc worries him because it has devalued the giant insurer. The...
The Supreme Court\'s 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London stands as one of the worst in history. While Ms. Kelo and her neighbors lost their homes, the city and the state spent some $78 million to bulldoze private property for high-end condos and other \"desirable\" elements. Instead, the wrecked and condemned neighborhood still stands vacant.
Kelly Askew was driving her £12,000 Mercedes when undercover police pulled her over and found two blocks of cocaine, weighing almost 2kg, hidden in the car.
Two U.S. Secret Service armored vehicles used to protect Vice President Biden struck and killed a pedestrian in Temple Hills early Wednesday morning, authorities said.\\r\\rThe vehicles were traveling together from Andrews Air Force Base at about 2:30 a.m. when the pedestrian was hit.
President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.