President Barack Obama said Tuesday U.S. policy makers should be able to reach a bipartisan consensus on high-profile issues such as health care and energy,

Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," adding Twitter and Facebook style social networking features.

First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a nationwide campaign to combat childhood obesity, saying the epidemic is “a wake up call” for the country.

The rarely shuttered U.S. government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic

Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign will be covered up Thursday with a sign that reads "Save the Peak", after a conservation group successfully bought the land

State Farm Insurance Company warned U.S. safety regulators of problems with the accelerator system of Toyota Motor vehicles in 2007, according to Tuesday's

A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had no food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern

President Obama held a meeting at the White House Tuesday with Democrat and Republican congressional leaders, saying that he wanted Congress to work together

Veteran congressman John Murtha (D-Penn) died from an infection after doctors accidentally cut into his intestine during routine surgery, Fox News confirmed on

Toyota on Monday night announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 133,000 2010 Prius vehicles and 14,550 Lexus 2010 HS 250h vehicles

The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist. Kelley Blue Book said Monday it was lowering the resale

A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was

A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated after authorities say a man
walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refused

President Barack Obama says he hasn't ruled out a New York federal court trial for alleged Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

The final toll is five dead and 12 injured one day after a deadly explosion at a Connecticut power plant, fire officials said Monday.

The Obama administration was expected to unveil a new plan this week to bring healthier school lunches to children across the U.S.

A U.S. soldier was accused of waterboarding his four-year-old daughter because she would not recite the alphabet, Sky News reported Monday.

An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more

Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea

An Ohio strip club says it wants to do its part to help with the Haiti relief effort. The Toledo club is donating 100 percent of its cover charge to Haiti

The Army says three people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed during a training exercise just outside El Paso, and one of the victims is from Arizona.

Five people, including an infant, were killed in a house fire in Warwick, Rhode Island on Saturday.

Life in the nation's capital ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell, the beginning of a storm that forecasters said could be the biggest for the city in

A Los Angeles judge has set an August trial date for two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, all of whom face drug conspiracy charges

An 11-year-old girl in the northeast United States recently gave birth to a baby boy, the girl’s family told Fox News on Friday.

A North Carolina judge Friday found former John Edwards aide Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri, in contempt of court for not turning over a “personal” tape

President Barack Obama on Friday said the drop in the unemployment rate for January was welcome but only a modest sign of economic recovery as he urged

President Barack Obama traveled to CIA headquarters Friday to pay tribute to seven agents killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, Central Intelligence

The suspect in the failed Christmas Day airliner attack told federal investigators that the radical U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki directed him to carry out

Cell phones, currently banned in many schools, are becoming educational tools in others.

Toyota president Akio Toyoda on Friday offered a heartfelt apology for the recall of millions of cars around the world due to faulty accelerator pedals but

An ex-stripper in Birmingham, Ala., was awarded $100,000 from her former employer -- a strip club called The Furnace -- for allowing her to drive home drunk,

An investigation is under way after a large wooden cross was placed at a U.S. Air Force Academy worship area for pagans and other Earth-centered religions in

A Florida lifeguard who risked his life trying to save a man fatally bitten by sharks was himself the victim of an attack more than 21 years ago, it was

It’s equal opportunity for sexual harassment at the Penthouse Executive Club, a former cocktail waitress claimed as she took legal action against the New York

Facebook on Thursday marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night "hackathon" to craft new software for the social

Toyota said Friday that it was still considering whether to recall its popular Prius and luxury Lexus hybrids, following reports the automaker is set to pull

A lawsuit filed Thursday against Toyota seeks to expand the automaker's recall of millions of vehicles to fix sticking accelerators, saying the death of a

Northern California was rocked by a magnitude-5.9 earthquake Thursday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of major injury or damage from the

President Barack Obama said Thursday he prays lawmakers can restore a "spirit of civility" to the nation's capital.

Three California cities are among the top ten “drunkest” in America, according to a survey by Men’s Health magazine posted Thursday, with Fresno’s 500,000

A handcuffed man’s attempt to steal a squad car and escape arrest proved unsuccessful early Tuesday.

A kite surfer was fatally attacked by sharks off a beach in Martin County in Florida. A lifeguard first saw a man, later identified as 38-year-old Stephen

For the first time, government programs next year will account for more than half of all U.S. health care spending, federal actuaries predict, as the weak

The U.S. Army says a helicopter that crashed in western Germany, killing three soldiers, was on a training mission. It is still investigating the incident.

A Toyota Motor Corp. executive said Thursday the automaker had already modified in January the breaking system design of its popular Prius hybrid model, and

Toyota acknowledged that it has begun fixing problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, but remains undecided about a recall, adding to the catalog of

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's long-suffering wife said her philandering husband insisted on striking the promise to be faithful from their wedding vows --

A California dentist will lose his license and serve nearly a year in jail for groping eight female patients, including a 14-year-old girl. One woman stated

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman on Wednesday said President Barack Obama was a “real slow learner” for once again insulting Sin City as a place of reckless

Wearing sunglasses and keeping the visor down in the car on a cloudy day seemed like an odd thing to do. A suspicious looking passenger in a car on Long Island

Toyota Motor Corp. shares sank rapidly Wednesday after U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood advised in congressional testimony that people stop driving any

President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to be much tougher with China on enforcing trade rules but said the U.S. would harm itself by rejecting existing

In a hopeful attempt to prevent her daughter and her husband from getting a divorce, a desperate grandmother reportedly drugged her own granddaughter and is

The final moments of a family killed in a car crash apparently caused by a faulty accelerator on a Toyota vehicle have been made public as lawyers challenge

The Lancet, a respected British medical journal has made a stunning retraction. 12-years after publication, the Lancet called a study linking the MMR vaccine

It's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation's top defense

A battle is brewing between two heavy-weight and calorie-laden restaurants. In one corner is the Heart Attack Grill, from Chandler, Ariz., which has brought a

The military's top uniformed officer is declaring that gays should be allowed to serve openly in uniform, arguing that it is "the right thing to do."

One woman is suing the Chicago train authority after alleging that a toilet on a train exploded on her.

Witches, druids and pagans rejoice! The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado is about to recognize its first Wiccan prayer circle - a Stonehenge on the

Environmental authorities are investigating a cluster of birth defects and other health issues that some residents of a California city fear may stem from a

A middle school boy and girl -- ages 12 and 13, respectively -- are being charged with possession of child pornography after the boy was caught sending nude

Some groups are urging a long pause on new adoptions from Haiti following the arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of the devastated country

President Barack Obama is promoting an idea to free up more cash for smaller businesses that are hurting in the economic downturn.

A Toyota executive says the unprecedented scale of the gas pedal problem means damage to the company's sales may be greater than previous recalls.

Punxsutawney Phil will have his big day Tuesday when he emerges from his hole in western Pennsylvania to predict whether or not we will have six more weeks of

Seizing on Brown's hero status within the GOP following his upset victory to win Ted Kennedy’s old seat, a custom dolls company has created a new action figure

A Long Island school bus driver was fired for taping shut a loud student's mouth for 10 minutes to keep him quiet, The New York Post reported Sunday.
 

If there is intelligent life on other planets, it may be searching for us by sound. Just in case aliens would like to hear from us, astronomers have sent

A high-school teacher was caught making out with a student at a prom cruise - after their lip-locking antics were beamed on to a giant screen and watched by

President Barack Obama proposed Monday a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 that will add fuel to the debate over the size and scope of government. The plan

A Chihuahua named Coco is a big hero in Hagerstown, MD. It all started when a tractor-trailer caught fire and with flames roaring, Coco saved his owner's life!

Toyota said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday for use in fixing the millions of cars and trucks recalled because of accelerators that

President Barack Obama Friday chided Republicans for portraying his health reform plan as a "Bolshevik plot" and for saying he wanted to do "crazy stuff that

The United States said Friday that Osama bin Laden was struggling to stay relevant after the fugitive al Qaeda chief released an uncharacteristic tape

A jury in Witchita, Kansas found Scott Roeder guilty of first-degree murder Friday for killing a prominent abortion doctor in 2009.

Honda announced a voluntary worldwide recall of 646,000 compact cars Friday so it could examine window switches that can overheat if exposed to liquid,

Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist, is to make the largest ever single charitable donation with a pledge of $10 billion for vaccine work over

President Barack Obama is taking another swing at offering tax credits to companies that hire new workers, a plan that drew a cool reception from Congress last

Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration is considering moving the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it

Few protested in 2008 when NASA beamed The Beatles song "Across the Universe" into deep space as a cosmic message of peace, but experts now warn that competing

An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal

A sleep-deprived truck driver was watching a pornographic movie on his laptop when he crashed into a car on the New York State Thruway and killed a mother of

J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has

Scenes from movies are not supposed to leave the “big screen," but when a fake horse head was sent to a New Jersey state senator, Hollywood became a reality

Six members of a sorority at Rutgers University in New Brunswick were arrested on charges of allegedly beating at least three girls who wanted to join the

Hackers struck websites belonging to several members of the U.S. House of Representatives with expletive-ridden anti-Obama messages following the President's

In his first State of the Union, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for his country in a speech that focused primarily on the economy and the bitter

Three car rental companies said Wednesday they are pulling thousands of Toyotas from their fleets over faulty gas pedals.

Democrats and Republicans alike pummeled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday over his role in the $180 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG

Declaring "I don't quit,"' an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad Wednesday saying the tablet-style device is more intimate than a laptop, though the iPad resembles a large iPhone. The

The bikini-clad "Obama Girl" -- who famously cooed about her "crush" throughout the presidential campaign on YouTube videos -- admits the thrill is gone, the

A Nebraska couple are facing charges after police obtained images of a 22-month-old boy duct-taped to the wall.

Apple unveiled its highly anticipated tablet device called the “iPad” Wednesday at an event in San Francisco.

Virginia law enforcement officials on Wednesday confirmed the body discovered on a southern Albermarle County farm belongs to missing Virginia Tech student

A pedophile aged 100 has been jailed in New York state after failing to undergo mandatory mental health treatment, The Buffalo News reported on Tuesday.