Behind the scenes on Kimmel’s big night
This past weekend was what Washington, D.C. likes to call "nerd prom," more officially known as the White House Correspondents' Association's Dinner. Saturday's entertainment was none other than Jimmy Kimmel.Read More ...
Obama's '12 pitch: Don't return to Bush
Obama will campaign on the idea Romney would return to the failed policies of George W. Bush.Read More ...
Bronx Zoo SUV plunge: Bereaved dad says, ‘I want to die’
The SUV that plunged more than 50 feet from the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday--killing seven people from three generations of a Bronx family--was headed to a family reunion, stunned family members said.Read More ...
U.S. special forces help in hunt for warlord Kony
Three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world's most wanted warlords.Read More ...
B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses
Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8.Read More ...
Four-year old in make-up: How young is too young?
Mom ignites a debate about her daughter's new fascination with cosmetics.
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How dissident's daring escape will test U.S.-China relations
The asylum request of a blind activist who escaped last week from house arrest in Shandong province changes relations with China.Read More ...
7 killed after van plunges near Bronx Zoo
An SUV flew off an elevated portion of New York's Bronx River Parkway Sunday afternoon, falling more than 50 feet before landing in a horrific crash that left seven people dead, multiple news outlets reported. The accident, near the Bronx Zoo, happened at about 12:30 p.m. local time, authorities said. It's not clear what caused [...]Read More ...
Yacht debris, bodies found off coast
A 37-foot racing yacht was reduced to debris that looked it "like it had gone through a blender," a searcher said after the boat apparently collided with a larger vessel, killing three sailors and leaving a fourth missing.Read More ...
VP contenders help Romney fill cool gap
Welcome to the tryout stage of the Veepstakes race. Monday brings Mitt Romney to New Hampshire alongside Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who follows in the footsteps of VP contenders Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Paul Ryan.Read More ...
Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for raid
A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted. But the terrorist network dreams still of payback, and U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that, in time, its offshoots may deliver.Read More ...
Australian billionaire plans to build Titanic II
Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer announced plans to build an ultra-modern, luxury version of the ill-fated ocean liner in China.Read More ...
Record-tying comeback in NBA playoffs
The Los Angeles Clippers use a furious rally to pull off one of the craziest playoff victories in league history.Read More ...
Libya's Gaddafi-era oil chief found floating dead in Danube
Libya's former top oil industry official has been found floating dead in the River Danube in Austria. Shokri Ghanem had been chairman of Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation before defecting last year.Read More ...
As America's waistline expands, costs soar
U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses tested for the impact of heavier riders on steering and braking.Read More ...
With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC
One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday. Workers will erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peak over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building.Read More ...
The White House party Twitter loves to hate
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who get invited to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner--the annual gathering of celebrities, politicians and media in Washington--and those who do not. Those who get invited to so-called "nerd prom" get drunk, get starstruck, and get on Twitter to post photos of [...]Read More ...
Photos: New Orleans Jazz Festival features music's best
NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 29: Bruce Springsteen of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performs during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Day 3 at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)Read More ...
L.A. marks riot anniversary with unity call
Los Angeles community leaders issued a call for unity on the 20th anniversary of the city's deadly riots, one of the worst spasms of violence in modern U.S. history.Read More ...
Fatal St. Louis tent collapse raises safety questions
St. Louis officials are expected to more closely scrutinize the large tents commonly set up near downtown stadiums after one of the temporary structures collapsed in high winds Saturday, resulting in the death of an Illinois man and dozens of injuries after a baseball game.Read More ...
Hiker survives 4 days in Utah desert without food
A hiker who endured four days with a broken leg and no food and shelter in the remote southern Utah high desert says her faith and medical background helped her pull through the ordeal.
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New DNA testing may free convicted Colorado killer
DENVER (Reuters) - A man sentenced to life in prison for raping a Colorado woman and strangling her to death with a dog leash could be freed on Monday based on advanced DNA testing that is believed to exonerate him of the crime. Robert "Rider" Dewey, 51, who has been imprisoned since his 1996 conviction, is scheduled to appear before a Colorado judge on Monday in Grand Junction for a post-conviction hearing in his case, according to the county's court docket. ...Read More ...
Hustler publisher flip-flops, plans to vote for Obama
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who once ran for governor of California with the slogan “the smut peddler who cares,” told The Daily Caller that he will vote to re-elect President Barack Obama in November.Read More ...
2 teen girls sunbathing on Pa. road struck by car
Police say two teenage girls who fell asleep while sunbathing on a rural Pennsylvania road have been struck by a car.
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Ala. college locked down after armed robbery
The University of South Alabama locked down its campus for several hours Sunday following an armed robbery in a college dormitory, but officials say no one was hurt.
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