Fourth time on the Man Booker short list, Julian Barnes has finally triumphed, winning the prize for fiction with his novel The Sense of an Ending.
The California State Treasurer's decision last week to shut down its adviser-sold 529 plan is the latest evidence that the once popular option is losing ground, experts say.
A witness spotted a baby matching Lisa Irwin's description with two women at a deli
Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record level, amid growing support for decriminalization that could build pressure to eventually change U.S. laws on the drug, a Gallup poll showed on Monday.
The involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor was put on hold until Wednesday to allow defense attorneys to consult with experts over a new study on the contents of the dead singer's stomach.
The Occupy Wall Street protesters have added an eminent supporter to their collective voice: singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte.
I was driving good, the girl told the police who eventually pulled them over.
A witness took the stand on Thursday Oct. 13, testifying that Michael Jackson's reliance on the painkiller Demerol could have led to insomnia, which Murray was trying to treat.
Fishermen catch albino cyclops shark, which scientists say is real.
Five protesters of economic inequality were arrested Sunday night, when police raided an Occupy SF encampment on Justin Herman Plaza, near the Ferry Building, according to police.
Deborah Bradley has given multiple press interview since her 10-month-old daughter disappeared earlier this month
China toddler was run over and ignored by drivers, passers-by.
Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record high, amid growing support for decriminalization that could build pressure to eventually change U.S. laws on the drug, a Gallup poll showed on Monday.
Severe flooding in Thailand has left more than 300 people dead and stranded thousands of others. As rain waters inundate farms and flood cities, the country now faces about $7 billion in damages.
Dan Wheldon, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, died after sustaining injuries to his head from a 15-car pile-up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Clark County, Nev., Coroner Michael Murphy confirmed.
Two weeks after 10-month-old Lisa Irwin went missing, law enforcement officials are looking at the facts of the case from under a different light. On Monday, Lisa's mother admitted, on a national television network, that she was drunk when her daughter went missing.
After Jamey Rodemeyer, another gay teenager, Jamie Hubley from Ottawa, Canada, has succumbed to the incessant peer pressure, bullying and depression and taken his own life.
The horrific video footage of a two-year-old Chinese toddle being run over twice and then ignored by a passer-by has shocked and stunned the world.
Moved by the spirit of a nine-year-old cancer patient at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Southern England, the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine (Kate) Middleton, has written a personal note to the child praising his strength and promising to keep him in her prayers.
Sam Schmidt, a former IRL driver and current IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Series team owner, who was left in a wheelchair after a crash earlier in his career, said Monday that Wheldon's death had left him shaken enough to leave the sport he loves.
Los Angeles police officials searched on Monday for a stolen cache of submachine guns and semi-automatic handguns that disappeared from a SWAT training facility, and said they were embarrassed by the loss.
Dozens of New Yorkers, set in their best corpse makeup and fake blood outfit, gathered Saturday afternoon for a day of drinking and playing undead known as Zombiecon.
The Walking Dead of the Day are zombies. We ask several experts why.
The mother of missing baby Lisa Irwin admits to being drunk the night of her child's disappearance.
An accused member of the clandestine hacking group LulzSec pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of taking part in an extensive computer breach of the Sony Pictures Entertainment film studio.
Texas law enforcement officials say several Mexican drug cartels are luring youngsters as young as 11 to work in their smuggling operations.
Five people protesting economic inequality were arrested in San Francisco on Sunday night for trying to stop the dismantling of their camp near the regional Federal Reserve building, police said.
Video footage of a two-year-old child run over by a van and ignored by passersby in China has ignited public uproar for what some are calling the immorality of modern society.
The New Zealand oil spill is getting worse and officials fear that the Rena cargo ship, stuck on the Astrolabe Reef, may sink into the Bay of Plenty.
Author Lauren Myracle was asked to withdraw from National Book Awards after she was nominated by mistake.
