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Actress Scarlett Johansson has addressed her nude photo scandal from earlier this year, saying there was nothing wrong with her taking the photos, in an interview with Vanity Fair on Tuesday.

Ranking magazine takes MCATs and grade point averages into account too heavily, medical school deans fear.

DXK is based on Strauss-Kahn's hotel maid scandal

Washington has been applying the pressure on the UN Security Council to level new sanctions on Tehran as fears arise that Israel will conduct a unilateral strike against Iran's suspected nuclear facilities, the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported.

Following her divorce, Kim Kardashian emerged at LAX airport, head bowed, looking sullen as she escaped from a large media crowd, but behind her large black sunglasses is a woman with an eye for business.

Georgina Chapman is an English rose whose wardrobe has not a single thorn. The beautiful Marchesa designer is a fashion icon who takes bold risks, playing with ornate fabrics, voluminous shapes, and brilliant hues.

David Beckham created the 15th-minute winner for Mike Magee as the L.A. Galaxy beat the New York Red Bulls 1-0 in their Major League Soccer Western Conference semi-final, first-leg match Sunday.

Is now a good time to consider the shares of giant drug store chain Walgreen (WAG)?

Mitt Romney hasn't won the Republican nomination yet, but President Barack Obama seems to be treating him like an opponent.

New York City agreed to a $70 million settlement with the Justice Department, which accused the city's personal-care services of over billing Medicaid's PCS Program millions of dollars.

Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker, reported third-quarter profit that topped analysts' expectations based on U.S. growth of their cholesterol block-buster drug Lipitor, favorable foreign exchange rates and increases in overseas sales.

Bridgepoint Education and Corinthian Colleges were upbeat about signing up new students entering 2012, signaling that the worst is finally over for U.S. for-profit colleges that had faced dwindling enrollments in the wake of stricter government rules.

South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar on Tuesday as a Greek plan for a referendum on a bailout package raised worries that the euro zone debt crisis is far from over.

Most retail chain stores had limited growth in New York City during the last year, according to a study by the Center for an Urban Future, a public policy group.

As one of Major League Baseball's (MLB) most successful managers, Tony La Russa always had a reason to step out of the dugout to make a move.

A haunting Halloween howler by San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers helped the Kansas City Chiefs steal an improbable 23-20 overtime victory and move into joint control of the AFC West on Monday.

An LOT Polish Airlines plane originating at Newark Airport was forced to make a crash landing in Warsaw on Tuesday.

Singer, actress and fashion mogul Jessica Simpson has finally put baby rumors to rest by confirming Monday that she is pregnant with her first child, in a statement posted on her official website.

A look at the NYCSci Tweetup monthly event and the people who attend it.

Many travelers are utterly confused by the latest news about the floods in Bangkok. Is it safe to travel to the Land of Smiles?

In what almost looked like a playground dare, Japanese MP Yasuhiro Sonoda drank a glass of water taken from a radioactive puddle in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power, in front of a group of reporters.