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A federal court judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that the individual mandate in President Obama's health care reform law is unconstitutional.

Since Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, took office in 2000, there have been 234 inmate executions, at least one of whom was later proven innocent. What does that say about a a man aspiring for the U.S. presidency?

Star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach and his inner circle plotted to destroy Trust Company of the West by forming a competing firm while they were still employed by TCW, a TCW attorney said in closing arguments in a trial over alleged theft of trade secrets.

Egypt's former intelligence chief who was also briefly vice president, Omar Suleiman, began giving testimony on Tuesday at the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, who is charged with conspiring to kill protesters, state television reported.

Gunmen shot dead four people in a bar in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri in the latest strike by a radical Islamist sect, police said on Tuesday.

Libyan transitional forces besieging a bastion of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday gave residents two days to leave before a threatened onslaught, and fears rose for the fate of civilians trapped in the last redoubts of the fallen strongman.

A police officer allegedly fatally shot a 14-year-old boy involved in a fight at a school bus stop, the teen's mother said in federal court.

Shareholders of U.S.-based Century Mining Corp. approved an all-stock takeover by Canada-based White Tiger Gold Ltd, Century said Tuesday.

Samsung is alleging that its Cupertino-based rival's iPhone and iPad devices infringe on three Samsung-owned patents.

A timeline of Moammar Gadhafi's rise to power and this his fall from power.

Two U.S. hikers, who were arrested and sentenced to eight years on charges of spying and entering into Iran illegally, would be released on bail very soon.

The financial capital of India, Mumbai, is once again on high alert as intelligence agencies received information of the city being the next target of terrorists after the recent Delhi High Court blast.

A supersized White Castle customer, having had enough of complaining to the management about the restaurant chain's smaller booths, is now taking the case of insensitivity to the federal court.

Libya's interim leader has made his first public speech in Tripoli, warning against reprisals after Moammar Gadhafi loyalists struck out at the revolutionaries pursuing them.

Mississippi voters will have the chance to define the term person to include all human beings from the moment of fertilization after the state Supreme Court validated a referendum.

Casey Anthony’s defense team now thinks that it’s unfair for her to pay $500,000 in prosecution and investigation costs.

In a groundbreaking announcement, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) has advised municipal bond market participants that many “bank loans” currently being structured for state and local governments are likely to be classified as municipal securities, even though these “bank loans” are often being privately placed.

Novak Djokovic provided irrefutable proof that he is the world's best player right now and perhaps on his way to becoming one of the greatest ever with a 6-2 6-4 6-7 6-1 victory over Rafa Nadal in the U.S. Open final Monday.

SAP AG has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a criminal probe into allegations that it downloaded millions of files from rival Oracle, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Novak Djokovic is not the only tennis star with a beau cheering him on off the court. María Francisca Perelló, girlfriend of Rafael Nadal, has been a loyal fan to arguably the greatest tennis player in history.

South Africa's firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was found guilty on Monday of hate speech for singing an apartheid-era song that called for the killing of white farmers.