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In an unexpected development, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday called off early general elections hours after announcing his decision to hold polls on Sept. 4, almost a year earlier than it was originally scheduled. Israeli President Shimon Peres' office has confirmed the cancellation of the elections.

The face of Myra Hindley, Britain's most feared person, appeared on the side of a family's fridge. Debby Evans was terrified when she saw the strange resemblance to the Moors murderer in a photo she took of the optical illusion after a trick of the light caused the scary image of the Hindley to appear.

Richard Lugar, the six-term senator from Indiana struggling to beat back a Tea Party-backed rival in Tuesday's Republican primary, made a last minute appeal for votes by saying his challenger will lose to a Democrat in November.

Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation.

After the arraignment of the five accused 9/11 planners, their civilian counsel criticized the military commission handling the case.

On May Day, the New York Police Department arrested twelve demonstrators from Occupy Wall Street -- part of a larger group of 86 people taken in that day -- for refusing to disperse from a gathering that was underway inside a city park. The problem: the demonstrators were not in a park at all when they were detained.

Senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod downplayed Vice President Joe Biden's vocal embrace of gay marriage, saying President Obama's shared the same beliefs.

Jeremy Lin will likely play in Game 5 against Miami.

Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) said it will pay $1.6 billion to settle federal and state claims regarding illegal off-label sales and marketing of its neurologic medication Depakote.

High-level detainees have been released to insurgent groups as part of a negotiation to quell violence in regions of Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports.

India has delayed for a year the implementation of controversial rules, first announced in mid-March, to combat tax-avoidance, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told lawmakers in New Delhi on Monday.

Gary Johnson became the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee with an overwhelming majority on Saturday.

The Knicks won't beat the Heat without Jeremy Lin.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving money through the state, her office said in a statement.

U.S. Marshalls have finally caught Nelson Gran Hallahan and his wife Janet, a duo who ran a Ponzi scheme that earned them the nickname the 'Mini Madoff' couple. The couple had been on the run for the past 12 years.

Game 4 of the Lakers-Nuggets first round playoffs series was disrupted by a fan running onto the court while the game was in progres

The New York Knicks, led by Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire, avoided a sweep at the hands of the Miami Heat and ended an 11-year playoff victory drought with an 89-87 win at their home Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The Lakers take on the Nuggets at 9:30 p.m. ET.

The in-laws of Sahar Gul, a 15-year-old Afghan girl, were Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for the unsavory and barbaric treatment they inflicted on her after she had refused to enter prostitution.

A Phoenix woman was arrested Wednesday on accounts of fraud and theft after authorities alleged that she faked cancer to raise charitable funds because she wanted breast implants for herself.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants were uncooperative while being arraigned Saturday on charges associated with the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America that were leveled at them in a U.S. military court at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.