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As of now, several organizations fear that that the pastor will be executed any time and without notification, as is Iran's practice of executing those on the death row.

Oracle has rejected an offer made by Google to pay it a percentage of the revenue from its Android mobile operating system, if the verdict in the patent infringement suit goes against the search giant.

Still playing without starters Jeremy Lin and Amare Stoudemire, the New York Knicks beat the Orlando Magic at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, thanks to high scoring games from Camelo Melo Anthony and Iman Shumpert.

As a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed ready to strike down President Barack Obama's health care law Wednesday, a new poll found that Americans supports its goals by 2 to 1.

The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday grilled attorneys about the federal government's power to pull Medicaid funds from states that refuse to accept new enrollees who will be eligible under the health care law.

In closing arguments, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli discussed the human toll of the 40 million Americans uninsured.

Bulgaria cites a lack of funding for not pursuing a planned nuclear power plant at Belene

A finance executive at MF Global Holdings Ltd invoked her right against self-incrimination as lawmakers heard from officials who played critical roles in the final days of the futures brokerage, when a huge and still unexplained shortfall in customer money surfaced.

Supreme Court Justices seemed to bristle at the idea of figuring out what Congress intended for the Affordable Care Act if the insurance mandate was struck down.

With all the talk about the Supreme Court case challenging President Barack Obama's health care legislation and the tough beating it took over the past few days, it's hard to sort through the policy and the politics.

Conservative religious leaders rail against socialized medicine as others argue providing health care to all Americans is a faithful action.

Facebook (NYSE: FB) pledged to “vigorously defend” itself against claims it infringed upon 10 critical patents held by Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 2 search engine.

The judge in charge of overseeing the trial of an off-duty police officer accused of raping a Manhattan teacher has declared a mistrial Wednesday as the jurors continued to disagree over two counts of rape charges.

The five-year court battle regarding legendary New York City philanthropist Brooke Astor's will has finally reached a settlement, according to her grandson, Philip Marshall. The settlement, which is to be filed Wednesday in Westchester County Surrogate Court, sets aside $100 million for charities. The recipients of the donations include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, New York City public schools, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller University and a number of other importa...

The new iPad is garnering success for Apple, but the little beauty is also plaguing the company with legal woes that won't just end here. Apple has launched the new iPad in Australia with a plethora of advertisements showing off the awesome features of the one tablet to rule them all. Unfortunately, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is not pleased, not one bit.

On Wednesday, most of the justices seemed skeptical of the argument that the Affordable Care Act couldn't survive without its insurance-purchase mandate. Conservatives, however, leaned toward invalidating the entire law.

Wednesday's successful protests in defense of Balwant Singh Rajoana evince a longstanding tension between Sikhs and other religious groups in India.

Answering critics who portrayed his audiotaped performance as bumbling, the administration called Donald Verrilli an extraordinarily talented advocate in whom it has every confidence to advocate for the health care overhaul.

Where to watch a live stream online of the Sony Ericsson Open 2012 from Miami, plus a preview of Wednesday's play where Nadal, Murray, Azarenka and Venus Williams will all be in action.

Prince Harry is moving in with his brother and sister-in-law at their new west London home at Kensington Palace.

Facebook has formally asked a federal judge to dismiss its ongoing case against Paul Ceglia, citing a mountain of evidence that would prove Ceglia's claims were fraudulent. Attorneys for Facebook called the lawsuit opportunistic and fraudulent, while Ceglia's attorneys claim their client, seeking half-ownership of Facebook, deserves his day in court.