Although honor killings are typically associated with Muslim countries like Turkey, Iraq and especially Pakistan, the practice has nothing to do with Islam
An Afghan immigrant couple and their son in Canada have been found guilty of the 2009 murder of three teenage girls and another woman, and handed out prison terms of at least 25 years.
A minaret of the Taj Mahal, the UNESCO World Heritage Site in India, is found to show an increasing trend for tilting according to the latest affidavit filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the Supreme Court. At the same time it reports that the tilt is within permissible limit of geodetic accuracy.
A former tugboat worker will stand trial in October on charges of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon in the largest mass slaying in Orange County history, a judge ruled on Friday.
Dick Clark Productions Chief Executive Officer Mark Shapiro had to admit in Los Angeles District Court late this week that he employed bluffs and half-truths to get NBC to agree to an $150 million deal to air the Golden Globes.
The dazzling line-up of entrepreneurs and sporting figures vying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers has been whittled down, with some of the bidding groups already notified that they had made the cut, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson asked on Friday to be released from jail, pending an appeal that could take a year to be heard.
The last of three patents that tech licensing company Rambus (RMBS.O) used to win infringement lawsuits against Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) and others has been declared invalid, according to legal documents.
PACs and super PACs can now join forces under an umbrella organization, allowing them to donate directly to political candidates while also spending unlimited sums to promote or oppose candidates of their choice.
Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.
A Clayton County jury Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man to more than 200 years in prison for setting his girlfriend ablaze a year ago.
Apple Inc.'s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, apparently e-mailed former Google Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Erich Schmidt in 2007, asking him to stop trying to hire an Apple engineer, a court filing revealed on Friday.
The names of a top executive at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and a board member at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. surfaced on Friday as potential witnesses in the insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman, the Procter & Gamble Co., and other companies.
Presidents have been on the receiving end of tough criticism from other elected officials in private. But is it breaching decorum to point a finger?
Willem Holleeder, one of the most infamous criminals in the Netherlands, was released from prison on Friday after serving six years on a nine-year extortion sentence.
Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, has vowed to return to the country and even run in upcoming elections.
No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic beat No. 4 Andy Murray on Friday in a five-set, five-hour match to reach the Australian Open final, which will pit him against No. 2 Rafael Nadal.
The Costa Concordia crew is suing the Carnival Corp. for at least $100 million following the Jan. 13 disaster that has left the cruise ship sinking off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio.
The Barefoot Bandit, Colton Harris-Moore, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday on charges stemming from his infamous string of theft and burglaries.
Costa is offering the passengers who were aboard the Concordia when the cruise ship sank an 11,000 euro ($14,500) compensation package, which, when totaled, will bring a significant loss to the cruising company.
Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company on Thursday they accused of a practice called clickjacking that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends.
What does the number one tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, do with his spare time off the court? Take funny photos of his long-time girlfriend, Jelena Ristic. After his fourth-round win at the Australian Open on Monday, Djokovic took comical pictures of his girlfriend Ristic using an app to make a person look fat by adding a few hundred pounds to their face.
