The captain of the cruise ship that ran aground off the Italian coast last month has tested negative for drug and alcohol abuse, his attorneys and a consumers' body said -- although the consumer group representing passengers said the findings were unreliable.
Defense lawyers made a case for Allen Stanford's innocence on Friday in a courtroom filled with people who claim he stole millions of dollars of their savings. Some two dozen investors were at the federal courthouse in Houston to mark the third anniversary of the closure of the Stanford Financial Group in February 2009.
Jean-Marie Loret never met his father. In fact, Loret had only learned of his father's identity just a few weeks before his biological mother, Charlotte Lobjoie, died in the 1950s. And although Loret was aware that he was the son of a German soldier, nothing could prepare him for the shock of being told that he was the son of chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler.
Newt Gingrich says any TV station that airs an ad from rival Republican Mitt Romney's super PAC claiming the ex-House speaker backed China's controversial one child policy will be sued, according to Politico.
Shares of Google appeared to brush off reports a Stanford University study had found it had compromised the privacy of Apple iPhone customers.
A 98-year-old Connecticut woman received an eviction notice on her birthday--from her son.
One-legged millionaire Thomas Hartmann sentenced to 60 days in prison after hitting woman in the head with his Rolex watch.
The Underwear Bomber, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was sentenced to life in prison without parole by a federal court in Detroit on Thursday afternoon.
The legal dispute between Apple and Proview is becoming increasingly fierce and the whole world, including Apple fans, Apple's rivals, industry analysts, tech and law experts, are wondering who will have the last laugh.
As the 'Twilight' phenomenon settles down, Robert Pattinson is proving that he has no plans to exit the spotlight. In the trailer, Pattinson beds the likes of Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas are sure to lure female fans to theaters. And if that's not enough, there's plenty of alluring drama to be found in the story. George mercilessly climbs the social ladder, even if it means seducing his close friend's wife.
Citigroup Inc has agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle U.S. civil claims that it defrauded the government into insuring thousands of risky home loans made by its CitiMortgage unit.
Cisco Systems Inc has challenged EU clearance of Microsoft Corp's acquisition of Internet voice and video service Skype at Europe's second highest court, saying the commission should have put tougher conditions on the deal.
A debt-laden Chinese technology firm seeking to ban all shipments of Apple's popular iPad tablet into and out of the country has been told that China's customs authorities are unlikely to intervene in the trademark battle.
Prosecutors have appealed the acquittal of U.S. student Amanda Knox, who was on trial in Italy for the murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in the university town of Perugia about four years ago.
An electronics firm is bidding to block iPad imports in China after winning a copyright suit against Apple, prompting two cites to pull the popular tablets from store shelves.
The life of Wu Ying, a 31-year-old ex-rich list woman now on death row, is in balance. Wu, a secondary school dropout who stitched together a 4-billion yuan business empire before she turned 27, was accused of engaging in illegal fund-raising and sentenced to death in 2009.
Taiwanese pop idol Feng Fei Fei (also spelled Fong Fei Fei) has died after a battle with lung cancer, her representation announced on Tuesday.
A Chinese tech firm that says it owns the iPad trademark, plans to seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc's computer tablets from China, a lawyer for the company said.
Proview, which won a court ruling that it owns the iPad name in China, has said that it will ask customs officials to ban import and export of Apple's iPads.
A Belgian court has ruled that Tintin in the Congo does not break racism laws and therefore will not be banned in the country
The grieving father of the Badger children has taken the first steps in a lawsuit claiming regarding the Christmas Day fire in Connecticut that the lives of his three daughters.
Tourists enjoying the sun and sand at the Maldives' luxury island resorts have barely put down their cocktails during the political crisis rocking Asia's newest democracy, oblivious to behind-the-scenes links of tourism to the tumult.
