President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse from atop the Great Wall of China, a manmade wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in perspective.
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A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue.
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Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists in their backyard than watch their neighbors continue to move away in despair over the lack of jobs.
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With a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxes by exploiting a loophole in President Barack Obama's child health law.
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Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday after holding them for more than six weeks. A self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom, while Spain's prime minister said the country did what it had to do.
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A cargo plane pilot who took off from Phoenix early Wednesday was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird smashed through the windshield, spraying him with a mix of glass and blood.
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Las Vegas Metro police arrest eight people at the Hard Rock Hotel's infamous "Rehab" pool party for crimes ranging from drug deals to prostitution.
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