A Russian court on Wednesday turned down an attempt by an imprisoned Pussy Riot band member to defer serving her sentence for hooliganism until her preschool son becomes a...

An Egyptian prosecutor says ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his family paid back 18 million Egyptian pounds ($3 million) for gifts they received from a state newspaper while he was still in...

A U.S. detective is trying to figure out how a prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."   Butler County Detective Scott Roskovski...

Elton John and David Furnish say they have become parents for a second time.   The couple say they are "overwhelmed with happiness" at the birth of Elijah Joseph Daniel...

Police in Zimbabwe say they have seized about four tons of marijuana aboard a truck driven from the neighboring country of Malawi, their biggest haul on record.   Police officials said...

Boeing Co.'s 787 planes were grounded for safety checks Wednesday by two major Japanese airlines after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new...

    A former teacher is suing the U.S. school district where she used to work, saying administrators discriminated against her because she has a rare phobia: a fear of young...

    Was it the fish?   An estimated 230 University of Amsterdam professors or their spouses got violently ill last week after the school's annual faculty party. Spokesman...

A new Dan Brown novel is coming in May, and the subject is Dante.   Doubleday announced Tuesday that Brown's book is called "Inferno," named for Dante's epic journey in...

Prince Albert of Monaco has accepted an apology and damages from Britain's Sunday Times newspaper over an article suggesting his wife Princess Charlene was reluctant to marry him, lawyers said...