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Bradley Cooper is the latest Hollywood heartthrob to be named People's sexiest man alive, the magazine announced on Wednesday.
Apple Inc has named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman, a move that rewards the longtime Apple board member who chose it over Google Inc when the technology giants began competing with each other.
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is not the type of person who would sexually harass women, his wife Gloria Cain, said in excerpts of a Fox News interview released on Sunday.
Italy's president appointed former European Commissioner Mario Monti to head a new government.
Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death.
Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has a rare nerve disease that makes walking difficult, his daughter said Sunday.
Libya's interim leadership has chosen an electronics engineer from Tripoli as the country's new prime minister.
Muammar Gadhafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya's southern desert so he can turn himself in to The Hague war crimes court.
Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi will be buried on Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many to fear for Libya's governability.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won the presidential election on Sunday, becoming the country's first woman re-elected as president.
'Abnormal reaction' and talent for 'shoveling poo' takes animal-show host to stardom. Andrew Sun catches up with a modern lion tamer.
A writer who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape said on Wednesday she would not pursue a civil case against him.