A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W. Bush's military record.
A suspected al-Qaida operative pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York and the city police said there is nothing to fear from the defendant's three alleged accomplices.
Two days before he is to blast off for the International Space Station, Guy Laliberte on Monday cracked jokes, donned his trademark red nose and flashed with enthusiasm over the venture.
President Barack Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen for Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid drew criticism from political opponents who call it evidence of his blurred priorities.
Sarah Palin has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to November 17.
A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely did his homework and often got into fights with other students.
The US Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated.
Roman Polanski's extradition to US on a decades-old sex charge could take years to accomplish after the Oscar-winning film director decided on Monday to fight his removal from Europe.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called Barack Obama "tanned" again despite coming under fire for using the term before to describe the first black US president.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied on Sunday political gossip that he is taking prescription painkillers or pills and said he was fit enough to lead the country.
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