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Murdoch firm sees 43% income decrease in publishing division – but losses offset by 65% growth for company as a wholeThe ongoing investigations that led to the closure of the News of The World cost Rupert Murdoch's News Corp $87m in the last three months of...(more)
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Meltwater from Asia's peaks is much less then previously estimated, but lead scientist says the loss of ice caps and glaciers around the world remains a serious concern• In pictures: the best images of the earth from spaceThe world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a...(more)
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Republicans claim controversial new regulation is evidence that the US president is 'hostile to people of faith'Barack Obama has come under a barrage of criticism from Congress and religious organisations over a new requirement that Catholic-run schools and hospitals provide free contraception to workers.The issue has...(more)
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Yes, Romney is failing to inspire all his supporters to get out and vote in primaries. But Obama shouldn't set too much store by itRick Santorum was the big winner in Tuesday night's contests in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri. One of the big losers was GOP...(more)
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In what may be interpreted as a backlash against the Oscar-nominated environmentalist film “Gasland,” a new production titled "FrackNation" has received an eye-popping $22,000 in donations during its first two days on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter .
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Six weeks into a roller-coaster year, six lessons learned about Obama, Romney and a 2012 presidential election that's breaking old rules.
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AP - Three investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against former Labor Minister Eric Woerth for "passive influence peddling" after becaming ensnared in a scandal involving the fortunes of the L'Oreal heiress.
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by PETA that argued the Constitution's anti-slavery 13th Amendment applied to whales performing at SeaWo ...
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Reuters - A U.S. drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border killed four suspected militants Thursday, intelligence officials said, the second such attack in two days.
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Republican leaders join Catholic religious groups in denouncing President Obama's mandate that health insurers offer birth control coverage.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven....
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AP - A U.N. official expressed support Wednesday for Haitian victims of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier's regime who plan to appeal a judge's recommendation that calls for trying the ex-leader only for alleged financial crimes and not human rights abuses.