Tunisian opposition politician Moncef Marzouki, the leader of a small opposition party who returned to Tunisia from exile in France this week, attends a protest in Sidi Bouzid, the hometown of Mohamed Bouazizi January 19,2011.

Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony shoots during the second quarter against the Thunder on Wednesday at the Pepsi Center. Anthony scored a game-high 35 points.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Days after Haitians watched an exiled dictator come home, a former president issued a statement on Wednesday that fueled rumors that he, too, was angling to return.

'You guys failed us, and you failed our kids,' one parent says at a campus meeting. LA Unified's new chief says the school did fail to follow district policy calling for daily random weapons searches.

Anne Hathaway arrives for the Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle -- aka Catwoman -- in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises," Warner ...

AP Texas A&M's David Loubeau (left) and Khris Middleton stopped a drive by Jordan Hamilton, but Texas still rolled. AUSTIN, Texas | Jordan Hamilton scored 27 points, and No.

The biggest surprise about this year's Golden Globe winners? How unsurprising they were. In a year in which the critical and awards acclaim isn't being spread around very much, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn't ...

CHICAGO - The clock had barely bottomed at its zeroes at Soldier Field last Sunday when I made the first of what will end up being 3451 Facebook status updates on this forthcoming epic matchup ...

In an early developer build of the upcoming iPhone operating system iOS 4.3, sleuths have found evidence that Apple might introduce a social media capability called “Photo Streaming.

By Fred Watkins, AP By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY An increase in suicides among National Guard soldiers largely in states across the Midwest - such as Missouri and Wisconsin - is responsible for a 24% increase in Army suicides last year, ...

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month, Game Hunters caught up with Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime to talk about how Nintendo closed out 2010 and to preview Wednesday's ...

Gabrielle Giffords has been recovering in the University of Arizona Medical Center. | AP Photo/Office of Gabrielle Giffords | AP Photo Close By MEREDITH SHINER | 1/19/11 11:42 PM EST Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's recovery is progressing so well that she is ...

Starbucks customers can pay for their coffee with Apple's iPhone or RIM's BlackBerry Tour, Curve or Storm smartphones. No Google Android app is available yet but it's in the works.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved sending an additional 2000 peacekeepers to the Ivory Coast, citing the lack of security facing the more than 9000 troops and police officers already there.

A woman holds a 50 yuan banknote as she waits for a vendor to cut her meat at a market in Shanghai, January 20 , 2011. China finished 2010 with a bang, its growth soaring past expectations while inflation slowed just a touch, numbers that could prod ...

First approved only for people with a history of heart attack or stroke, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are increasingly being recommended for people who have risk factors ...

The company talked to analysts about quarterly earnings the day after Steve Jobs announced his latest medical leave. Among the takeaways: a confident outlook By Charles Jade Unlike last quarter, Apple's (AAPL) conference call on Tuesday, Jan.

By Kyle Keener, for USA TODAY By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY Marilyn Pearson, 67, of Rochester Hills, Mich., got her inspiration to lose weight from last year's Weight-Loss Challenge.