TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A onetime close friend of Arizona shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner says he remains baffled that everyone around the college dropout looked the other way as his behavior grew increasingly bizarre last year.

She was the family secret that Oprah Winfrey called "one of the greatest surprises" of her life. But on Monday's Oprah Winfrey Show, Patricia, the media mogul's half-sister, stepped forward in a very public way.

Russian authorities on Tuesday gave controversial information on the number of people injured in a deadly blast in Moscow's largest airport: the emergencies ministry said 180 people were injured, while the health minister put the number at 128.

oakland -- Dressed in the black track suit that outlined his still mountainous biceps, fitness icon Jack LaLanne seemed immortal. The health guru who opened the nation's first health spa in Oakland seemed to defy gravity and physics for years.

TUNIS—Tunisia's interim government is struggling to establish control over an agitated nation amid sustained public protests and strikes, adding to uncertainty about what so far has been a peaceful transition since the surprise ouster ...

Google announced today the availability of a browser add-on for Chrome that will make it easier for users to opt out of the behavioral tracking that Internet advertising companies use to improve ad ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paper and packaging stocks registered big rises on Monday after RockTenn Co's (RKT.N) $3.5 billion bid for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp (SSCC.

RAMALLAH, West Bank—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defended his handling of peace talks with Israel on Monday after the publication of leaked documents that appear to show Palestinian negotiators offering far-reaching ...

US stocks closed higher Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 109 points to 11981, the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 7.5 points to 1291 and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 28 points to 2718.

Jan. 24, 2011 -- The costs of treating heart disease are expected to triple by the year 2030, creating an “enormous financial burden” for millions of Americans, the American Heart Association says in a new policy statement.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady [stats] won't win the one title he'd really like this season, but he picked up a pretty prestigious one today just the same.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Donald Driver delivered a message Monday from the Midwest to western Pennsylvania: Super Bowl XLV in Dallas is Green Bay's to lose -- not the Pittsburgh Steelers' to win.

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va.) said he doesn't support allowing states to seek bankruptcy protection and categorically ruled out any future federal ...

FLORHAM PARK, NJ -- A day after losing the AFC Championship Game for the second straight year, Rex Ryan was back to being his brash self.

On the endless list of tablets birthed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier in the month, the Motorola Xoom stands out as one of the more impressive.

Nigeria wants United Nations backing for a regional intervention force to remove Ivory Coast's incumbent president in favor of the internationally-recognized winner of November's vote.

Conditioned to politely hang up on telemarketers, Gail Davis followed form recently, only to find out she had hung up on a legit Apple giveaway of a $10000 iTunes gift card for downloading Apple's App Store's 10 billionth app ...