The long-hitting Spaniard birdies the final two holes for a 65 that ties Rory McIlroy for the first-round lead at Augusta. Alvaro Quiros waits to putt on the 16th green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday.

Turkey offers a "roadmap" to end the conflict as apparent NATO friendly fire causes opposition retreat in east. Groups of Libyan rebels and civilians have fled from the eastern town of Ajdabiya after a rebel armoured unit was hit by apparent NATO air ...

This article was reported by Michael Barbaro, Sharon Otterman and Javier C. Hernandez and written by Mr. Barbaro. SURPRISE PICK Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the selection of Cathleen ...

The gunman who allegedly opened fire in a Rio de Janeiro school this morning, killing 12 children before shooting himself, left behind a suicide note asking for forgiveness and revealing that he had HIV, officials said.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Germany's Martin Kaymer is No. 1 in the World Ranking, but Augusta National ranks No. 1 among courses on which he's clueless.

Photo: AP A legal adviser to incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo says the internationally-recognized president, Alassane Ouattara, is not being truthful after accusing Gbagbo, in a Thursday speech, of plunging the country into a humanitarian ...

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's economy minister reiterated Friday that asking the Bank of Japan to directly purchase government bonds is "prohibited", rejecting an idea proposed by some lawmakers to finance quake-relief measures.

When a case emerged in Minneapolis, medical sleuths rushed to trace the path of a virus that can be deadly to kids. The virus slipped into Minneapolis unnoticed on the first day of February.

( ALEX DOMANSKI / REUTERS ) - A trader in Frankfurt, Germany, works at his desk near a TV screen showing European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.

Five hundred miles to the west of Yankee Stadium Thursday, the Boston Red Sox fell to the lowly Cleveland Indians by one run on an eighth-inning squeeze bunt.

AP By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer AP In this theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joel Grey, left, and Sutton Foster are shown during a performance of "Anything Goes," opening April 7, 2011 in New York.

The attorney for Phillip Garrido's wife, who also faces charges, had said he was expected to plead guilty to charges involving Jaycee Dugard.

April 7, 2011 -- DNA may play a large role in determining how much caffeine people consume in beverages such as coffee, tea, and soda and food such as chocolate, new research indicates.

David Prosser gained 7582 votes in Waukesha County, after a major counting error of Brookfield results was detected, County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced in a stunning development this afternoon.

ABOARD THE ST-204B PLATFORM, GULF OF MEXICO - This oil-and-gas platform once bustled with activity. More than a dozen workers toiled aboard it round-the-clock to corral the 12000 barrels of high-grade crude gushing up each day ...

Microsoft's patching is going from one extreme to the other. While March had just three bulletins fixing four vulnerabilities, next week 17 bulletins are being issued, fixing 64 different ...

NEW YORK -- Following a 3-0 loss to a team that had nothing to play for except pride and a paycheck, the New York Rangers were faced with the realization that they no longer control their postseason destiny.

Facebook dings Google by releasing Open Compute Project, open sourcing its hardware and data center specs for use by other companies who need to scale.