An LA County supervisor has suggested that the family that owned the Dodgers for decades should return to help rebuild the team now that Major League Baseball has taken over financial oversight of the team.

A former student is indicted on 15 counts, including invasion of privacy, in the Rutgers suicide case. He is alleged to have used a webcam to spy on his roommate's sexual encounter with another man.

Weeks of demonstrations in Syria reached a turning point this week. In the country's third city, Homs, a Tahrir-style sit-in was broken up when police fired into the crowd.

The view from Bay Jimmy, La. Along with cleaning up the oil spill, the area faces another problem: disappearing wetlands. By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON NEW ORLEANS - The anniversary has passed, the cleanup goes on and still, southern Louisiana sinks steadily ...

KADUNA, Nigeria—The election of incumbent Goodluck Jonathan exposed the raw divide between Nigeria's predominantly Christian south and Muslim north, showing how quickly the country's latent religious and economic tensions can erupt into ...

After only four days of court-ordered talks, negotiations between NFL owners and players came to a temporary halt Wednesday with little sign that much progress had been made toward resolving differences that have kept the league in a ...

Gerard Smith -- bassist for TV On The Radio -- died today at the age of 34 after battling lung cancer. The band released the news on its website, saying ... "We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, ...

With many of their proposed changes ignored, critics of the FDA's risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for long-acting opioids are watchfully waiting to see if an act of Congress will indeed make ...

Down a gut-wrenching 0-2 in their playoff series with the Celtics [team stats], the Knicks still don't know if they'll go 0-for-2 getting injured stars back for Friday's Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.

Apple (AAPL) said it sold 18.65 million iPhones in the latest quarter, up 113% from the year-ago period, fueled by the addition of Verizon as a second US carrier and foreign growth.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued new orders requiring that air traffic control supervisors oversee the arrival and departure of planes carrying the vice president and first lady.

Amazon's Kindle. In a reversal, Amazon said e-book lending would begin later this year. Amazon said on Wednesday that it would allow Kindle users to read e-books from more than 11000 public libraries on the devices beginning later this ...

April 20, 2011 - The 10 most prescribed drugs in the US aren't the drugs on which we spend the most, according to a report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.

After Pia Toscano's surprising early exit and the almost-ouster of Casey Abrams from American Idol, questions have swirled about the singing competition's voting process and what - if anything - should be done to fix it.

Chris Schneider / AP (04-20) 17:27 PDT Denver - -- Sometimes a team needs to blow off steam. When the guy at the controls is as good as Troy Tulowitzki, that can mean a lot of steam.

LONDON - The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton April 29 is about to bring an extra half-million visitors to the British capital, but many locals are stifling yawns - politely, of course.

Details emerge of GCC-brokered settlement that could see Saleh step down as president in bid to end political turmoil. Gulf Arab states appear set to unveil details of an arrangement to end Yemen's political crisis that could result in Ali Abdullah ...

By REUTERS Big earnings surprises gave Wall Street a positive spin on Wednesday, propelling shares to their best day in a month and lifting the Dow industrials to their highest in almost three years.