Mashaal made a calculated tactical decision to try and ensure his political survival by approving the reconciliation deal. At the beginning of the year, Hamas and Fatah were close to signing a reconciliation agreement brokered by Egypt.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Dialed In was assigned post 8 in a full field of 20 3-year-olds entered to run Saturday in the 137th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

A truck drives through floodwaters in an area intentionally flooded by the US Army Corp of Engineers in Charleston, Missouri, May 3, 2011.

Tuesday was tough for Google. The day began with South Korean police raiding Google's Seoul office as part of an investigation into whether the search giant has been illegally collecting individuals' private location data ...

To all the Gleeks out there, are you ready for your favorite small-screen musical to hit the big screen? We hope so, because 20th Century Fox is likely making dreams come true for the most devout "Glee" fans by announcing ...

Geronimo was known as a legendary Apache warrior whose ability to walk without leaving footprints allowed him to evade thousands of Mexican and US soldiers, much like Osama bin Laden evaded capture for the past decade.

The Department of Justice has sent a letter to the NCAA asking why it does not hold a playoff to determine a college football national champion.

British PM David Cameron tells PM Netanyahu UK may endorse PA's unilateral declaration if peace process continues stalling. French President Sarkozy expected to echo sentiment In a sign of Britain's impatience with Israel British Premier David Cameron ...

Cooper -- who was nominated for an Oscar when he was 9-years-old -- passed away yesterday at a hospital in Beverly Hills after a sudden bout with illness.

An international aid ship helping to evacuate people from the besieged Libyan port of Misrata has come under rocket attack from government forces.

AP May 4: Anne O'Brien, mother of Phoebe Prince, talks with First Assistant District Attorney Steven Gagne during Kayla Narey's hearing where she admitted to sufficient facts of criminal harassment in Franklin - Hampshire Juvenile Court ...

By AppleInsider Staff A new class-action lawsuit takes aim at Apple, Google, Intel and other tech companies for allegedly "conspiring to suppress compensation of their employees.

Syrian security forces and officials appeared to be mobilizing in Damascus and other cities Wednesday to prevent the spread of pro-democracy protests expected to swell after Friday prayers.

Clippers forward Blake Griffin was given the NBA's Rookie of the Year Award Wednesday afternoon at the team's training complex.

Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, at the Pulitzer Fountain outside the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, features 12 animal heads in cast bronze.

Three Republican senators who claimed to have seen images of Osama bin Laden after he was killed may have been duped. Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts said Wednesday that he had been fooled by a fake photograph ostensibly showing an image ...

Note that these studies found that the real-world effectiveness of a leukotriene-receptor antagonist was effective for first-line asthma-controller therapy or as add-on therapy in patients already ...

Intel has created the world's first three-dimensional transistor and will begin manufacturing with their 22-nanometer process in late 2011, the company announced Wednesday.