A burqa-clad Afghan woman shows her face to an election commission employee before casting her ballot at a polling station in Herat, western Afghanistan September 18, 2010.

A former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist is accused of trying to develop nuclear weapons for Venezuela. BY FRANCES ROBLES An elderly maverick scientist who battled the scientific community for decades over laser fusion was indicted Friday in ...

The Pope has led an assembly of children in west London on day two of his four-day state visit to the UK. After a prayer service with around 300 guests, Benedict XVI travelled in his Popemobile through the grounds of St Mary's University College in ...

The Alaska senator, who was upset in the Republican primary by 'tea party' candidate Joe Miller, stuns the state and the GOP and sets up a bruising battle between moderates and conservatives.

Brad Keselowski broke Juan Pablo Montoya's year-old qualifying record with a lap of 133.572 mph Friday, winning the pole for Sunday's NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH, the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

The 2010 midterm elections are almost over, and lips have already started wagging over who the potential Republican presidential candidates may be in 2012.

The Maryland-West Virginia football rivalry has always been fascinating. I'd never heard of couch-burning as a form of celebration before moving to the area.

Russell Brand was reportedly arrested after getting involved in a physical altercation with a member of the paparazzi. People magazine reports that the "Get Him to the Greek" star got into a "tussle" with a photographer at ...

Paris Hilton will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge after she struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Paris will plead guilty to drug possession and obstructing and officer (both ...

Suppliers are already gearing up in preparation for the next-generation iPad design, according to a number of display component vendors currently undergoing validation with Apple.

President Barack Obama announces consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren (R) as special adviser leading the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington September 17, 2010.

Not only is the Samsung Galaxy Tab one of the first Android tablets, it's among the first to feature two (front and rear) cameras.

AP Stocks gave up most of their gains but still ended slightly higher Friday, extending a two-week rally that has slowed down as the month wears on.

Despite my mostly positive take on the Microsoft's IE9 beta Web browser released to the public this week, there are some important shortcomings.

Continental Airlines Inc.'s merger with UAL Corp., approved by shareholders today, should be blocked because the combination would create a monopoly, a lawyer representing consumers argued in federal ...

In the aftermath of the worst-tempered gathering of European Union leaders in recent years, the bloc's officials are calculating the fallout from an extraordinary display of pyrotechnics by the French president.

Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect consumer prices will show a slight 0.2 percent increase in August while core inflation, which excludes energy and food, is expected to edge up an even smaller 0.1 percent.