(Reuters) - North Korea's ruling Workers' Party held its biggest meeting in 30 years and appointed the son of leader Kim Jong-il to a senior post, pushing ahead the succession process in the reclusive state.

We were excited and a little bit relieved that RIM announced its widely-rumored BlackBerry PlayBook (with video) yesterday at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco.

Netanyahu invested a great deal of effort in trying to convince world leaders that he is serious about peace with the Palestinians.

The proposed four-team deal that would send Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey is no longer being actively pursued by the Nets, according to NBA front-office sources.

Barnes & Noble just finished one cliffhanger, but should brace for another. The bookseller's architect and chairman, Leonard Riggio, has survived an attempted insurrection by the uppity billionaire Ronald Burkle.

Newly freed on bail following a relapse, Lindsay Lohan voluntarily has checked into a substance abuse rehab program, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

The agency says the makers of three products cannot claim they are effective in preventing gum disease and removing plaque because no such benefit has been proven.

President Obama greeted supporters on Tuesday at a campaign rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. By DAN BARRY Dan Barry takes readers behind news articles and into obscure and well-known corners of the United States.

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court said Tuesday the Obama administration can continue to fund embryonic stem-cell research, reversing for the time being a trial judge's injunction barring the funding.

DAVIS, CA - SEPTEMBER 28: California attorney general and democratic gubernatorial candidate (L) shakes hands with republican gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman before the start of a debate at UC ...

NEWPORT, Wales -- The man who generally falls out of bed with a smile on his face stood along a metal rail, his shirt wet with sweat, signing autographs and attempting to exchange upbeat pleasantries with fans seeking autographs.

(09-28) 18:54 PDT SAN JOSE -- A federal judge blocked the execution of condemned murderer Albert Greenwood Brown this evening, saying he lacked time to assess changes in California's lethal injection procedures because the state had set the execution ...

CINCINNATI -- There was probably no other way for the Reds to clinch the division. Like so many times this season, it required last at-bat clutch performances.

SAN FRANCISCO - AOL said on Tuesday that it was buying the influential technology news blog TechCrunch to bolster its growing online editorial business.

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers picked up for the sixth straight quarter at a faster pace than expected, the Bank of Japan's September tankan survey showed ...

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The nation's economic collapse jolted many New Yorkers into financial distress, driving some into poverty and dependence on food stamps and unemployment benefits and even altering their living arrangements between 2007 and 2009, ...

TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When taken shortly after the onset of symptoms, the antiviral drug Tamiflu seems to have protected otherwise healthy swine flu patients from contracting pneumonia during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Chinese researchers ...