A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris on Thursday to the waiting arms of her father, who gently embraced her and joked to lift her spirits. (J...

The United Arab Emirates says a member of its ruling family is the man seen in videotapes torturing another man. The acknowledgement comes at a time when Congress is reviewing a nuclear power deal wit...

Plastic Logic shows off its ultra-thin, large-screen Reader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company hopes to compete with current eBooks on the market, including Amazon's Kindle. (J...

Police are refusing to say if they believe the death of a 10-year-old boy who was hanged from a coat hook at a suburban Chicago school was accidental. A school district spokeswoman on Tuesday had call...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the decision to abandon the Bush administration's plans for a land-based missile defense system in Eastern Europe came about because of a change in the U.S. percept...

Storied automaker General Motors files for bankruptcy protection, pounded by an array of factors from the economic downturn to consumer demand for more fuel efficient cars. The AP's Mark Carlson looks...

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left the hospital bandaged and mourning his wife Saturday after a car crash that his supporters blamed partly on insufficient security provided by President...

Police say an Oklahoma woman who was lured over the Internet to take part in a Ku Klux Klan initiation was shot and killed after the ritual went awry, and the group tried to cover it up. (Nov. 12)

PlusCrane Collapses at Houston Refinery, Killing 4Crane Collapses at Houston Refinery, Killing 4The Associated PressThere's no early clue about what caused Friday's crane collapse at a Houston oil ref...

Bernard Madoff made an appearance at a federal courthouse to complete paperwork for his bail after a judge set new conditions for release, including a curfew and monitoring bracelet. (Dec. 17)