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Novelist Ann Patchett, best known for Bel Canto, is shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction for the third time.
A 7th Century gospel, discovered in the coffin of a Christian saint more than 900 years ago, has been bought by the British library for £9m.
A key witness is expected to testify Tuesday as the trial of a Bosnian immigrant accused of plotting to bomb New York's subway system continues.
Pulitzer Prize board are unable to choose a fiction winner for the first time in 35 years.
Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last summer, declares he carried out "the most spectacular political attack in Europe since World War II."
Car sales in Italy were down 26.7% in March compared with a year earlier, leading the falls in European car sales.
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone casts doubt on whether the new Grand Prix of America in New Jersey will take place in 2013.
The attorney for George Zimmerman, says he is confident his motion to have a Florida judge removed from his client's case will be granted.
What entices world’s athletes to train in UK?
Six world powers -- the U.S., U.K., France, China, Russia and Germany -- and Iran met Saturday in Istanbul, Turkey to confirm whether Iran is ready to seriously talk about its disputed nuclear program.
Apparently the soaring national debt and the threat of a nuclear Iran are not enough to occupy the government's time, because the Obama administration is pushing to create more low-income housing, in order to mix and match classes and races to fit the government's preconceptions.
"With the Championship shaping up to be a fascinating battle, the biggest frustration will be the lack of continuity in the fixture list."
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Every handshake counts in Utah's unique nominating system, even for a senator seeking his seventh term....
"My initial reaction is that Iran has gotten a freebie. It has got five weeks to continue enrichment without any limitation."
Detectives make a fresh appeal for information about the shooting of a man and his teenage daughter in north Belfast two weeks ago.
The world's biggest tobacco companies challenge the Australian government in court over a law making plain packaging mandatory for cigarettes.
Why I believe my stroke turned me gay
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