
In some of the biggest protests since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship, demonstrations have spread across this continent-sized…

The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a d…

Egypt's Islamist president announced Saturday that he was cutting off diplomatic relations with Syria and closing Damascus' …

Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape …

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…

This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morri…

The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six deca…

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambo…

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd l…

Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of com…

The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capita…

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to th…

Whistleblower Julian Assange has a confession to make - he doesn't read emails anymore.The 41-year-old insists he works 17 ho…

A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, pro…

Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run b…

Offering praise for Iranians and reproaching their government, the Obama administration said Saturday it respected the resul…

Australia qualified for the 2014 World Cup by beating Iraq 1-0 on Tuesday, with Josh Kennedy heading home the winner in the …

The family of murdered ABC staffer Jill Meagher will face Adrian Bayley for a final time today when he is sentenced in the Vi…

An Australian businessman and former senior DFAT diplomat is being held in Indonesia after a business deal turned sour, despi…

A social media expert has praised a new website designed to connect Tasmanians during natural disasters.…

The man who killed a woman in a hit and run accident outside Canberra Hospital has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in priso…

Senior federal ministers have rallied behind Prime Minister Julia Gillard as MPs begin the final sittings of Parliament befor…

The Federal Group is considering hiring armed guards.…

A Senate inquiry has heard extraordinary allegations that Tasmanian forestry contractors who were paid by the Government to l…

A western Queensland drover says history will be made when 18,000 cattle are walked from Queensland to New South Wales over t…

A fire at the headquarters of collapsed Tasmanian timber company Gunns is being treated as suspicious.…

A Tasmanian woman who sustained a head injury that left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent says the rare cond…

Tasmania Police have not ruled out alcohol as a factor in a fatal collision in the state's south.…

A $10,000 reward has been posted by hoteliers over an armed robbery at a hotel in Hobart's northern suburbs.…

The Queensland Coroner has found a police officer acted reasonably when he shot a man dead in Brisbane last year.…

A man has been rescued from floodwaters in the Aberfeldy area of Gippsland. SES and police secured the man with a line to pr…

Former abattoir worker Malcolm Naden has been jailed for life without parole for the brutal murders of two women. Naden was …

Seven people injured in a gas explosion at a service station south of Hobart have been released from hospital. Police say pe…

The Victorian Government says it is confident frontline police services will not be affected by the latest round of public se…

A man jailed for the deaths of six teenagers in a car crash in north-western Victoria has been released on parole after servi…

Up to 100 homes near Victoria's Traralgon Creek are facing flooding and residents have been told to evacuate.…
New News Corp has had an inglorious debut on the Australian share market, with its stock falling.The share price of the newly hived off…

SMALL RISE: U.S. consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in May, as higher energy costs partly offset cheaper …

EUROPEAN CAR SALES: European car sales in May were the worst in 20 years as the region's recession drags on. More than half o…

U.S. retail sales of video games, hardware and accessories declined 25 percent in May as demand for aging game consoles cont…

It's all about the Fed. Still. U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflati…

William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in…

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling. "…

Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it…

Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after the pace of home construction picked up in May, the latest encouraging sign f…

Former mining billionaire Nathan Tinkler is selling his stake in Whitehaven Coal, less than a year after abandoning a takeove…

Wages growth in the federal public service has outstripped pay rises generally in the community according to a new report.…

The former Western Australian premier Brian Burke, and a stockbroker, have been committed to stand trial on insider trading c…

Job advertisements on the internet rose by 0.2 per cent in May, federal government figures show.The Department of Education, …

After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tank…

RATE CASE: Britain's Serious Fraud Office has charged a former trader at UBS and Citigroup with conspiracy to defraud in the …

Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's governor pleaded guilty Tu…

We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …

Regional presidents meeting at a special summit on Zimbabwe asked President Robert Mugabe to delay crucial elections he has …

Tasmanian Labor Party members have been warned the party faces its toughest election battle in decades.…
This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black…

Volunteer firefighters are upset a cancer compensation bill ignores their health risks. The Country Fire Service Volunteers …

Tasmania's housing minister has knocked back an invitation to visit a disabled man living in squalid conditions because he fa…

The WA Police Commissioner has launched an attack on the liquor industry, saying he has had a 'gutsful' of devoting scarce re…

ACT politicians will not be receiving a pay rise this year after a ruling by the territory's Remuneration Tribunal.…

Clive Palmer has visited Adelaide to announce the South Australian candidates for his Palmer United Party for the coming fede…

The former Western Australian premier Brian Burke, and a stockbroker, have been committed to stand trial on insider trading c…

Coal seam gas and large coal developments will face greater scrutiny under federal laws designed to ensure new mining project…

Cabinet minister Greg Combet says federal Labor needs to keep renewing itself with fresh talent amid a new row over dumped No…

EDS: Attention language in sixth par.SYDNEY, June 19 AAP - A tough prime minister needs tough allies, and who better than the…

Tasmanian former federal minister Michael Hodgman, the father of state Liberal leader Will Hodgman, has died aged 74.Mr Hodgm…

The first day of Northern Territory Budget Estimates hearings dragged on into the small hours of this morning and was peppere…

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says an opposition motion calling for embattled Finance Minster Greg Pearce to be referred to the…

Whistleblower Julian Assange has a confession to make - he doesn't read emails anymore.The 41-year-old insists he works 17 ho…

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell denies more public sector jobs will go as a result of his government's "efficiency dividend" bein…

The emergency landing of a Virgin Australia flight in northwest Victoria should be investigated as a matter or urgency, indep…

Tasmanian Labor Party members have been warned the party faces its toughest election battle in decades.…

Former mining billionaire Nathan Tinkler is selling his stake in Whitehaven Coal, less than a year after abandoning a takeove…

EDS: Attention language in sixth par.SYDNEY, June 19 AAP - A tough prime minister needs tough allies, and who better than the…

We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt and Nick Dal Santo want teammate Stephen Milne playing in their milestone AFL match this Satur…

Volunteer firefighters are upset a cancer compensation bill ignores their health risks. The Country Fire Service Volunteers …

Wages growth in the federal public service has outstripped pay rises generally in the community according to a new report.…

The former leader singer of Yothu Yindi will be honoured with a state funeral in the Northern Territory later this month.The …

Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…

Skipper Lucas Neill says his Australian squad's full focus is on beating Iraq in their last Asian qualifier to guarantee dir…

Tasmania's housing minister has knocked back an invitation to visit a disabled man living in squalid conditions because he fa…

The former Western Australian premier Brian Burke, and a stockbroker, have been committed to stand trial on insider trading c…

A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's l…

Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office …
A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's life, inclu…

This is the end. Unless that is the end. Since opening last week, the apocalyptic comedy "This Is the End" has earned $33 mi…

EDS: Attention language in sixth par.SYDNEY, June 19 AAP - A tough prime minister needs tough allies, and who better than the…

The former leader singer of Yothu Yindi will be honoured with a state funeral in the Northern Territory later this month.The …

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…

Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall. People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis w…

A study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found almost half of all locally made television content in Australia is n…

Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…

He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is anoth…

In a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, the social networking term `tweet' has entered the English Oxford …

Thousands of fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt at his premiere for "W…

Katy Perry 'goes there' with Vogue about two of her high-profile relationships, as the magazine's July cover story. The sing…

The Voice is no longer the king of Australian reality TV.While the naming of Harrison Craig as the second season winner of Th…

More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations th…

British police are investigating newspaper photos that show art collector Charles Saatchi grasping the throat of his wife, c…

There were smiles at many Broadway box offices last week as a big financial bounce followed the Tony Awards, with the bigges…

The promoter of Michael Jackson's ill-fated series of comeback shows created a conflict of interest with the singer's physic…

They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the…

Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it…

The Central Australian Redtails have been accepted into the NTFL Premier League for the 2013-14 season on an eight-game trial…
The newest piece of Chicago's vast transit puzzle will not rumble between skyscrapers on its 100-year-old elevated rail lines or utili…

Volunteer firefighters are upset a cancer compensation bill ignores their health risks. The Country Fire Service Volunteers …

Tasmania's housing minister has knocked back an invitation to visit a disabled man living in squalid conditions because he fa…

It's another screaming delivery for expectant parents.Maybe that's a bit cruel, but Aussie and Kiwi mums who give birth on th…

After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tank…

We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …

The stock market is moving higher in midday trading after the government reported gains in home construction and low inflati…

The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capita…

This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morri…

A new labelling standard that identifies 'green' toiletries and cosmetics is being released today.…

It's all about the Fed. Still. U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflati…

U.S. builders stepped up home construction in May and applied for permits to build single-family homes at the fastest pace i…

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd l…

A study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found almost half of all locally made television content in Australia is n…

Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…

Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office …

A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this…

Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it…

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling. "…

Volunteer firefighters are upset a cancer compensation bill ignores their health risks. The Country Fire Service Volunteers …

The WA Police Commissioner has launched an attack on the liquor industry, saying he has had a 'gutsful' of devoting scarce re…

It sounds like something straight from a horror film.Australian scientists are using state-of-the art technology to create su…

Health authorities have revealed that a male patient died from legionnaires' disease at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital nearly two…

The northern New Zealand region of Northland is in the grips of a whopping cough outbreak, with more cases of the potentially…

A Palm Island woman has lost her High Court appeal against her conviction for smuggling alcohol into a restricted area.…

Community groups have raised concerns about the conditions for women inside Canberra's jail.…

ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in nort…

A new labelling standard that identifies 'green' toiletries and cosmetics is being released today.…

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambo…

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…
EUROPEAN CAR SALES: European car sales in May were the worst in 20 years as the region's recession drags on. More than half of European…

It sounds like something straight from a horror film.Australian scientists are using state-of-the art technology to create su…

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…

He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is anoth…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneur…

A consumer fraud forum in Melbourne has been told online shopping licences for people who wish to purchase goods on the inter…

The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. Whe…

Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search lead…

Across the dizzying, colorful show floor at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where pla…

The Guardian newspaper says the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and email…

Preservationists are using computer sensors and other high-tech methods to protect massive iron Civil War guns at a fort in …

Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government's newly exposed secret surveillance programs have b…

Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended…

Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company describe…

A parliamentary committee overseeing the national broadband network rollout has recommended NBN Co prepare strategies in the …

If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or …

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the …

Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a historic Microsoft antitrust case and the drug…

Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…

Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office …
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. They saw t…

As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly eve…

Preservationists are using computer sensors and other high-tech methods to protect massive iron Civil War guns at a fort in …

From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millio…

Welsh star Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries and kicked 20 points in a flawless display as the British and Irish Lions defeat…

After years of gridlock, this may be the moment when Congress at last does something about the millions of immigrants living…

Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boe…

Two 10th century Cambodian stone statues displayed for nearly two decades at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art were retu…

America's biggest theme parks will pack in around 120 million people this year. That's a lot of standing in long lines for ro…

The Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition. Too bad overseas collectors won't…

After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, t…

British officials are hoping that the impending royal birth will produce a bouncing baby buoy for the economy. With the Duch…

From blockbuster movies to hit TV shows to greater Olympic exposure, archery seems to be hitting all the right targets. Elit…

Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-America…

Boeing predicted that the number of commercial aircraft in operation globally will double in the next two decades, with the …

France's main airports have cut their flight timetables in half to cope with a three-day strike by air traffic controllers. …
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler needed three stitches and had blood on his jersey after a vicious collision at home plate in …

Now Steve Stricker has to close the deal. A good supply of frozen yogurt might help get it done. Running out of time to win …

FIFA says Nigeria's opening goal of the Confederations Cup will be ruled an own-goal by Tahiti captain Nicolas Vallar. Niger…

After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of…

Tiger Woods made birdie at the first hole, only to watch his day go racing downhill from there. By the time it was over, Woo…

The rain drops splashed down on the pavement at Michigan International Speedway about an hour after Regan Smith's victory Sa…

The U.S. Golf Association is not opposed to inflicting cruel and unusual punishment at its premier championship, so here's s…

Brazil wants to use Mexico's desperation to its advantage when the teams meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. While …

The ACT Brumbies ended a 42-year drought for Australian provincial teams against the British and Irish Lions, holding on for…

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt and Nick Dal Santo want teammate Stephen Milne playing in their milestone AFL match this Satur…

Skipper Lucas Neill says his Australian squad's full focus is on beating Iraq in their last Asian qualifier to guarantee dir…

St Kilda president Greg Westaway will make a statement this afternoon on the future of star player Stephen Milne, after he wa…

Australia flanker Michael Hooper says a British and Irish Lions team packed with Welshmen will give his side some confidence…

NSW penpix ahead of State of Origin game two against Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on June 26.JOSH DUGAN - fullbackAge: 23Ori…

Dougie Hamilton spent his 20th birthday watching the Stanley Cup finals. He'd rather be playing in them. The Bruins rookie d…

Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape …

All those missed shots added up to one big blown opportunity for the Chicago Blackhawks. They couldn't bury the Boston Bruin…









