A Cuban hunger striker was receiving fluids and medical care in a government hospital Friday, a day after passing out at home, and has refused requests by other dissidents and religious leaders to abandon his protest. Guillermo Farinas was
A US writer has uncovered evidence suggesting the CIA spiked a French village's food with the hallucinogenic drug LSD. The Sun online reports journalist H P Albarelli Jr came across CIA documents while investigating the suspicious suicide
Reporting from Washington - Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill worked throughout the day Thursday seeking intraparty agreements over abortion, federal insurance subsidies and other issues in a healthcare package they hope to send President
For too long this morning, I've been trying to think of something pithy to write about the Playstation Move, Sony's newly-unveiled motion controller for the PS3. But aside from the facts -- it'll be out later this year, for $100 including
Recall of Salmonella-Tainted Products Expands The Department of Agriculture has recalled 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that contain a flavoring ingredient probably tainted by salmonella, th
The Palestinian Authority will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless construction in the settlements, including in East Jerusalem, is completely frozen, PA President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League on Thursday. Abbas' statement wa
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Chinas accelerating inflation has started to erode household savings, threatening to spur purchases of property and stocks and fuel asset-price pressures. Consumer prices rose a more-than-forecast 2.7 percent in Feb
Reality TV star Daisy De La Hoya, who fronts VH1 show Daisy of Love, has taken to Twitter.com to pour out her emotions about her lover's death. Haim died from a suspected overdose at his mother's apartment in Los Angeles. De La Hoya tweets
As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday. And sexually transmitted diseases of all varieties infect 19 million more Americans every year
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Finally some good news for Detroit. With Toyota recalling more than eight million vehicles worldwide - a new poll out suggests that fewer Americans are set on buying foreign cars. The Gallup Poll shows just six pe
The United States dropped a record $220.9 billion further into the red in February, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday. The shortfall was up from the previous record $193.9 billion shortfall in February last year. Facebook Digg Twi
Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died early Wednesday, authorities said. Haim, 38, was taken to Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, where he was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. PT (5:15 a.m. ET)
The Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging bill that would push back the deadline to file for extended unemployment insurance until year-end and extends dozens of expired tax breaks. The bill, passed by a 62-36 vote, is the latest job
Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted to commit suicide in 2005, according to a police report filed at the time. LaRose, who authori