The controversy over National Security Agency data mining has spawned columns featuring ominous references to Orwell and Kafka, reassurances from politicians and jokes (made on the Internet, of course) about the government peeking through the b
You may not know it, but you could owe Warner/Chappell Music thousands of dollars from all the birthday parties you've attended in your life.
A class action lawsuit seeks to change that.
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that human DNA cannot be patented.
The case focused on two genes that help detect breast cancer.
All nine Supreme Court justices agreed only synthetic DNA can be patented.
Hickory Hollow Jerky, LLC, a Eufaula, Ala. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,800 pounds of flavored beef jerky products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
Pope Francis has encouraged his flock of 1 billion Catholics not to be "starched Christians" who chat about theology over tea.
He's been taking his own advice.
Jurors in the murder trial of George Zimmerman will be sequestered, Judge Debra Nelson said Thursday.
Attorneys have estimated that the trial will likely last between two to four weeks, Nelson said.
It was a scene that deputies said they would not soon forget.
While checking on a house in Roswell, N.M., they found a five-year-old girl covered in feces and caged in a room.
The White House acknowledged Thursday the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale a number of times, according to a statement.
A top-secret program that collects phone records of Americans is legal, conducted properly and possibly could have helped detect a 9/11 hijacker had it been in place before the 2001 terrorist attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday.<
Retail spending jumped in May, helped by consumers hitting dealer showrooms to buy cars.
The U.S. government report released Thursday showed a 0.6% increase in sales in the month, up from the modest 0.1% rise a month earlier.
