President Obama's political organization agrees with Vice President Joe Biden: "Health Reform is a BFD."

A Malaysian model who was sentenced last year to six strokes of a cane for drinking beer in public has had her sentence commuted, her lawyer said Thursday.

An anti-abortion activist convicted of killing a Kansas doctor faces 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced today.

Jesse James' Nazi hat was a gift from a Jewish mentor and does not make him a neo-Nazi, his lawyer said Wednesday.

The rain has stilled, but the water-weary Northeast was left Wednesday to deal with flooded roads and basements as it waited for the water levels to drop. Rhode Island has been hit particularly hard.

The rain has stilled, but the water-weary Northeast was left Wednesday to deal with flooded roads and basements as it waited for the water levels to drop. Rhode Island has been hit particularly hard.

A broad array of international donors pledged nearly $10 billion in long-term assistance to Haiti's earthquake recovery efforts during a daylong conference at United Nations headquarters.

A former Georgia chorus teacher was acquitted of criminal charges in connection with a suggestive dance routine students performed in his classroom in 2008.

North Korea's highest-ranking defector said "ideological warfare," not military action, would help topple the regime of Kim Jong Il.

China has agreed to negotiate possible sanctions against Iran over Tehran's failure to comply with international regulations involving its nuclear energy program, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations said Wednesday.