Questions were mounting on Friday over how a known Islamic extremist managed to murder seven people, including three children, in three separate attacks before being killed in a firefight.

Adding to

France's president proposed a sweeping new law on Thursday that would see repeat visitors to extremist web sites put behind bars - one of several tough measures floated in the wake of a murderous shoo

Lewis Hamilton showed McLaren is again the team to beat in this weekend's Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix by setting the fastest time in both practice sessions Friday.

Hamilton, who took pole positi

An Indian company that dismantles old ships has bought the Exxon Valdez, the tanker involved in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history.

Best Oasis official Gaurav Mehta says his company recently

North Korea may have the bomb, but it hasn't perfected ways to put one onto a missile that could strike faraway enemies like the United States.

This is why Pyongyang's announcement that it will launc

A veterinarian says acting like a flying squirrel may have saved a cat from serious injury in a 19-story plunge from a Boston high rise.

Sugar the cat had no broken bones or cuts, just some bruising

The next world war could be over drinking water.

Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramb

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the death penalty is possible if a US military court finds an Army staff sergeant guilty of gunning down Afghan children and family members. But it isn't likely.

Two California men on a gay cruise of the Caribbean were arrested on Wednesday in Dominica, where sex between two men is illegal.

Police Constable John George said police boarded the cruise ship and

A Saudi Arabian newspaper says Crown Prince Nayef has approved plans for the ultra conservative Muslim country to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the London Games.

The Saud