"Let's shake on it."

Not if you're one of Britain's Olympic athletes.

The 550-strong British team has been advised by its top doctor to avoid shaking hands with rivals and visiting dignitaries at th

Call it McWashington.

A Nebraska woman has sold a three-year-old McDonald's Chicken McNugget that resembles President George Washington for $8,100 on eBay.

The Sioux City Journal in Iowa says biddin

Afghan authorities say an avalanche has destroyed a village in northeastern Afghanistan, with scores feared dead.

Deputy governor of Badakhshan province Shams Ul Rahman said on Tuesday that 37 peopl

A Spanish bullfighter who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury.

On October 8, a bull's horn r

Rescue workers with search dogs trudged through the hills of Kentucky, and emergency crews in several states combed through wrecked homes in a desperate search for survivors of tornadoes that killed d

A three-year-old girl from America's northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and the mother's boyfriend left them in a locked bedroom with a window o

Cyprus police have summoned a 98-year-old and about 40 other elderly women to court to face gambling charges after raiding their weekly poker party.

The women, mostly in their 70s, were stunned to re

Walt Disney World says it is changing an exhibit on childhood obesity after critics said it was insensitive and reinforced stereotypes.

The interactive Habit Heroes exhibit was closed shortly after

New, potentially lucrative advertising opportunities are coming to Facebook as a prelude to its initial public offering of stock. The idea is to lure big brands with the promise of effective, precisel

Doctors successfully extracted a tumour from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pelvic region and he was stable and recovering today with family at his side, his vice president announced.

"President