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Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.

Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was expressing a broadly shared sentiment when he referred to the landmark No Child Left Behind education law as a slow-motion train wreck. Now lawmakers and the Obama administration are engaged in parallel efforts to reshape the way America teaches and tests its students.

Clearly, this woman knows How to Make it in America, as the most recent episode in the HBO show features actress Lake Bell topless in bed.

Take This Lollipop is a new site that allows user to live out their worst nightmares by providing information via Facebook.

Human activity in melting regions.

Kenyan officials visited Somalia today to attempt to calm fears after last week's incursion into Somalian territory.

Working around Russian import bans, U.S. cowboys ship live steers

Mitt Romney has been hammered by his Republican presidential rivals for his mandated healthcare law in Massachusetts, but now the state is havingto adjustwith the costs of Romneycare

Big East commissioner John Marinatto has set a teleconference call with reporters at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday to discuss conference expansion and raising the conference's buyout fee to $10 million.

The University of Missouri appears to be headed to the SEC, which means that the Big 12 might look to expand once again this year.

The Big East has extended an invitation to Houston to join as an all-sports member in its latest expansion move, according to a report.

Rising global temperatures are responsible for a reduction in the size of plants and animals all over the world, say conservation biologists. What's more, the disparity in shrinking across species could pose a threat to the natural balance of established ecosystems.

otal revenues jumped by about 6.6 percent from $26.9 billion to $28.7 billion.

The University of Missouri's application to the Southeastern Conference is inevitable and imminent, according to a report.

Ford (F), which did not accept U.S. Government assistance, has rebounded after a restructuring, and is well-positioned to capitalize on U.S. job growth, when it returns with gusto. Is now a good time to consider Ford's shares?

The Jersey Shore star Snooki, lesser known as Nicole Polizzi, has partnered with Apps Genius Corp to release up to eight social games and mobile applications starting in November.

Waterman Entertainment has acquired the rights to the New York Times bestseller Until Tuesday and attached Mr. Holland's Opus writer Patrick Sheane Duncan to adapt it into a film, the company announced Monday.

Herman Cain says he was just making a joke about deterring illegal immigrants from coming into America with electrocution at the border. His so-called joke, told to two crowds in Tennessee where the GOP presidential candidate was campaigning last week, went like this: It's giong to be 20 feet high, Cain said, according to The New York Times. It's going to have barbed wire at the top. It's going to be electrified. And there's going to be a sign on the other side saying, ...

Consolidated Edison is seeking $1.7 million in back rent from the developer of the Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero, the latest setback for the controversial project, known as Park51.

An NYPD officer was and charged with federal crime for allegedly violating a man's civil rights.

Gannett announced a small decline in third-quarter earnings Monday, mostly due to declines in print advertising.

Zachary Quinto and other famous people who have come out in 2011.

Altered climatic conditions and global warming are causing noticeable changes in the size of animals, leading to evolution of miniature versions, new research indicates.

Apple has brought speech recognition to the masses with its new iPhone 4S, equipped with an intelligent assistant named Siri

Ford (F), which did not accept U.S. Government assistance, has rebounded after a restructuring, and is well-positioned to capitalize on U.S. job growth, when it returns with gusto. Is now a good time to consider Ford's shares?

Republican presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain had some strong words about illegal immigration this weekend when they campaigned in Iowa and Tennessee, respectively.

Climate Change has been blamed for many things and add one more to the list: It is stunting the growth of animals and plants because warmer temperatures and lack of water is causing them to shrink, a new study suggests. Researchers also warned that it could affect food production in coming years.

A new biography by award-winning authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith has claimed that troubled painter Vincent Van Gogh did not kill himself but died in an accident.