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Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 and held by a Salt Lake City preacher for nine months in 2002 and 2003, has joined ABC News as a paid contributor.

They're getting there. That, in a few words, perhaps best characterizes the state of the nation's debt ceiling talks. President Barack Obama said Thursday Congressional Democrats and Republicans are making progress toward deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling, but big gaps remain.

President Barack Obama has shifted his strategy in debt talks with Republicans, offering a substantially larger deficit reduction package that would include cuts to Medicare and Social Security in exchange for eliminating tax breaks.

Medicaid helps improve physical and financial stability for low-income Americans, according to a study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation is attempting to answer that question this summer, as it conducts a weathering study of Cleopatra's Needle, which was gifted to the United States government by Egypt as a token to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal. The obelisk has stood in Central Park since 1881, the New York Times reported.

CNN has cancelled the political talk show “In The Arena” which was hosted by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, according to a report in the New York Times.

The dark and intriguing world of hacking just got murkier, as a group of hackers called the A-Team revealed the details of the famed LulzSec hackers in an apparent spite attack.

The tide of illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. is receding, as many Mexicans choose to pursue careers in their home country, whose economy has improved substantially in the past five years.

A study showed an increase in the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular cases among smokers who take the drug Chantix to help them quit.

A-Team, with their renewed attack on the LulzSec hacking group has wobbled up a whole new chapter in the world of Cyber attacks.

A well choreographed action-packed movie which appealed to the young audience

The French novelist called Strauss-Kahn a rutting chimpanzee

A new study says environmental factors may be more important than genes in determining whether a child develops autism.

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Dominique Strauss-Kahn will most likely walk free and vindicated as US prosecutors will drop sexual assault charges against him. Weeks after hurriedly taking the towering figure in French politics, the State's law enforcement will have to make a humiliating U-turn in the case. The logical question is, shouldn’t they have done it initially, and got their facts first before jumping into conclusions.

Just after four days of former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's fortune turning brighter, the French economist and politician will again have to face some more or many more court proceedings.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn could soon be returning to his jet-set ways of being a financial expert with star power, a potential future French president, and obviously a storied womanizer.

In a remarkable reversal of fate, evidence is pouring in to prove to that Dominique Strauss Kahn was probable the hunted one, rather than the hunter. According to the latest reports, the Guinean hotel maid, who accused the former IMF chief of sexually assaulting in a New York hotel, has probably been a prostitute who milked hefty tips from male guests in return of sexual favors.

The chambermaid who accused former IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault admitted that she lied to a grand jury about the events surrounding the alleged attack, according to a letter sent from prosecutors to Strauss-Kahn's defense team.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his very first day outside, free from the house arrest on Saturday. This happened as the prosecutors gave him a benefit of doubt regarding the credibility of the maid who accused him of a sexual assault and attempt to rape.

The year 2011 was envisioned by many futurologists in the last 100 years to be full of jumpsuits, electronic cars and mobile satellite phones. While some of them came true, many others were not even past their successful trials.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network giant plans to launch something awesome next week, possibly in response to the Google+ release earlier this week.

Medicare continues paying for cancer drugs Avastin for breast cancer, and Provenge, for prostate cancer, regardless of what health regulators rule on the medicine's fate.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who may soon be a free man after serious questions have been raised about the credibility of the woman who accused him of sexual assault, might be able to enter the 2012 presidential race in France, according to a report in the British paper The Daily Telegraph.

Investigators in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office have discovered significant inconsistencies with the account of the chambermaid who claimed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, sexually assaulted her in a luxury hotel room in May, sources said Thursday.

The sexual assault case against disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is falling apart as the investigators have found evidence for lies, prevarication and possible criminal links of his accuser, a Manhattan hotel maid.

Investigators have found evidence of a sexual encounter between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn but an unidentified law enforcement official says the accuser has repeatedly lied, the New York Times reported.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be freed on bail six weeks after being arrested on charges of sexual assault, the New York Times reported Thursday evening.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday at a conference that he would remain as President Obama's top economic official for the foreseeable future after a report saying he was considering stepping down.

Federal officials have canceled the deportation of a Venezuelan man who married his American partner in Connecticut, signaling the government's willingness to recognize a crucial federal benefit for same-sex couples.