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Six people were killed as an earthquake triggered a tsunami that sent massive waves crashing into several South Pacific islands.

The six-day Alabama hostage standoff left kidnapper Jimmy Lee Dykes dead, while the child who was taken off his bus, Ethan, was safely removed from the bunker. FBI used hidden cameras to keep track of Dykes inside the bunker while recent reports indicate police discovered a bomb inside the bunker.

Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI), the country's largest newspaper company, reported a boost in circulation revenue on the strength of its metered paywall rollout. But will it be enough to offset declines in print advertising?

A New York City prison guard is facing 15 years in prison after she allegedly became pregnant from cop killer Ronell Wilson.

The board of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) was to meet Monday night to vote on an offer to take the company private for about $24 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing “people with knowledge of the matter.”

From Oreos to Budweiser, people have been talking more about the Super Bowl ads than the game itself.

By failing to focus on cybersecurity, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee botched its hearing on Chuck Hagel as defense secretary.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) introduced security software intended to detect “stealthy threats” that penetrate systems of “big data” providers

The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal said this week that their computer systems have been infiltrated by Chinese hackers. While these types of unwanted intrusions can happen to anyone, there are measures you can take to protect your digital identity.

An Ohio judge has ruled that the Steubenville rape case will remain open to the media while denying a request from the defense to relocate the highly publicized trial when it begins March 13.

China's cyberespionage entity known as APT-12 seems to be behind the attack on the New York Times. What else do we know about APT-12?

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, visiting Germany as his country was in turmoil, was forced to address offensive remarks about Jews that emerged recently.

The New York Times published an online article Wednesday evening alleging that "Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times" over the past four months.

Can designers' pre-fall collections influence what will be shown at New York Fashion Week for the 2013 fall season?

Even before two battery failures led to the grounding of all Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, the planes’ lithium-ion batteries had experienced multiple problems that raised questions about their reliability, The New York Times reports.

Rios Montt, Guatemala's brief military dictator from 1982 to 1983 is set to go to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

James Deen dishes on the difficulties of working with Lindsay Lohan on "The Canyons."

The Columbus Dispatch has launched a compact new format. The smaller broadsheet size uses an innovative new technology called "three-around printing."

Local authorities responded on Friday to a dolphin that was trapped in the Gowanus Canal.

Four men in New York City walked out of prison Wednesday after judges overturned convictions in two unrelated cases. They were freed after spending a combined total of 74 years behind bars.

The death of Linda Riss Pugach, who was blinded in one eye from a lye attack ordered by her lover and eventual husband Burt Pugach, has piqued the curiosity of Internet users who are wondering: What is lye?

Linda Pugach, the New York woman who went on to marry the man who paid three men to blind her with lye and whose marriage was the subject of the documentary “Crazy Love,” has died. She was 75.

“The Canyons” cannot catch a break. The movie starring Lindsay Lohan, and written by Bret Easton Ellis, has been rejected by SXSW. With this latest rejection it begs the question, how much of a disaster is “The Canyons?”

A Taliban spokesman accused Prince Harry of having "mental problems" after he compared war to playing Xbox.

Nechemya Weberman, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor, was sentenced to 103 years in a child sex abuse case. Weberman is an unlicensed therapist and had been abusing the girl since the age of 12.

Logistical support from the U.S., UK and other Western powers is beefing up French capabilities in Mali.

Seattle coffee giant Starbucks is expected to report a 14 percent gain in earnings per share on an 11 percent sales increase.

Democrats, Republicans and anyone with a sense of humor will be thrilled to learn that The Onion, the beloved satirical newspaper, will be publishing their own versions of Vice President Joe Biden’s autobiography.

Bigelow Aerospace's new Expandable Activity Module could be used in the future as a space hotel for well-heeled adventurers.