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Six-term Sen. Dick Lugar was defeated in Indiana's Republican primary Tuesday by Tea Party-backed State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, marking the end of an era for one of the Senate's longest serving members.

Tsipras has only three days to form a new unity government.

In a move to stay true to the 1960s, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner paid $250,000 in licensing fees to use the Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows in last Sunday's episode of Mad Men.

Mexican business-tycoon Carlos Slim Helú's mobile telecommunications company América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) made an unsolicited bid to raise its stake in Dutch mobile phone company Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Amsterdam: KPN) by $3.4 billion, KPN announced Tuesday.

Children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak has died at the age of 83, reports the New York Times. Sendak is best known for his books Where The Wild Things Are, and In The Night Kitchen. He died on Tuesday in Danbury, Connecticut from complications of a recent stroke.

Drama, drama, drama. The gowns that stood out the most at the 2012 Met Gala at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit certainly brought the most drama. From trailing trains and see-through lace to feathers and layers upon layers of tulle, the most dramatic gowns of the night proved to be the most stunning. Check out photos of Beyonce, Florence Welch, Cate Blanchett and more.

After the arraignment of the five accused 9/11 planners, their civilian counsel criticized the military commission handling the case.

The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson's newest film has become a hot topic among movie buffs, who are anxiously awaiting PTA's follow-up to There Will Be Blood. The forthcoming period piece is rumored to shine on The Church of Scientology, whose most prominent structure is smack-dab in Hollywood.

Brooklyn boy Yakim McDaniels, 12, died on Sunday afternoon after getting entangled and then crushed in a metal gate as it rolled open.

Alexis Bledel made a cameo appearance on Mad Men as Beth Dawes, the neglected wife of insurance salesman Howard who shares a night of passion with Pete Campbell. Is this role the perfect segue into the role of Anastastia Steele for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie?

About one-fourth of the 3,400 French troops stationed in Afghanistan are scheduled to depart the country by year-end.

The PlanetSolar catamaran became the first vehicle to circumnavigate the globe using solar energy on Friday when it pulled into Monaco after 19 months at sea.

The U.S. Treasury Department will sell $5 billion in shares of American International Group Incorporated (NYSE: AIG) as it continues to divest its balance sheets of the bailed-out insurance company, which has agreed to purchase $2 billion of its own shares as part of the stock offering, the company announced Monday.

Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt has been back home since February, and last night he posted a video titled Earl Sweatshirt in Samoa featuring three minutes of footage taken during his time at the boarding school. Watch it here.

Labeled the Sopranos of the Afghanistan war, the Haqqanis have built themselves from what was once a rebel force bent on removing the Russians in the 1980s into a Mafia-like organization dealing in smuggling, extortion, and assassination.

Did Dominique Strauss-Khan, the former IMF chief whose career was shattered amid accusations he raped a New York hotel maid, participate in an alleged group rape in Washington, D.C? French investigators are exploring the possibility as they probe the once-likely French presidential candidate.

Women all over the world are finding themselves sexually liberated and it's all because of the kinkily fun pleasure fest that is Fifty Shades of Grey. The first book in the erotic trilogy (there's also Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed) currently resides at the top of the New York Times and Amazon.com best seller list.

Mallory Kievman, 13, has not only supposedly cured the hiccups, but has become a CEO in the process. Mallory Kievman is CEO and founder of Hiccupops, a company that might just have cured one of the world's oldest and most annoying conditions.

The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) is suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), accusing leaders of the world's biggest retailer of not upholding the best interest of shareholders by quashing an investigation of bribery of public officials by its Mexican subsidiary.

Vogue's underage, anorexic model ban is a prohibition a long-time in the making; but, as the saying goes, better late than never. Vogue, considered as the Fashion Bible by many, is setting a precedent with its move to eradicate too-young and too-skinny models from the pages of its publication. It is one small step for Vogue, one giant leap for fashion.

The second largest U.S. public pension fund said on Thursday it had sued current and former executives and board members at Wal-Mart Stores Inc, alleging bribery and a cover-up in the company's expansion in Mexico.

Vogue's glossy pages will have an additional focus to fashion following the June 2012 issue: Health.

George Vujnovich served as an agent for the American military during WWII, but the story of his greatest achievement was kept under wraps for over 60 years.

Trade the city streets of New York for the sleepy byways of Long Island's North Fork, home to one of the United States' most exciting wine regions.

After The National Enquirer broke the story of presidential candidate John Edward's affair with Rielle Hunter, Edwards and his aides worried when Hunter appeared reluctant to deny the affair in court. Apparently, she offered to testify that she was abducted by aliens instead.

There are a lot of mysteries surrounding Sarah Phillips, but the biggest might be how she got a job in the first place.

Despite the controversy and legal battles surrounding e-books, it's clear that lovers of electronic reading aren't going anywhere. E-books are only increasing in popularity and the growing romance and erotic fanbase has had a great deal to do with that. Similarly, reading and writing sultry online fan fiction is becoming immensely popular with women.

Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time prime minister who was accused of being close to the Mafia, is in intensive care after suffering heart problems on Thursday.

News Corp. board announced 'full confidence' in Murdoch's leadership in response to a Parliamentary rebuke.