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Bradley Manning, the suspected source of the largest leak of classified U.S. documents in history, spent his 24th birthday in military court on Saturday listening to investigators detail how they pieced together the case against him.

After the domestic box office's worst weekend since September 2008, the picture could be brighter entering this weekend, thanks to two strong showings Thursday night.

As President Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha send out their annual holiday portrait and release the 2011 White House Christmas card, tsee photos of the First Family celebrating the holiday season, from lighting the National Christmas Tree to greeting Santa's elves in D.C., and look back at Christmas with the Obamas in years past.

As oil and gas companies target the Marcellus Shale for hydraulic fracturing, several East Coast states have begun to develop the first comprehensive rules to regulate the process.

Jailbreaking, of course, is the process of removing limitations imposed by Apple to gain core access to the operating system of their device so they can get applications and more than aren't licensed by Apple.

No one wants to die alone. But its legal hassles, and new alternatives, may be killing the institution, especially for the young.

With two weeks left in the trading year, the euro zone debt crisis will remain the primary impediment to pushing the S&P 500 index into positive territory for 2011.

Rick Santorum is struggling to convince Republicans that he is a viable all-around candidate and not just a stalwart social conservative. Here are his positions on a wide range of topics, from social issues to the economy to foreign policy.

MVRDV's The Cloud has attracted criticism, but the risk taken is essential for design to move forward.

Actor Graham Brown, who appeared on stage at London's Globe Theatre and most notably on U.S. television in Law & Order and Sanford and Son, died Tuesday in Englewood, N.J., at the age of 87, according to The Associated Press.

Two comparatively strong earthquakes struck Puerto Rico within three minutes of each other early Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There have been no media reports of damage, injuries, or death.

To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe.

Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested an Iranian caught spying for the United States, the Islamic Republic's latest claim of success in a spying war with Washington.

To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc. CEO John Donahoe. Recently, his company had a hundred engineers working on apps for Apple's iPhone, another hundred on apps for Google's Android, and only one or two on apps for RIM's BlackBerry.

It’s been more than two months baby Lisa disappeared from her Kansas City home.

The key component of the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 is now made in a Samsung-owned electronics factory in Texas, according to an exclusive Reuters report.

A northern California judge has rejected the state's new protocol for lethal injections affecting death penalties. Judge Fay D'Opal, a Marin County Superior Court official, said correction officials had failed to explain why the single injection method, used in some other states, was not considered in the new rules; the current standard is a three drug injection method.

A Mississippi resident, who threatened to kill President Obama and to blow up a hospital, has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.

Verizon Wireless has finally started sales of the eagerly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first mobile device in the U.S. to run on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, on Dec. 15. The flagship Android smartphone is selling at Verizon stores and through its online network for $299.99 with a two-year contract and will on its 4G LTE network.

Deeply divided U.S. lawmakers on Friday eked out an agreement to extend payroll-tax cuts for just two months, and only after Democrats bowed to Republican demands on a controversial oil pipeline.

Southaven, Mississippi, Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican has come out after an investigation revealed that he used city funds to cover personal expenses including a visit to a gay adult store.