Jesuit priest Paolo Dall'Oglio, who spent the last 30 years in Syria and was recently exiled, said the country still very much needs the U.N.'s help to find a peaceful solution, but the end of Bashar al-Assad's days as president is near.
This month marks two landmark anniversaries -- the deaths Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, two of the world's most recognizable pop-culture icons, who also happen to be two of the highest-earning dead celebrities.
Attorneys deny gay rumors concerning Casper Smart. Smart is not the first famous male accused of being gay while in a heterosexual relationship
The battle between Macaulay Culkin and the National Enquirer, who reported last week of the his alleged addiction to heroin and other drugs, is heating up after the tabloid released a statement challenging the former "Home Alone" actor to a drug test despite Culkin's publicist blasting the report. The National Enquirer released the statement over the weekend to defend its original story detailing Culkin's heroin and drug addiction, even though his publicist said the report was false....
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA), the world's third-largest media company by market capitalization, is expected to have lower fiscal fourth quarter earnings as its cable television and film revenue declines.
According to Boomer Esiason, the Jets should cut Tim Tebow. Is there any chance that new York would get rid of their new quarterback?
Though Apple hasn't specified the exact release date of iOS 6 - the site currently says it's "coming this fall" - but many believe Apple will release the platform alongside a new iPhone and possibly a new "mini iPad," which are both expected to be unveiled and released in mid-September. iOS 6 looks to be right on track for a September release date, as Apple released the fourth beta build of iOS 6 to developers, also known as Build 10A5376e, on Monday morning.
After months of speculation and accusations of favoritism and compromising national security on the part of the Obama administration, Katherine Bigelow's new movie "Zero Dark Thirty" is finally revealed to the public in a new teaser trailer.
The New York Stock Exchange said on Monday it is in talks with U.S. securities regulators to settle allegations that the exchange violated rules intended to promote fair competition.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been winnowing his picks for Vice President in private, with most handicappers suggesting nominees who’ve held public office. How about Margaret (Meg) Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), one of his fondest supporters?
A report by market technology firm Nanex LLC that attempts to explain just exactly what happened at Knight Capital last week shows the "crazy" underbelly of U.S. stock trading
Faulty instructions by air traffic controllers caused a near mid-air collision involving an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 and a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane near New York City in January 2011, a federal report said.
Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP), the largest track network in the U.S., reached its highest stock price ever on Friday as it shifts its business to natural gas producers as coal shipments drop.
The Dallas Cowboys expect to compete for an NFC East title in 2012 with a revamped defense. Do they have enough to win their division?
Space enthusiasts gathered in Times Square very early on Monday morning to glimpse the first images from NASA's new Mars rover, Curiosity.
Adirondack State Park, the largest state-protected preserve in the contiguous United States, grew by 69,000 acres Sunday in the greatest single addition to the park in over a century.
On Sunday, tennis legend Serena Williams made history not only as the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam, but also as the first woman to do the crip walk after a historic win.
Sanya Richards-Ross, the wife of Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Aaron Ross, took home the gold medal in the 400-meters at the Olympics in London. Richards-Ross's win comes four years after an emotional loss left her unsatisfied with an Olympic bronze medal.
Mere days after a systems failure within the automated operations of one of its market-markers caused wild distortions in the New York Stock Exchange, a major European bourse is having its own version of a technical meltdown.
Oscar winner Natalie Portman has married Benjamin Millepied in the coastal California town of Big Sur, reports E! Online.
Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG), which lost $440 million last week when a trading program it had just installed went berserk, confirmed Monday it reached a $400 million rescue deal that will keep the big market maker in business but hammer existing investors.
The FBI, probing the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting, in which a gunman killed six and critically injured three others on Sunday, hinted that it could be an act of domestic terrorism. Meanwhile, the Sikh community in the U.S calls it a crime of "hate and ignorance."
