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Elephants are taking over the game of polo at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Thailand.

Missoni for Target sold out within hours of its initial launch -- was this exactly what was supposed to happen?

Silver prices fell in electronic trading Tuesday afternoon following a big 2.4 percent gain during floor trading as the possibility that Europe's industrial activity will plunge took some shine off the white metal.

More than 1 in 7 Americans is living in poverty, according to the 2010 Census. But what does it mean to be below the poverty line?

Google has been busy lately, launching its new social network, Google+, and moving to acquire Motorola Mobility and Zagat, the iconic restaurant rating review company. Now, Google has quietly launched the company's online Google Travel engine, called Flight Search. The tool offers basic flight information and pricing, and may ultimately become a competitor to Kayak, an online site that offers discounted fares and flight information from city to city throughout the world.

The name of a Sept. 11 victim etched on the just newly-opened memorial in Lower Manhattan was misspelled, his family told NBC New York.

While Paul Krugman stirred up controversy with his Sept. 11 blog, presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R, Texas, followed suit, writing a blogpost on Sunday titled, Ask the right questions and face the truth.

The Central Intelligence Agency is launching an investigation into whether CIA agents broke the law by helping New York police officers monitor minorities and cultivate informants in Muslim communities.

Gold prices rose Tuesday on global concern about the future of the euro zone, the continent's currency and the fragile state of worldwide economic growth.

Poverty is on the rise in the U.S. -- something one would expect after the worst recession (2007-2009) since the Great Depression -- but the percentage is still stark: 15.1 percent of the nation is in poverty, in the richest nation on the face of the earth.

New al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri voiced support in an Internet video for popular revolts shaking the Middle East, saying Arabs no longer feared the United States 10 years after the country was targeted by the militant network.

It seems a shot of insulin does more than just keep diabetes's sufferers at bay, a new study has found that a daily dosage of insulin nasal spray can slow down the development of Alzheimer's disease.

In U.S. politics, he who wins the verbal war often wins the political war, and with the aforementioned in mind, the Republicans are ahead.

With an estimated global audience of a billion people, The Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant, the contestants for the 2011 Miss Universe pageant have arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil for the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant on Monday night.

Gold rose Tuesday as the U.S. dollar weakened against the euro and other key currencies while bargain hunters moved in following two session in which the yellow lost value.

AOL and TechCrunch’s outspoken and controversial founder Michael Arrington parted ways on Monday.

Here is the list of the Top 10 unscheduled video games that may arrive in 2012.

Residents of Stallion Springs, Calif., residents were forced to evacuate on Monday as string of lightning-caused wildfires in the area, Capt. Joshua Valverde of the Gilroy Fire Department said.

The 17-year-old pop star, Justin Bieber wants to get married, and have a family by the age of 25.

A supersized White Castle customer, having had enough of complaining to the management about the restaurant chain's smaller booths, is now taking the case of insensitivity to the federal court.

Warren Buffett advanced his succession plan on Monday by naming Ted Weschler, a low-profile hedge fund manager who has produced out-sized returns in the last decade, to help manage the investments of Berkshire Hathaway Inc