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Steve Jobs Retires: Photos Highlight Health Throughout Years

Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple, marking an end to his 14-year reign at the consumer electronics giant he co-founded in a garage.

U.S. budget deal brightens fiscal outlook: CBO

A sweeping U.S. budget deal has brightened the country's fiscal outlook but its gains could evaporate if Congress extends tax breaks in coming years, nonpartisan congressional forecasters said on Wednesday.

Earthquake Cracked and Shut Down Washington Monument, Obama Blamed on Twitter

The historic earthquake caused a historic damage as it shook the nation's capital.While the mess around Washington, D.C. is being cleaned up on Wednesday, the Washington Monument in the heart of the city remained encircled within a black fence - due to a crack caused by Tuesday's 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia.

Hurricane Irene 2011: Category 3 Storm Puts U.S. East Coast on Alert

Virtually the entire U.S. East Coast is on alert late Wednesday for a possible impact from Hurricane Irene, threatening to blaze a trail from eastern North Carolina northward to New England by Monday. By the time the storm departs the East Coast late Monday, it will likely have lashed with significant impacts from the Bahamas, where it is currently located, to eastern North Carolina, and up through the northeast U.S. -- possibly making a direct hit on Long Island, New York late Sunday.

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Bachmann Unveils ‘One-Term Obama’ Petition

Bachmann ramped up her criticism of the vacationing president on Wednesday by circulating a “One-Term Obama” petition among her supporters in order to showcase his handling of the economy.

Martin Luther King Jr’s "I Have a Dream" Quotes Adorn his New Memorial in Washington

Gallup: Fewer Americans Say Race Relations Have Improved Under Obama

Thirty-five percent of Americans surveyed in an August Gallup poll said race relations in the U.S. have improved since President Obama's election, a decline from the 70 percent who predicted it would get better directly after the 2008 election.

U.S. budget deal to slice deficits: CBO

A sweeping budget deal and lower interest rates will slice projected U.S. budget deficits nearly in half over the next 10 years, but the economy will remain sluggish in the near term, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported on Wednesday.

U.S. Vice President Biden gestures to his Chinese counterpart Xi during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

Insight: U.S. Gets Rare Chance to Size Up China's Next Leader

Before Joe Biden left China this week, the last thing Vice President Xi Jinping told him over dinner was simple: he wants to be friends.

U.S. Alerts East Coast to Hurricane Irene Threat

The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend.

NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Irene approaching the Bahamas

Hurricane Irene Heads for Bahamas, U.S. East Coast

Hurricane Irene has regained its strength and is expected to strike southeastern and central Bahamas Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Army Hat Stolen, Symbolic Statue Attacked: Gaddafi Pledges ‘death or victory’.

Army Hat Stolen, Symbolic Statue Attacked: Gadhafi Pledges ‘Death or Victory’ [PHOTOS]

As revolutionaries overran the compound of Moammar Gadhafi early on Wednesday, the dictator made a vow to fight against rebels that would end in either his death or victory.

PHOTOS: East Coast Earthquake Sends Strong Warning Messages

Rare Strong Quake Rattles U.S. East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, shaking the nation's capital and scaring thousands of office workers who fled onto the streets.

Humanoid Robot Robonaut 2 Back to Life in Space, Will Make First Move in September

The astronauts at the International Space Station have got a new company, a humanoid robot, which was activated on Monday, six months after it got delivered to the space station.

DC Earthquake: Area Hit by 4.2 Magnitude Aftershock

Hours after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast, the Washington, D.C. area was still experiencing aftershocks of considerable magnitude.

Rare Strong Quake Rattles East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, shaking the nation's capital and scaring thousands of office workers who fled onto the streets.

Virginia Earthquake Marks Largest Ever for Washington D.C. [VIDEOS]

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocked the U.S. East Coast, sending vibrations and panics from as far south as North Carolina to as far north as Toronto.Buildings in downtown Washington, D.C. were rattled, causing parts of the Pentagon, White House and to evacuate.

Virginia Earthquake: How Safe is America's Nuclear Infrastructure?

Although the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed inspection on plants around the country, there has not been adequate time for energy companies to update facilities since the safety reports were issued.

Obama Golfing During Vacation as East Coast Earthquake Strikes [VIDEO]

President Barack Obama was golfing during his vacation at Martha's Vineyard as the East Coast Earthquake struck, according to ABC News.

Libyan rebel fighters celebrate after seizing control of the Gaddafi army women's officer training center in Tripoli's Qarqarsh district

It's Over Cry Rebels as Gaddafi HQ Overrun

Joyful Libyan rebels overran Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons.

East Coast Earthquake: 5.9 Quake Rocks NYC to Virginia: USGS [PHOTOS]

Earthquake Rattles East Coast, No Deaths

A strong earthquake struck the East Coast and was felt as far away as Canada on Tuesday, shaking buildings in many cities, delaying flights and trains and sending thousands of frightened workers into the streets.

'It's Over,' Cry Rebels as Gadhafi HQ Overrun

Joyful Libyan rebels overran Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons.

Earthquake in Virginia, Hurricane Irene: Mother Nature Reminds Us She's Most Powerful of All

The earthquake in Virginia that shook the east coast and the approaching Hurricane Irene storm remind us that mother nature is the most poweful force of all.

Earthquake East Coast: Rattles Felt from Virginia to New Hampshire

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rattled Washington DC and sent tremors all the way north to New York City and Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The earthquake struck around 1:51 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.