The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, accused the U.S. of encouraging protests over the country's recent Parliamentary elections. He said hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign funds were used to influence the vote.
With a number of protests targeting the ruling party in Russia and alleging them of election fraud, the past few months have been less than smooth for the Russians. Whatever the case may be, the F-word is probably the last thing one would expect to appear on Twitter, particularly in the feed of a top international leader, in this case President Medvedev.
The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) is a program specially developed for home owners whose houses have lost value in the last few years and have not managed to get a refinance mortgage.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's commentary expressing doubts about the Israeli democratic setup, which came hot on the heels of two earlier instances of top U.S. officials suggesting Israel lacked dedication towards the Palestinian peace process, has sparked a an uproar in Israel and among American Jewish groups.
Candace Gingrich-Jones, the half-sister of GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, has said she will work hard to get President Barack Obama re-elected next year. Gingrich-Jones, a lesbian gay rights activist, disagrees with her Gingrich (with whom she shares her mother) on gay rights.
Seventy years ago on Dec. 7, 1941 Japan launched a ‘surprised attack’ on America’s naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that brought the U.S. into World War II.
Rick Perry may be forgetful when it comes to stuff like which cabinet departments he'd like to eliminate, or the legal voting age in the United States, but when it comes to gay-bashing, the Texas governor and Republican presidential hopeful is right on top of his game.
China will support Europe in its efforts to overcome its debt crisis which Beijing sees as only temporary, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said after talks in Berlin Wednesday.
The former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has been sentenced to prison for 14 years for federal corruption charges.
San Jose, California's city council has approved a measure for next June's ballot that would overhaul pensions for city workers to rein in their rising costs, a growing concern for local and state governments across the nation.
The United States and Canada have agreed to speed up food and other cargo shipments across their border and to sync some regulations related to drugs and cars, U.S. and Canadian officials said on Wednesday.
Some members of the G20 group of major economies are jointly urging European policy makers to resolve the region's sovereign debt crisis as quickly as possible, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.
Two new victims, Victims 9 and 10, have come forward in the sexual harassment case against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Pennsylvania police arrested Sandusky at his home on Wednesday following the new charges brought forward in a grand jury report.
The gang enslaved at least 300 women between 1994 and 2009.
Novo7, a 7-inch Ice Cream Sandwich equipped tablet available only in China, is reportedly set for release in the U.S. in the upcoming months. The Ice Cream Sandwich equipped tablet could be a major game-changer with an expected listing price of only $99.
Although FDA Commissioner had approved an application to make Plan B One-Step emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women of all ages, the agency's decision was blocked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The updated plans of the Apple Campus 2 Project were posted to the City of Cupertino website. The new plans include jogging paths, changes to the fitness center and a new roof made from dark-grey material.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have prevented almost 2 million foreclosures since the enterprises were taken under federal conservatorship in 2008, according to a report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
Occupy Wall Street's reverberations have finally crossed into the political realm, as prominent Democrats at all levels of government -- from the president to Congress to state houses -- have begun echoing the movement's lambasting of the under-representation of the poor and the unemployed and capitalism's ills.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his government is willing to sit down with Exxon Mobil Corp. officials after years of tension following the nationalization of the country's oil industry.
Australian Mansor Almaribe was sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in prison by a court in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of blasphemy.
The killings have prompted fears that sectarian violence between Shias and Sunni Muslims could erupt in Afghanistan.
European shares slipped back slightly in cautious trade on Wednesday, ahead of a EU summit this week, amid uncertainty about the chances a comprehensive deal would be reached to help end the region's debt crisis.
Zagaria told police investigators upon his capture: You won. The state has won.”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Barbara Walters that the crackdown in Syria was not his fault.
Elian González, the center of a heated custody controversy between the U.S. and Cuban government in 2000, turned 18 Tuesday, according to reports. Here's a look at him over the years.
In the midst of a legal battle over Alabama's new immigration law, the state's attorney general sent a letter to top Republican lawmakers suggesting ways to shield the law from challenges by altering or deleting controversial provisions.
Presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto couldn't give the title of any books he likes... while speaking at a book fair.
A new over the counter drug, Blowfish, is said to be an FDA approved hangover cure set to hit stores throughout the U.S. in January 2012, but is it?
In late September Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ for Saadi.
