State Department spokesperson PJ Crowley has quit after causing a stir by describing the treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker as "stupid".
The US government approved $40-billion in worldwide private arms sales in 2009, including more than $7-billion to Mideast and North African nations.
Microsoft said on Wednesday it has sold more than 10-million Kinect motion-sensing game system units worldwide, breaking records.
Facebook not only made household names out of its founders thanks to the movie <em>The Social Network</em>.
Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman accused of trying to assassinate Gabrielle Giffords, pleaded not guilty to all 49 new charges on Wednesday.
Charlie Sheen is gone, but his sitcom <em>Two and a Half Men</em> is likely to stick around.
A new programme funded through the US government hopes to support research efforts in Africa and increase the number of healthcare workers.
The United States warned Zimbabwe on Monday that it could face penalties if it cooperates with Iran’s nuclear program in violation of UN resolutions.
After crews used blowtorches to clear the ice-covered raceway, a 28-year-old mother of two won the annual Shrove Tuesday trans-Atlantic pancake race.
Google on Thursday began cooking recipes into its search menu in a way that lets people easily find instructions to whip up dishes in the kitchen.
YouTube announced on Monday that it bought internet tv company Next New Networks to improve content for the Google-owned video-sharing website
Carl Sutphin was a problem priest who left ministry in the Roman Catholic church just before being charged with 14 counts of molestation.
Chuck and Sally Heath, the parents of US conservative champion Sarah Palin, "sleep with guns" after receiving death threats.
Charlie Sheen wanted his employers to apologise "while licking my feet" — but instead the actor is licking his own wounds.
The Obama administration recently played down a proposal to establish a no-fly zone over Libya.
A Nasa scientist has stirred up debate over life elsewhere in the cosmos after claiming to have found tiny fossils of alien bugs inside meteorites.
A Northwestern University professor apologised on Saturday for letting a couple demonstrate the use of a sex toy after one of his classes.
A prototype miniature space shuttle blasted off aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday.
On Wednesday Apple released the second version of the iPad. Pardon me while I yawn: I know it’s rude to do it in public but what the hell?
Troubled US actor Charlie Sheen rounded off a rollercoaster week on Friday by claiming that he couldn’t be anti-Semitic because he is Jewish.
Think Charlie Sheen’s mad ranting is hilarious? A sufferer of bipolar disorder doesn’t think so.
Mexican President Felipe Calderón will press President Barack Obama to crack down on US drug consumption when they meet on Thursday.
Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen has gone from Twitter virgin to one million followers in under two and a half days.
Apple answers the iPad’s critics and Gmail digs deep to rescue lost files.
A thin but energetic Steve Jobs made a surprise return to the spotlight on Wednesday, taking the stage to unveil Apple’s new iPad.
Actor Charlie Sheen’s public meltdown has made international headlines. Better yet, it provided cannon fodder for the idle minds on the internet.
International forces admitted on Wednesday that they accidentally killed nine Afghan civilians in an air strike.
American hunters are emerging as a threat to the survival of African lions, with demand for trophy rugs driving the animals towards extinction.
A painting of a penis on a bridge in Russia’s second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said.
Start-up SocialEyes on Monday introduced a service that lets people have one-on-one or group video chats with friends from Facebook.
Hollywood siren shot to fame in Howard Hughes’s film <em>The Outlaw</em>.
The Hollywood siren, who shot to fame in Howard Hughes’s film <em>The Outlaw</em>, died at her home in California.