When most people hear the term "match-fixing," images of entire teams and refereeing crews conspiring to ensure a pre-determined win or loss in high-profile games are the first thing to come to mind.

Authorities kill the gunman holding a 5-year-old boy inside an underground bunker.

The station has seven interlocking units, which can be hydraulically elevated to avoid being crushed by heavy snow.

Obama may soon ask Congress for the power to get more info about accounts held by foreigners.

A brewery is Alaska is being fueled by its own beer – in a manner of speaking. The Alaskan Brewing Co. (ABC) plans to use spent grain from the brewing process to help power the majority of the brewery’s functions and reduce energy costs by 70 percent. "We had to be a little more innovative [...]

In these early days of his second term, President Obama isn’t just promoting legislation on guns and immigration. The president and his surrogates are promoting “common-sense proposals” to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, and a revamped, “common-sense” immigration system.

It shaped up as a one-sided game, threatened to become a farce once the lights went out and eventually turned into a Super Bowl that was proclaimed as the greatest of them all.

Scientists found new species of crustaceans, including spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago.

Researchers studied rusty spires of rock called hoodoos 120 miles north of Los Angeles.

Mitt Romney’s son says he’s not interested in running for John Kerry's now-open seat.

Paris is so fashion-forward, right? Maybe not. Women are technically banned from wearing pants.

The stock market is closing out its worst day so far this year, bringing the Dow average back below 14,000.

Most people can't live without Facebook -- but what happens to your Facebook page when you are no longer living? New Hampshire and other states are trying to figure that out.State Rep. Peter Sullivan has introduced legislation to allow the executor of an estate control over the social networking pages of the dead. Last week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 222-128 to give Sullivan more time to write an amendment that begins a study of the issue. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S. congressman said Monday.

The House Majority Leader is laying out his party's agenda on Tuesday.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has pounded into a Red Planet rock with its drill for the first time, bringing the 1-ton robot a big step closer to initiating its first full-bore drilling operations.