GREENSBORO N.C. The defense in the federal corruption trial of John Edwards rested Wednesday after three short days in which none of the major players in the melodramatic case testified. Primed by a defense list that included Mr. Edwards; his elder…

A Cook County judge today released the videotape of the police interrogation of William Balfour that was played for jurors before they convicted him last week of killing actress Jennifer Hudson s mother brother and 7-year-old nephew. The interrogation…

Florida teenager Trayvon Martin died from a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from intermediate range according to an autopsy report reviewed Wednesday by NBC News. The official report prepared by the medical examiner in Volusia County…

ATHENS Fear for the health of Greece's banks increased Wednesday after a rush of withdrawals as the country braces for fresh elections that could determine whether it remains part of the Eurozone. Reports that depositors pulled out nearly $1 billion…

BEIRUT In his first interview since December Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The…

JAKARTA Indonesia - An Indonesian official says special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano. The "black box" could help explain the cause of the…

NEW YORK Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. have filed two lawsuits against the nation s biggest bank accusing it and its leaders of taking excessive risk and causing a monumental $2 billion trading loss. The company disclosed the loss last…

The Philippines has lagged behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia in reducing poverty even as its economic expansion mostly kept pace the past two decades which may stall efforts to achieve an investment-grade debt rating. The CHART OF THE DAY tracks…

We're huge "Community" fans here at Yahoo! TV so we were overjoyed to hear that NBC's wildly surreal college comedy will return this fall for another season. (Yeah it'll be on Friday nights but we'll take what we can get.) So we're celebrating "Community…

Mitt Romney swung through Florida on Thursday picking up more than $2 million in political contributions while bashing President Barack Obama as an ineffective leader. Romney pointed out that earlier in the day the Senate scuttled the president…

ST. PAUL Minn. May 14 (UPI) -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Monday signed a bill approving state funding for a new $975 million stadium for the Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis. Amid cheers and heckling at the state Capitol in St. Paul Dayton…

You would have thought that starting the day with a vote permitting the use of calculators on the Senate floor today was a good sign that it could potentially be a productive day for the U.S. senators. But you would have been mistaken. The Senate spent…

It was a Mother s Day unlike any Tim McDonough had ever known for instead of honoring Mom all he could do was remember her. I kept recalling the lyrics of an old Irish song A Mother s Love Is a Blessing McDonough 47 said. I…

I have never walked out of a movie before. But last weekend I walked out of The Avengers. This popular film has largely received positive reviews touted by many critics as the director Joss Whedon s funniest flick. The best one-liner? According…

NBC4 s Tom McNutt has announced that he will end his 23-year television career as NBC4 s local garden expert. His last broadcast will be the 8 a.m. hour of NBC4 Today this Saturday May 19 2012. Tom is best known for his informative gardening segments…

The chastising chatter that often surrounds LeBron James grew loud again Tuesday night the questions about heart and poise and that game of hot potato that he sometimes likes to play late in games. It was mostly fair play of course not only because…

5:26 2d quarter Celtics 44-39: Celtics are getting contributions across the lineup. Brandon Bass has chipped in six points Mickael Pietrus hit a 3-pointer and Ray Allen is heading to the line. 8:51 2d quarter Sixers 37-34: KG is getting great post…

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Lakers hadn't come anywhere close to being beaten this badly in the opener of a playoff series since 1998. The Lakers went to Utah then to start the Western Conference finals and were demolished in a 35-point rout by John Stockton…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading on Friday. Facebook this week raised the number of shares it intends to float by 25 percent to 421 million shares and lifted the target price…

Manufacturers say Apple has placed an order for larger display screens for the next generation of iPhone. The WSJ's Juro Osawa tells Deborah Kan about what's in store for the new device. HONG KONG The new iPhone that Apple Inc. is expected to unveil…

For a long time some Microsoft officials have privately griped that PC makers don't present Windows in its best light. They clutter desktops with icons that are often little more than ads for third-party products; include confusing utilities that duplicate…

(CBS/AP) SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities in California took the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious. Health officials said Armando Rodriguez 34…

As the manufacturers of 80% of the prescription drugs dispensed in the U.S. the generic pharmaceutical industry is committed to providing patients with the safe and effective medicines they need at a price they can afford. This commitment has never…

The father of Aimee Copeland the University of West Georgia student who lost her leg last week to a flesh-eating bacteria spoke to reporters Wednesday afternoon in Augusta. Speaking from Doctors Hospital where Aimee is being cared for Andy Copeland…