John Edwards' defense team has rested its case without calling the former presidential candidate or his mistress Rielle Hunter to the stand. The judge told jurors Wednesday morning that no more witnesses will be called in the campaign finance trial.…

FORT SMITH Ark. - A man has been arrested on a murder charge after his pregnant wife who had been stabbed in the chest staggered into a police station in western Arkansas and collapsed. Fort Smith police spokesman Sgt. Daniel Grubbs says authorities…

LAS VEGAS A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison alleging the former football star was so badly represented by lawyers in his trial and previous appeals that he deserves a new trial…

Greece appointed a senior judge Wednesday to head a caretaker government for a month as it lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the euro. The political uncertainty is worrying Greece's international creditors as well as…

BISSAU Guinea-Bissau (AP) Politicians in the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau say they've signed a deal that would allow the country's interim leader to choose a prime minister. The political negotiations agreed upon Wednesday though do not include…

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria boycotted a hearing by the United Nations' main anti-torture body on Wednesday avoiding a grilling over its crackdown on civilians during a year-old uprising. Nobody from Syria's mission in Geneva was available to explain the…

NEW YORK - A judge says he expects to let prosecutors use at trial a recording of a phone call between a former Goldman Sachs board member accused of insider trading and a hedge fund founder. Judge Jed Rakoff made the tentative ruling at a final hearing…

TAMPA Florida (Reuters) - The FBI has opened an inquiry into the multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase stepping up pressure on the bank after key U.S. agencies said they were looking into high-risk trades that first drew regulators'…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush. Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal…

Yesterday Mitt Romney gave a big speech in which he accused Obama of lighting a prairie fire of debt. It s a good line and it has received widespread media coverage. Romney s speech has already been dissected by Jonathan Chait and Steve Benen…

NEBRASKA: State Sen. Deb Fischer s late surge perhaps unprecedented in modern-day Nebraska political history upended a Senate race that appeared to be settled as recently as 10 days ago with the GOP prize within the grasp of Nebraska Attorney…

A second attempt by Minnesota Republicans to craft a tax-cut bill has met the same fate as the first. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the legislation Monday days after the Legislature left town for the year. The governor says sponsors of the bill…

Nick Stahl has been reported as missing a rep for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Access Hollywood . According to People and TMZ the actor's wife Rose filed a missing person's report with the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday…

MTV is making a new home for the Video Music Awards in 2012. The network announced Tuesday that this year s ceremony which airs live on September 6 is to be held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles L.A. Live complex. The 2011 ceremony…

Hip-hop's premier music festival is back. On Tuesday Guerilla Union held a press conference to reveal its lineup of hip-hop all-stars for Rock the Bells 2012. Freestyler extraordinaire Supernatural delivered the list of performers one-by-one with an…

Most every college hoops fan already knows about Jabari Parker the No. 1-ranked player in the class of 2013. We are not strangers to his story: He is nearing the end of his junior year at Simeon High School in Chicago Ill. the alma mater of Derrick…

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has accepted a Football Association charge of violent conduct for an incident involving Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero but has denied a second charged relating to Vincent Kompany. Barton has requested…

Update: Worley will miss his scheduled start Wednesday with arm soreness Jim Full Story Vance Worley: Arm Soreness: Won't Start Wednesday Philadelphia Phillies Hoping Vance Worley's One of the problems that the Philadelphia Phillies early…

Google is introducing a new tool designed to make its search engine smarter. The new feature debuting Wednesday draws from a Google-built database of more than 500 million people places and commonly requested things to provide a summary of vital information…

If you're a small investor seeking a piece of the Facebook initial public offering here's the bad news: You're too late and you're too poor. That's the good news too by the way. Investment frenzies and stock market veterans have been filling the…

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The brain freeze from that hot fudge sundae might last longer than you think. A new UCLA study on rats is the first to show how a diet high in processed sugar slows the brain hampering memory and learning. "Our findings illustrate that what you eat…

WASHINGTON American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes after a panel of experts on Tuesday recommended approval of the first rapid over-the-counter HIV test. The 17 members…

A Georgia woman fighting a rare flesh-eating disease is alert and bored enough to ask her family for a book. Aimee Copeland's request comes just a week after doctors gave her little chance of survival. Her father said Tuesday his daughter is still breathing…