The old year is ending with too many Americans in a credit card "hangover." Delinquencies and defaults in credit card payments are surging, according to a recent Associated Press analysis of financial data from the country's largest credit card...

Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday. "These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we...

VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - Youths rampaged for a third night in the tough suburbs north of Paris and violence spread to a southern city late Tuesday as police struggled to contain rioters who have burned cars and buildings and in an ominous turn ...

Former DOJ Official Tested the Method Himself, in Effort to Form Torture Policy A senior Justice Department official, charged with reworking the administration's legal position on torture in 2004 became so concerned about the controversial...

ZACHARO, Greece (Reuters) - EU firefighters and planes joined the battle on Sunday against the fires raging in Greece for three days, killing 51 people and threatening areas near ancient Olympia, historic site of the first Olympic games. Greece...