Obama to Iran: Free 3 American hikers
President Barack Obama is calling for the immediate release of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces along the Iraqi border who will have been in custody for exactly a year on Saturday.
Progress made cleaning Michigan spill
Michigan's governor and the boss of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency planned Friday to fly over the location of an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River.
Earthquake hits Iran, injures dozens
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Iran on Friday, injuring 110 people, according to state-run media.
Boy sent from U.S. back in orphanage
A Russian boy who was sent back to Moscow, Russia, by his adoptive mother in the United States has been returned to an orphanage, an attorney of the World Association for Children and Parents said Friday.
No charges for Gore in assault allegation
Former Vice President Al Gore will not face prosecution over an allegation of sexual assault from 2006, according to the Multnomah County district attorney's office.
WikiLeaks founder fires back at Gates
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rejected criticism from the U.S. secretary of defense, who he said "has overseen the killings of thousands of children and adults."
Investigators back Rangel reprimand
House ethics committee investigators have recommended that Rep. Charlie Rangel be reprimanded, according to oneof those investigators, Rep. Gene Green.
Senate GOP: Memo seeks 'amnesty'
Senate Republicans have an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security which they say shows the Obama administration "conspiring" and "scheming" to allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay and work in the United States
Opinion: Essence leads the way again
Essence, the nation's premiere black women's magazine, caused a firestorm recently when it hired a white woman as its full-time fashion director. With all due respect to the critics, Essence magazine got it right.