A 10-year-old girl who is offering everything in her piggy bank to get her 5-month-old puppy Meeko back may get her wish. Burglars stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics from the Mabanags’ San Jose, Calif., home Monday, but all 10-year-old Marissa Mabanag wants back......

Mitt Romney looked a little uneasy firing Big Bird during Wednesday night's presidential debate, said body language expert Chris Kowal. Kowal spent the night after the debate using a computer program to analyze the facial expressions of Romney and President Obama for clues about what they were really thinking during the one-on-one showdown.
A unique way of speaking English disappears as Scotsman's death spells demise of rare dialect
A rare form of fungal meningitis has killed four people and sickened 26 across five states, and more cases are expected, health officials said.
It’s time to talk turkey. Or, more specifically, getting to your Thanksgiving destination to enjoy turkey this year. It’s seven weeks from the big day, and Thanksgiving weekend is one of the most heavily-traveled times of the year for leisure travelers. Because it’s a busy...
A U.S. Army soldier from upstate New York is the 2,000th American military fatality from the war in Afghanistan. On Thursday, the Pentagon released the casualty report for Army Sergeant First Class Daniel Metcalfe, 29, from Liverpool, N.Y., who was killed Saturday. Metcalfe was serving with the...
It’s a common threat during election season: “If my candidate doesn’t win, I’m leaving the country.” Now, JetBlue is offering voters a chance to fulfill the typically empty threat with their Election Protection 2012 program. “On November 6th, America will elect the next U.S. president,”...
A police union is coming to the defense of the Philadelphia policeman who was caught on video punching a woman in the face, following the police commissioner's decision to suspend the officer for 30 days with the "intent to dismiss."
Chris Brown has officially broken up with his model girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, according to his rep. “I have decided to be single to focus on my career. I love Karrueche very much but I don’t want to see her hurt over my friendship with Rihanna....
A company known for buying and selling rare Disney items is offering a replica Disneyland Haunted Mansion home near Atlanta. The more than 10,000 square-foot home is located in a private gated community in Duluth, Ga., and is for sale by Mark Hurt, owner of the company Constructioneer, who built the replica in 1996. The asking price is $873,000.
Dubai will soon be adding another ostentatious building to its skyline as developers announced they plan to build an exact replica of India’s famed Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The project, called “Taj Arabia,” will include a 300-room five star hotel, apartments, restaurants...
“American Idol” judge Mariah Carey says multiple people heard fellow judge Nicki Minaj say, “If I had a gun, I would shoot the b***h” after launching a curse-filled rant at Carey during an “Idol” audition, Barbara Walters said on “The View” today after interviewing Carey....
For all the criticism lobbed at the participants in last night’s presidential debate, veteran moderator Jim Lehrer may have got the worst of it. Lehrer, longtime host of The News Hour on PBS, was seen by many as losing control of the debate, asking vague...
Big Bird Memes Go Viral
Larry Spurling was charged with disturbing the peace.
When Wisconsin TV anchor Jennifer Livingston was bullied by a viewer who called her overweight, people across the country rallied around her. Her famous brother, actor Ron Livingston, is also speaking up for his younger sister. “My sister Jennifer … brings an exceptional dedication to...