Paul Mooney

A federal judge in Seattle has declined to immediately restrain the activities of a Washington state-based anti-whaling group.

It's become standard-operating procedure when a celebrity dies too young - investigators immediately go looking through their nightstand and medicine cabinet.

Irish stage and screen actor David Kelly, known for appearances in British comedies such as Robin's Nest, has died aged 82.

Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth has marked the milestone with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign.

North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops - just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.

Two hundred years ago, the first steamboat meandered down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, taking more than four months to reach New Orleans.

There was no title at stake and no trophy to lift but Rafa Nadal's victory over Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinals has added another glorious chapter to the greatest rivalry in tennis.

TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world's best DJs.

As the search for four people on the slopes of Mount Rainier stretches into its second week, experts say the rewards for the hearty few who attempt the summit of the 14,411-foot heavily glaciated volcano in winter are great - as are the dangers.

Scientists working in the dense jungles of Indonesia have "rediscovered" a large grey monkey so rare it was believed by many to be extinct.

A man accused of spraying gasoline on a 73-year-old woman and setting her ablaze in an elevator has been charged with murder and arson, appearing in court with the left side of his face blistered and burned, his upper lip swollen.

All Black mania lifted a notch as final preparations began yesterday for the biggest game in New Zealand rugby history.

Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott have a new baby girl.