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Fourteen suspected terrorists died Tuesday night when the bus they rigged with explosives blew up prematurely, police said.

For Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, it was a global virtual black eye.

James Von Brunn, who was accused of killing a security guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in June, has died at a prison hospital, his attorney said Wednesday.

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, plans to announce his retirement, a source close the senator told CNN.

The cheering was raucous and the applause thunderous for a man who makes few public appearances.

It's usually the bad guys who leave ransom notes, but in the Florida Keys, it was the cops who tried it -- and it helped them bag a suspected marijuana grower.

U.S. anti-terrorism officials are pushing to get more air marshals on American jetliners and beef up efforts to screen visa applicants overseas after some stinging criticism from President Obama.

Two F-15 fighter jets escorted a passenger jet that had been headed for Hawaii back to Portland International Airport in Oregon after a passenger in coach became "uncooperative," an airline official said Wednesday.

The U.S. government has overhauled criteria it uses for putting possible terrorists on watch-lists and no-fly lists as a result of the failed Christmas day attack, senior State Department officials tell CNN.

President Obama meets with his security officials today for an update on the inquiry into security lapses that allowed a bomb suspect to board a U.S.-bound flight.

Deb Lemire has always been "short and square," a figure she inherited from her grandmother and passed on to her child. So when Lemire took her daughter in for a wellness visit and the well-meaning pediatrician pulled her aside to talk about her daughter's weight, the 47-year-old burst into tears "because I was the 10-year-old being told I was overweight."

Much of the South remained under a hard freeze warning Wednesday as arctic air caused record low temperatures overnight and into the morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Heiress and socialite Casey Johnson lived a life of privilege that provided her great freedom -- and made her a frequent topic of gossip columns in the years leading up to her death this week.

Ladies (and gentlemen): Can you find the G-spot?

Google is less than an hour away from announcing what's expected to be its full-on leap into the smartphone market.

A Washington attorney late Tuesday identified his client as the third "party crashers" at a White House state dinner held in November.

Sen. Chris Dodd's announcement that he is retiring follows an illustrious career, but one that has recently been overshadowed by controversies, political woes and personal tragedies.

Think your TV is pretty slim? After seeing LG's new television, you may want to put that flat-screen of yours on a diet.

The suspect in the failed Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner faces a six-count federal indictment issued Wednesday, including an attempt to murder the other 289 people aboard.

2010 has opened on an unsettling note for Democrats in the U.S. Senate.