Genes offer opportunities for growth, study finds

Upset because you are too short or too tall? An international DNA scan shows it may not be as easy as blaming a parent for passing along the wrong gene....

North Korean leader's son rises as likely successor

North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il has named his youngest son as a military general, state media said early on Tuesday, marking the first stage of a dynastic succession....

White House, Dems see tax cut vote after election

The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress said Sunday they would find a way to extend middle-class tax cuts after the November elections..

Bomb scare diverts plane; may have been a hoax

Canadian police is investigating whether a phoned-in hoax caused a Pakistani jet to be diverted to Stockholm,...

Authorities: 2 tornadoes struck NYC during storm

The storm that churned through New York City spawned two destructive tornadoes and a fierce macroburst with wind speeds up to 125 mph...

Pope admits church failures in sex abuse scandal

Pope Benedict XVI waded into the hostile atmosphere Thursday of highly secular Britain, admitting the Catholic Church did not act decisively or quickly...

More House Democrats call for tax cuts for all

More Democrats joined Republicans on Wednesday in calling for the preservation of tax breaks for Americans of every income level.....

Trio of storms swirls in Atlantic and Caribbean

A trio of potentially dangerous storms swirled over the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, as Tropical Storm Karl formed in the Caribbean on a path that could take it over..

Imam says NYC mosque site is not 'hallowed ground'

It is two blocks from ground zero, but the site of a proposed mosque and Islamic center shouldn't be seen as "hallowed ground" in a neighborhood....

Residents return home after Calif pipeline blowout

Residents returned Sunday to the ruined hillsides of their suburban San Francisco neighborhood, three days after a natural gas pipeline exploded...

Record gains for US poverty with elections looming

The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch...

Crews search ash-covered homes after blast kills 4

All that was left of some houses Friday were chimneys, rising from still smoldering ruins....

Decision To Suspend Quran-burning Met With Relief

Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by a small American church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book...

Obama's tax break for business: Will it put Americans to work?

A new round of tax incentives for US businesses could have some positive impact on the job market, but it's not likely to ignite massive..

UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo

The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants....

Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico

Authorities in Mexico urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas offered residents sandbags and put shelters on standby....

UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hampered

In an unusually blunt warning, the U.N. atomic agency said Monday that its monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities is being hampered because Tehran objects to giving some agency....

Muslims hold mass prayers at Jerusalem mosque

Tens of thousands of Muslims poured into the heavily guarded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for the last Friday...

Radical Islam is world's greatest threat - Tony Blair

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the...

Hamas taking hard line over peace negotiations

Attacks on settlers will continue unless the rulers of Gaza can be accommodated, with violence to the resumption of Fatah-Israeli negotiations..

Bernanke testifying to crisis inquiry panel

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to appear before a panel investigating the financial crisis...