Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.

By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook...

An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.

A wildfire burned up to 750 acres of forest north of Los Angeles Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary, authorities said.

In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.

Appealing for global unity in a time of crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that isolationism and protectionism do not offer a way to contain the...

David Letterman and Sen. John McCain will get a chance to make up.

The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics.

A wildfire burned about 500 acres of forest Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary north of Los Angeles, authorities said.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, bills herself as a fiscal conservative. But that can be a relative term when you’re governor...

The government’s plan to make sure private managers of a $700 billion bailout plan are free of conflicts of interest is weak, according to some critics, and...

About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities...

North Korea said Sunday it will resume dismantling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the United States removed the communist country from a list of states that...

This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once the home to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac and it may be incubating a successor.

The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States.

Fidel Castro says a “profound racism” in the United States will stop millions from voting for Barack Obama in next month’s presidential election.

About 2,500 people have fled a toxic cloud after a corrosive material was leaked at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania.

Global finance leaders are pledging cooperation between rich and poor nations to deal with a severe credit crisis after President Bush discussed the seriousness of the...

The grandsons of Santa Claus are coming to town.

Pilots of hot air balloon pilots on Saturday mourned the loss of one of their own in a fiery crash at Albuquerque’s famous balloon festival, even as they say...