More than 3 million Cablevision subscribers couldn't see the opening of the Oscars on Sunday because of a dispute over paying for ABC shows

The E.U. has given the green light to farmers to grow fields of genetically modified potatoes. Is Europe beginning to embrace GM foods?

Caught short on civilian trials for terrorism suspects and closing Guantanamo, the Obama Administration is negotiating with Senator Lindsey Graham. But it's not clear he can deliver

James Cameron and 'Avatar' lose the Best Director and Picture Oscars to Katheryn Bigelow and 'The Hurt Locker.' It's a result that says much about the Academy's make-up and mind-set

Boxer Manny Pacquiao is preparing for what fans hope will be an interim fight against Joshua Clottey -- that is, if Floyd Mayweather Jr. will agree to terms for a future match

Your mobile emits a tiny amount of radiation. Is that safe in the long run?

New findings suggest that women who drink moderately are less likely to gain weight over time than those who don't

The carbon equation isn't as straightforward as we might think. Scientists find that rich nations are essentially outsourcing some of their carbon emissions to developing nations through global trade

While all the signs point to Mossad as the perpetrator and the Israelis are hardly denying it, the killing of a top Hamas operative may have caused the Israelis problems on other fronts

Neither side believes that indirect talks being initiated by the U.S. will bring peace, but each will try to use their failure to its advantage

Alexei Navalny is a unique type of opposition figure in Russia. He believes the most effective way to challenge the ruling class is not through elections, but by acquiring stock

That there will be no drawn-out trial means Letterman potentially dodged a bullet, insofar as any further embarrassing details might have come out.

Here are some of David Rosenberg's astute observations, comparing last March to the present

Pro-democracy campaigners need time to achieve their aims. There's no time left

Less than 24 hours after he testified in London before the UK's Iraq Inquiry, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has paid a surprise visit to UK troops in Afghanistan.

A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.5 struck Friday night southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A British soldier who went absent without leave rather than return to fight in Afghanistan was jailed for nine months by a military court, officials said.

A South Korean couple arrested for allowing their baby to starve to death had been raising an online child, police said on Friday.

A top Taliban leader has been arrested in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, a senior Pakistani military official told CNN.

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