No. 12 Cornell shredded the 5-seed Owls, which came into the game ranked No. 1 in field-goal percentage defense, and grabbed the Ivy League's first NCAA tournament win since Princeton in 1998.

The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.

President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of his presidency, urging lawmakers on Friday to pass a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system in a long-awaited vote this weekend.

Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.

In their attempt to pass a sweeping health care overhaul this weekend, House Democrats are pushing a package of legislative fixes to lure undecided or opposed members of their party to the "yes" category.

One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamps homeless camps, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water and flooding latrines.

As the Red River swells again, Fargo, N.D., residents are weighing the National Weather Service forecasts. They are well aware that predicting what happens on the river is not an exact science.

A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith’s estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.

Who is Michelle "Bombshell" McGee? What little she's said about herself comes from the most unreliable of sources: profile blurbs and videos on adult and edgy Web sites. But one thing is constant: she projects the image of a woman with a hard-partying lifestyle.

Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.

The brand-new Oscar winner isn't likely to experience any professional consequences from the public exposure of her personal pain. "If anything, it would engender a massive amount of sympathy toward her," said veteran publicist Michael Levine.

A federal judge rejects a multimillion-dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center, saying U.S. the deal doesn't include enough money for the workers.

The mortgage holder for Nadya Suleman's $565,000 Southern California residence says he is starting foreclosure proceedings because the family hasn't kept up the payments.

When news of the scandal broke in 2007, Winfrey said she had “lost confidence” in headmistress Nomvuyo Mzamane and was “cleaning house from top to bottom.”

Badgers defeat No. 13-seed Wofford 53-49, will face Cornell next.