European stocks fell from a six month-high this past week, as Greece’s coalition government failed to agree on the remaining spending cuts needed to obtain financial aid from the European Union and stave off a default.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he deliver his speech at a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, Tehran, Saturday, Feb.

Mitt Romney hoped to avoid a fourth straight election setback Saturday in the GOP presidential nomination race, but feisty Ron Paul could extend that losing streak with a victory in Maine's caucuses.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced President Barack Obama's compromise over whether to require religiously affiliated institutions to provide contraception to female employees, saying the proposal raises "serious moral concerns," acco...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Coach Tom Thibodeau refers to it as readiness to play. It’s his belief that being focused to start a game is one of the hallmarks of successful teams. His team has responded by making a habit of burying inferior opponents early. The...

Though it was pronounced dead-before-arrival by opponents on Capitol Hill, President Obama's new mortgage-refinancing package contained...

Bishops and MPs last night attacked a landmark ruling banning local councils from saying prayers during meetings as an assault on Britain's Christian heritage.

When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead. One of the pilots is among those asking why. A spokesman for ...

Entering the final week of the regular season, the battle for Central Mass. boys' basketball scoring lead appears to be a six-person race between Hudson's Jacob Loewen (22.1), St. Peter-Marian's Matthew Mobley (22.0), South's Rod Milton (21.8), Littl...

Detroit — A federal judge heard arguments Friday on a lawsuit filed by Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner in an effort to recover millions in unpaid real estate transfer taxes from mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.