Oil falls on weak economic data

US crude oil price fell sharply on Wednesday as data from Europe and the United States came in weak.

NASA's Mars rover set for launch

This artist's conception depicts the rover Curiosity, of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

The US stated that the missile defense system being deployed in Europe does not and cannot threaten Russia's strategic deterrent.

Wall Street sell-offs continued on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving Holiday.

University of Texas students, alumni, faculty and fans gather on the main mall for the 26th annual Hex Rally in Austin, Texas.

The Kyoto Protocol was not up for discussion for US in the new round of UN climate change talks in South Africa next week.

The implosion of the congressional supercommittee is likely to delay any major deficit-reduction agreement.

A wave of firings has washed away more than 200,000 jobs in the global financial-services industry this year, eclipsing 174,000 in 2009.

A Southern California teenager pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing a gay student during a computer lab class 3 years ago.

Police say they've arrested the mother of a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing without a trace for more than a month.

A former employee of author Mark Twain's Connecticut home who admitted to embezzling more than $1 million from it in a long-running scheme.

A growing number of US kids say they have been picked on via text messaging, including having rumors spread about them or been threatened.