2012-05-22: One day after President Barack Obama vowed to attack Mitt Romney's private equity record through to November, a super PAC supporting his reelection unleashed a new ad that enlists the former Massachusetts governor's erstwhile primary rivals to do just that. There's Newt Gingrich, lumping Romney in with financiers who 'loot companies, leave behind broken families, [...]

2012-05-21: As NATO leaders launched two days of summit talks, first lady Michelle Obama hosted their spouses at a youth center in the neighborhood where she grew up, saying, “It really feels good to be home.”

2012-05-12: Mitt Romney doubled down on his position against same sex marriage, telling graduates at Liberty University Saturday that marriage between 'one man and one woman' is an 'enduring institution' that should be defended. Coming just days after President Obama endorsed the right of gays and lesbians to marry, the comment earned Romney a standing ovation [...]

2012-05-11: A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. service member in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. The Taliban took credit for the attack.

2012-05-09: A convicted sex offender who faces nearly two dozen charges in Utah but has remained free because of a legal loophole likely will never face trial or be confined to an institution, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

2012-05-09: Police at Rhode Island's T.F. Green Airport said Tuesday that a domestic dispute was behind an incident in which gun components and ammunition were found hidden inside a child's stuffed animals, including a Mickey Mouse.

2012-05-07: ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser takes Kyle to look at the latest in prosthetic technology.

2012-05-04: The tallest man in the United States has traveled from Minneapolis to Massachusetts for a custom shoe-fitting with Reebok that he hopes will help him live a normal life.

2012-04-26: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch testified to the U.K. committee on media ethics on Thursday that there was indeed a phone-hacking 'cover-up' at News International--led by 'one or two very strong characters'--and that he had 'failed' to uncover it. 'Someone took charge of a cover-up, which we were victim to and I regret,' Murdoch told [...]

2012-04-26: In a matter of days, One World Trade Center could be the tallest building in Manhattan and one of the tallest in the world. The building is expected to be taller than New York's iconic Empire State Building, which currently rises 1,250 feet to the 102nd floor observation deck.

2012-04-22: Afghanistan and the United States on Sunday agreed on a draft of a long-awaited deal that will define the scope and nature of a U.S. presence in the country for up to a decade after the pullout of most NATO combat troops in 2014. The U.S. Ambassador to Kabul, Ryan Crocker, and Afghan national security adviser, Rangin Spanta, initialed copies of the agreement, paving the way for President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to review it. ...

2012-04-22: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes a Chinese firm sold North Korea components for a missile transporter showcased in a recent military parade and will press Beijing to tighten enforcement of a U.N. ban on such military sales, a U.S. official said on Saturday. The Obama administration suspects the Chinese manufacturer sold the chassis - not the entire vehicle - and may have believed it was for civilian purposes, which means it would not be an intentional violation of U.N. sanctions, the senior official said. ...

2012-04-22: By Nivedita Bhattacharjee REUTERS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, squelched an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its Mexican subsidiary instead of broadening the ...

2012-04-22: Iran claimed Sunday that it had reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy.

2012-04-22: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has heard all the talk about joining a ticket with likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

2012-04-18: The California teen who made national headlines when she and her high school teacher moved in together told a local television station that the two are back together again.

2012-04-18: In a scene unimaginable in many countries, Norway's worst mass killer got the chance to explain his fanatical views to the court and the world, unrepentant and dressed in a business suit. Prosecutors and lawyers for the families of his 77 victims even shook his hand.

2012-04-18: For hundreds of thousands of taxpayers Tax Day is just the beginning of a nightmare where they discover Social Security numbers have been stolen and fake returns filed in their name.

2012-04-18: Antidrug activists are concerned by the rising use of manmade drugs known as synthetic marijuana, which are actually dangerous chemical concoctions that are banned in many states. 

2012-04-18: Much has been made about Mitt Romney, in 1983, putting his family dog Seamus in a kennel on top of his roof and driving from Boston to Canada, with said canine Seamus making his displeasure known in a rather scatological way.

2012-04-16: Silver haired and sweet faced, Darlene Mayes looks like many grannies but according to police, she is one of Oklahoma's biggest drug kingpins.

2012-04-12: 'My career choice was to be a mother and I think all of us need to know we need to respect choices women make,' Romney said.

2012-04-12: UPDATE: 1:40 p.m. ET: Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman appeared in a Florida courtroom shortly after 1:30 p.m. He entered the courtroom in handcuffs. Flanked by a police officer and his lawyer, Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman acknowledged the second-degree murder charge, but did not enter a plea. The judge set for a formal arraignment on May [...]

2012-04-11: All eyes will be on Syria tomorrow as the country promises to 'cease all military fighting throughout Syrian territory as of 6 a.m.' If the pledge is broken, it will be mean the collapse of the United Nations peace plan brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan. It will also mean the peace process was exploited by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to continue killing rebels and civilians. But what are the actual consequences of blowing the U.N. deadline? We asked the Brookings Institution's Daniel Byman, director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. ...

2012-04-07: In 1882, Oscar Wilde wrote about his native England: 'We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.' That still rings true today. So if you're one of the estimated 250,000 Americans going to the Olympics Games in London this summer, you might want to pack a dictionary. For English-to-English translations. [...]

2012-04-07: For “This Week,” I sat down with Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. As many Americans celebrate Easter and Passover, I asked Warren about the state of nation spiritually. The full and exclusive interview will air tomorrow morning on “This Week.”...

2012-04-06: You can eat them, melt them, play with them, sculpt them, age them, decorate them and name them. They are the subject of urban legends, Pinterest posts and craft contests and have been featured on 'Good Morning America,' 'South Park' and 'Jeopardy,' to name a few. They are Peeps, and they've evolved from a classic Easter candy to a beloved cult classic.

2012-04-06: Several media reports say that a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet jet has crashed in Virginia, with the two pilots believed to have ejected before impact. There are currently no reports of injuries on the ground. Several photos from the crash are popping up on social media sites, showing the plane wreckage and black smoke rising [...]

2012-03-05: AP - WALLET AWARENESS: After years marked by environmental concerns, then the economic downturn and now European austerity measures, car manufacturers have honed their products to cater for cost-conscious buyers.

2012-03-05: Reuters - The euro zone is out of the emergency ward, but it may face a chronic debilitating illness rather than a rapid convalescence.