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George Clooney arrested for Sudan protest in D.C. (+video)

George Clooney and several others were arrested outside the Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC Friday. Clooney was protesting the Sudan government's blockade of humanitarian aid.
Gingrich, running a distant third, will not withdraw from race

The former congressman is running a distant third, well behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the delegate chase.
At least 125 homes hammered by tornadoes in Michigan (+video)

Thursday night, Dexter, Mich. was hit by a tornado that left a 10-mile path of destruction. Two other tornadoes were reported in Michigan.
Tornado tears through Michigan towns

The twister touched down not far from Ann Arbor, in southeastern Michigan.
Goldman resignation tip of iceberg

While Greg Smith's public resignation has attracted media attention, regulators and Wall Street insiders say Goldman Sachs' problems come as no surprise.
Skydiver jumps 13.6 miles on path to world's highest jump

The current record is over nineteen miles, but Felix Baumgartner wants to fall nearly 23. NASA is interested in his feat.
Obama strikes back at Republicans on high gas prices

President Obama accused Republican presidential candidates on Thursday of playing election politics over high gasoline prices, and mocked them for resisting development of alternative energy sources.
Texas courthouse shootout suspect held on murder charge

Bartholomew Granger was also accused of wounding three other people, including a daughter authorities said he ran over with a pickup truck while he tried to escape.
Rod Blagojevich, second Illinois governor headed for prison (+video)

Rod Blagojevich got on a flight for Colorado Thursday morning. By this afternoon, Blagojevich will trade his Oxxford suit for prison khakis
Jury finds Virginia Tech liable in campus shooting

The parents of two slain students had sued the university, alleging that officials acted unreasonably by failing to warn students sooner.
State dinner for Cameron includes musicians and actors from both sides of the pond

The guest list was heavy on celebrities but also included donors to the President's re-election campaign.
Whitey Bulger case: Mobster’s girlfriend pleads guilty to charges

Whitey Bulger’s girlfriend pleaded guilty today to charges of harboring her longtime lover before being captured last year in Santa Monica, Calif.
Shooting near Texas courthouse: 1 dead, 3 wounded

The gunman was injured in the incident outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont, about 80 miles east of Houston, and has been hospitalized, Beaumont Police Officer Doug Kibodeaux said.
Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich took second in both primaries, while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took third.
Despite Santorum wins in Alabama and Mississippi, Romney focused on Obama

The GOP frontrunner is pitching his candidacy towards defeating President Obama in the general election, but his drawn-out battle with Rick Santorum is taking money and attention.
Michigan delivers ultimatum on Detroit finances

While the plan leaves the Detroit mayor as "emergency manager," he can be replaced by a state appointee if he does not cooperate with state officials.
Lawyer in Rutgers webcam case: Defendant just a kid

The roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide in September 2010, days after the alleged spying — drawing national attention to the challenges facing young gays and lesbians in society.
Rutgers spy cam case: Dharun Ravi defense rests

Dharun Ravi faces 15 charges, but the most serious is 'bias intimidation.' Prosecutors in the Rutgers spy cam case must convince the jury that Dahrun Ravi acted out of hatred against gays. He faces up to 10 years of prison if convicted.
F. Sherwood Rowland won Nobel Prize for ozone destruction research

Rowland was among three scientists awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize for chemistry for explaining how the ozone is formed and decomposed through chemical processes in the atmosphere.
Richard Nixon: The gushy, romantic side of 'Tricky Dick' (+video)

Richard Nixon's love letters to Patricia Ryan showed a romantic young man. The letters from 1938, reveal Nixon, the 37th US president, as idealistic, poetic.