London, England (CNN) -- Movie director Kathryn Bigelow made history and added to her awards season haul Sunday as "The Hurt Locker" soundly trounced "Avatar" at the UK's top movie prize giving.With t
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President Obama's plan would give the government power to block excessive rate hikes by health insurance firms.Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration raised the stakes in the health care debate
(CNN) -- It brought a tough, All-Star NBA coach to tears this week. And it stilled the voice of a famous film critic.Head and neck cancers are rare, but known to be severe -- they can strip away a per
CNN -- A four-day strike by the pilots' union of Lufthansa threatens one of the world's largest airlines and may disrupt travel on more than two dozen partner airlines on Monday.Lufthansa and the pil
(CNN) -- Could insanity be contagious? Marooned on an island with only the criminally insane for company, how long before you doubted yourself?Certainly something is not right on Shutter Island. Some
West Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- It's more than two hours before snowboard practice begins, two hours before Robert Beck will take his first picture, and he is trudging up the steep icy slope
(CNN) -- A Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a lottery millionaire whose body was found buried under fresh concrete, authorities said Friday night
"They put the handcuffs on me, and I couldn't believe it," Alexa Gonzalez, 12, said of her arrest.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Alexa Gonzalez, 12, was arrested by NYPD for drawing on her desk
Critics
Bill Gates is backing a new kind of nuclear power plant. But some question the plan's viability.(CNN) -- Say you were to give Bill Gates a really great present -- like the ability to cure crippling d
(CareerBuilder.com) -- Interviewing for a job comes with several question marks. What do I wear? How should I answer this question? How long will this take?A good job seeker prepares. Take your suit t
When your favorite hospital drama star is treating a patient who's having seizures, you might want to pay more attention to what's revealed about the doctor's personal life than what he or she is actually doing.
(CNN) -- Five people were killed Monday when a small plane crashed in Monmouth County, New Jersey, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.All five victims were males, according to
Laura Silsby is one of 10 Americans accused of trying to take 33 children out of Haiti illegally.Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- A decision on whether bail would be granted for 10 American missionarie
(CNN) -- Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under pressure two years ago, is not ruling out a return to politics."Every Pakistani -- every patriotic Pakistani -- feels it in his
(CNN) -- Emma Loggins' boyfriend was out of town, and she knew what she had to do.It would take some time -- and certainly some commitment -- but she was determined. After all, just about everybody sh
(CNN) -- Poets, novelists and songwriters have described it in countless turns of phrase, but at the level of biology, love is all about chemicals.Although the physiology of romantic love has not been
(CNN) -- A Sunday church service in Richmond, California, erupted into chaos when three gunmen opened fire on congregants, injuring two teens, according to police.Police headed to the New Gethsemane C
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Early-morning commuters in much of the Deep South, braced for the possibility of a second round of snow and ice, had an easier-than-expected ride Monday as warmer temperature
North Korea is in no rush to resume stalled talks aimed at persuading the country to give up its nuclear weapons arsenal, the U.N. envoy to the country said Friday.Speaking at a news conference in Bei
Jim Bowles was killed Saturday in an avalanche.(CNN) -- The president of ConocoPhillips Alaska was killed in an avalanche and another person in his snowmobiling party is missing, according to Alaska
(CNN) -- BlackBerry has introduced its official Twitter application, offering users of the most popular smartphone brand a feature on the rival iPhone that they now can only covet.On its official blog
Mashable founder Pete Cashmore says Google Buzz will benefit from people already using Gmail.Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about social media. He is writ
(CNN) -- The biology professor charged in the shooting deaths Friday of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville fatally shot her brother more than 23 years ago, police said Sa
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