Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance.

Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals.

In today's world, the stressors are out in force: war, debt, joblessness, divorce. A lot of guys are fighting depression and might become casualties of the most needless death: Suicide.

Canadian airlines are scrambling to figure out how to meet the January 10th deadline for complying with the “one-person, one-fare” policy mandated by the Canadian Transportation Agency.

Two teenage girls who worked at a Minn. nursing home have been charged with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping residents who suffered from Alzheimer's and other disorders.

We know who the new secretary of state will be in president-elect Barack Obama’s administration. But what about the second-tier appointees who could end up immensely powerful?

The Mars Science Laboratory mission, originally slated to launch next year, has been delayed until 2011, NASA announced today.

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home in the Preston Hollow of Dallas where they will live after the president leaves office in January.

Giants LB says he wasn't the one who falsified teammate's name at hospital

Canada's Prime Minister said Thursday that he's been allowed to suspend Parliament, a decision that that allows him to delay a vote that could bring down his new government.

Department considers plans to intervene directly to force down rates and stimulate the moribund housing market, according to sources.

A Va. businessman has spent $1 million to bring to Barack Obama's inauguration disadvantaged people, terminally ill patients, wounded soldiers and others down on their luck.

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is back in the media, this time as a member of the Fourth Estate.

Alec Greven isn’t yet old enough to shave, but that hasn’t stopped him from publishing a book for boys on how to approach the fair sex. “They were having a lot trouble getting girls to like them, so I wanted to write a book to kind of help them,” he explained.

Pouty-lipped Bratz will stay on store shelves until after the holidays, but their fate after that  was uncertain after a court ruling banning MGA from making the Barbie alternative.

The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global warming.

A Florida congresswoman hung up on president-elect Obama Wednesday, thinking it was a prank.

Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over its cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health system due to the country's economic crisis.

Lil Wayne is the one to beat at the Grammys. He has eight nominations, including album of the year for “Tha Carter III.”

Ever since Britney Spears’ big breakdown, her ex-husband Kevin Federline has been approached by nearly every publication in the celebrity business about telling his side of the story.  But what made him finally give in?

Newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are all smiles as they embark on their post-nuptial media blitz, but for the mother of the bride, it’s a time for tears.

Since Proposition 8 passed in California, much of Hollywood has been up in arms. Now, they are singing and dancing, too, in a new Web video called “Prop 8: The Musical.”

Now that critics have gotten a peek at all the last-minute Oscar contenders, “The Dark Knight” has emerged as a solid contender for best picture and best director for Christopher Nolan.

Who says cartoons are for kids? Entertainment Weekly has named "Family Guy" and "American Dad" creator Seth MacFarlane the smartest person in television.

Movies based on history, such as "Frost/Nixon," create a current of discontent among those who prefer letter-perfect depictions, but historians and film experts caution they are intended to entertain, not inform.

“Frost/Nixon” undercuts some of the film’s most powerful moments by tossing in scenes where the characters tell the audience what it has already seen.

In his new film, “Gardens of the Night,” Tom Arnold tackles the role of a child molester. But in real life, Tom said he was the victim of sexual molestation when he was a young child.

Jurors deciding the fate of Oscars awarded to silent film star Mary Pickford were treated during the trial's opening  to a taste of Hollywood, complete with props and a little intrigue.

While Brad Pitt’s $100,000 donation to defeat California's Prop 8 may not have been enough to sway the vote, it certainly endeared him to opponents of the measure, including Ellen DeGeneres.

"Maude" and "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur is happily poised to enter the TV Academy Hall of Fame, but she acknowledges it's her own fault the recognition didn't come sooner.

Kid Rock is upset that he can’t pick the good deed that will serve as his punishment for a brawl at a Georgia Waffle House.

Don't cry Argentina: Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Buenos Aires.

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Akon's explosive rise to the top of the music charts was fueled by feel-good songs and naughty grooves — but recent missteps with the law has the music star distancing himself from street life with his new album, "Freedom."

Britney gets her Bambi, Cruise and Beckham do Broadway, Oprah plants a tree and more.