
India imposes deadline on BlackBerry for access to information

India issued an ultimatum Thursday to the manufacturer of BlackBerry smart phones: Allow access to highly encrypted information by August 31 or face a blockage of two popular messaging systems.

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dies at 84

Academy-Award winning actress Patricia Neal, whose off-screen life was one of dramatic triumph over adversity, died Sunday at her home in Edgartown, Massachusetts. She was 84.

Michelle Obama visits Spanish city of Ronda

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha on Saturday visited the picturesque southern city of Ronda, once a favorite haunt of actor-director Orson Welles and author Ernest Hemingway.

Chelsea Clinton marries in "royal wedding"

Bill and Hillary Clinton's only daughter has married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck in what was dubbed America's royal wedding.

VIDEO: Obama Tells The View: 'I Wasn't Invited' to Chelsea's Wedding

Listing some of the lows he has experienced in the past month – prosecuting two wars, cleaning up a massive oil slick, a misstep over a race flap – President Obama mentioned one more indignity he suffered in July: He wasn't invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding.

How Facebook Complicates Romance

Lovers still see a face-to-face encounter as the ideal way to break up their relationship in the complicated age of Facebook and cell phones, according to a researcher's interviews with college students and middle-age adults.

Spanish group woos oracle octopus with gifts, including soccer jersey

Paul the psychic octopus may not have predicted a medal and a soccer jersey in his future, but he now owns both.

Lego model sales skyrocket 663 percent, thanks to David Beckham

At $300, Lego's Taj Mahal model replica is considered the biggest and one of the most advanced models developed by Lego Group to date.

Africa's game parks rapidly losing animals - study

Africa's game parks have lost well over half of their big mammals, such as the lions and buffalos that draw millions of tourists each year, to rampant hunting and farming since 1970, a study has found.

Work underway to tackle perception of US oil disaster

Tourism officials fear the Gulf of Mexico’s lucrative holiday industry could suffer for years – not because the largest oil spill in US history has ruined all the beaches – but from the perception that it has.

Carbon future: agreement hurdles are global

The latest giant United Nations meeting on climate change failed to get closer to a binding international deal to limit carbon pollution, leaving a great many people extremely concerned.

The mysterious case of the blue mozzarella

Italian police have seized some 70,000 portions of mozzarella in Turin after consumers reported the milky-white cheese developed a blue tinge soon after opening.