Democrat Barack Obama says Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program.

Prices at the pump eased to nearly $4 a gallon and the AAA auto club said that could drop another quarter by Labor Day. Meanwhile, oil prices sank to their lowest point in weeks.

The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

Early fears about IVF turned out to be misplaced, but 30 years after the birth of the first 'test-tube' baby, new worries about the evolving uses of reproductive technology are emerging.

President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against individuals and organizations in Zimbabwe associated with what he calls the “illegitimate” regime of President Mugabe.

Seven synchronized small bombs shook India's high-tech hub Friday, killing two people and wounding at least five others, officials said.

As the nation’s housing crisis continues to ensnare  Americans, even those who have done nothing wrong are starting to feel, and fret about, the repercussions.

A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers over the South China Sea forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent.

Anxious to counter the blanket media coverage that has followed Sen. Barack Obama on his overseas journey, Sen. John McCain is weighing whether to announce his running mate in the days before the spotlight shifts to the Olympic Games.

Disappointed you won’t be taking in the sights in Paris or Rome this summer? No problem. If you were hoping to rub shoulders with your French or Italian compatriots — they’re all here. 

Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation, died Friday. He was 47.

RoseMary Shell was given the award by a Florida jury after suing her former fiancé for calling off their wedding. “I was thrilled,” she said. “I felt like justice was really done.”

On a 911 call, the grandmother of a missing Orlando toddler said her daughter’s car “smelled like there’s been a dead body” — but later said it may have been caused by old pizza. Cindy Anthony said that if her daughter comes to trial in the case, “that will be part of her defense.”

Barack Obama touched on American and European ideals in his speech in Berlin on Thursday, but was vague on crucial issues of trade, defense and foreign policy that currently divide Washington from Europe.

Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month’s Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and bending metal barricades in the chaotic crush.

South Texas was getting back on its feet Friday as residents filter through the soggy mess left by Hurricane Dolly despite thousands still being without power.

French police say camouflaged paparazzi who got on to the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France fought with the Hollywood couple's guards.