Last month, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter wrapped up its two-year primary science phase, and Mars geologists are wallowing in a bounty of data.

It is not easy competing with a Kennedy, especially in New York, where two U.S. Representatives and Senate hopefuls have attracted scant attention.

After the arbiter of bow-hunting records added the tule elk to its list of targets, hunters set out in pursuit.

Bernard L. Madoff tried to hide at least $1 million in assets from investigators, prosecutors told a judge.

As European diplomats sought a cease-fire, Israeli troops poured into Gaza City, expelling residents and shooting militants.

India produced what it said was the first comprehensive evidence linking the Mumbai attackers to Pakistan.

Though never charged with a crime, Muhammad Saad Iqbal spent six years in American custody, during which he says he was secretly taken to Egypt and tortured.

The action will protect vast tracts of American-controlled islands, reefs, surface waters and sea floor from fishing, mining, oil exploration and other commercial activity.

President-elect Barack Obama is working to build a bipartisan coalition to endorse his plan of tax cuts and new spending.

The across-the-board decline in car sales is certain to put more pressure on the fragile finances of manufacturers.

For 1,533 days, parishioners in Massachusetts have been guarding a church so that the archdiocese cannot sell it.

Hunters descended on the range of the tule elk in pursuit of a trophy after the arbiter of bow-hunting records added the tule to its list of recognized targets.

The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority is deeply worried about popular support for rival Hamas over the conflict in Gaza, to the point of crushing demonstrations.

Gaza’s civilians — particularly those in militant strongholds — are finding it difficult to evacuate their homes before Israeli attacks begin.

The choice of Leon E. Panetta, a former congressman and White House chief of staff, raised questions about his limited experience in intelligence matters.

The dean of Georgia lawyers, Mr. Bell also served as a federal judge and prominent legal troubleshooter.

There is a sense of heavy reckoning on Broadway after nine productions closed on Sunday night.

President-elect Barack Obama took his recovery package to Capitol Hill, working to build a bipartisan coalition to endorse his plan of tax cuts and new spending.

Hackers used Twitter's own security tools to hijack the accounts of several high-profile members, including Barack Obama and Britney Spears.

There is a sense of heavy reckoning on Broadway after nine productions closed on Sunday night.

The disgraced financier Bernard L. Madoff tried to hide at least $1 million in assets from government investigators, federal prosecutors told a judge Monday.

NASA expected its two Mars rovers to survive only three months in the dusty and freezing Martian conditions. But Saturday marked the five-year anniversary of the first robot's landing.

A look at some of the storylines to come out of the first-round games.

The city will install windshield-mounted cameras, similar to the "black boxes" in aircraft, which will record data on vehicle use, road accidents and other information in and around cameras.

Senate leaders are challenging Roland W. Burris’s appointment, setting the stage for a showdown on Capitol Hill.