A judge in New York dismissed charges of resisting arrest, trespassing and disorderly conduct against eating champion Takeru Kobayashi.

Obama visits a Ford assembly plant in Chicago to highlight the potential of U.S. auto exports.

British supermodel Naomi Campbell testifies at the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor in The Hague.

A car plunges 150m down a cliff in Australia, with a German man and his Japanese wife surviving the accident.

Several dozen U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give away at least 50 percent of their wealth to charity.

About 84,000 square miles of federal fishing waters are still off limits to fishing, despite a government report showing nearly 75% of oil from the BP spill is gone from the Gulf.

All Americans are entitled to the same freedoms.

Robert Kovacik reports on the happy reaction to Wednesday’s federal court ruling that struck down Proposition 8.

The battle is not over and this is not the last word on the subject.

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a California ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional, handing a key victory to gay rights advocates.