Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.

Yet as much as I first experienced a bit of schadenfreude and was relieved to be so much closer to being free of governance under this boob with a swift impeachment almost certainly forthcoming, the bitter laughter and comfort was shortlived.

A coalition of atheists and agnostics wants the new White House to protect young military members from what they see as rampant religious discrimination in the services.

A broken O.J. Simpson has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel armed robbery by a judge who rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity."

Karl Rove, a close confidant and former adviser to President Bush, said Tuesday he did not believe the administration would have gone to war in Iraq had intelligence indicated Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, contradicting some of his former boss's previous statements.

A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts.

Defeat of once-powerful Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' is end of an era in state, nation's capital

She weighs a mere 52kg and stands a little over five feet tall, but Eri Yoshida is to about to become the first woman to play in Japan's all-male professional baseball league.

Barack Obama is good for business. Last Wednesday, the day after Mr. Obama beat Arizona's own Mr. McCain to become the president-elect, Mr. Chee sold $30,000 worth of guns - mostly the semi-automatics the National Rifle Association claims Mr. Obama's administration will restrict.

Actually, don't wait, because we've got to stop a bigger economic disaster in the making: 78 million baby-boomers eligible for Social Security and Medicare.