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Television personality Keith Olbermann sued his former employer, Current TV, on Thursday, claiming breach-of-contract, unfair dealing and disparagement in an action filed in California Superior Court.

Russia says Viktor Bout's 25-year sentence is "baseless and biased." Bout was dubbed "the merchant of death" and convicted of conspiracy to kill Americans.

The University of Arkansas has puts its head football coach, Bobby Petrino, on paid administrative leave after news that the passenger on the motorcycle he crashed this week was a 25-year-old female member of his staff.

A Texas judge sentenced a Mexican drug gang leader to life in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to murder and weapons charges related to the killing of a U.S. consulate employee and her husband, officials said.

An emotional Hugo Chavez discussed his struggle with cancer Thursday night, tearing up at times as he spoke at a Mass in western Venezuela.

At the turn of the last century, a New York bakery owner named Joseph Lochner decided he wanted his employees to work longer hours than state law allowed.

Updated tallies show 349 homes were leveled and 750 were damaged by the tornadoes that tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday.

Stan Brock made a name for himself by lassoing animals on "Wild Kingdom," an educational television series that aired in the 1960s, '70s and '80s. Today, he runs a nonprofit that provides free health care to people all over the world.

Libya must make arrangements to hand over Saif al-Islam Gadhafi to the International Criminal Court immediately, court officials said Thursday, complaining that the son of Libya's deposed leader has been mistreated and "physically attacked" since he was captured last year.

President Obama on Thursday made clear his view on the membership of women at the Augusta National Golf Club: They should be admitted.

George Zimmerman told his lawyers that he whispered "punks," not a racial slur, in the moments before he killed Trayvon Martin, his lawyers said.

Get out Rick, a growing Republican chorus says. Forget it, responds Rick Santorum to the calls to drop his increasingly long-shot bid for the GOP presidential nomination.

Apple is investigating several issues with its new iPad's Wi-Fi connectivity, according to an internal AppleCare document unearthed by MacRumors.

Administration lawyers met a deadline to file a letter affirming the government's stance that federal courts have the authority to decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned news channel says it let journalists hack into e-mail accounts twice because it was "in the public interest."

The Fifth Circuit's homework assignment to the Department of Justice is a disgrace -- an embarrassment to the federal judiciary. Still, it's a useful window on the contemporary merger of law and politics.

Ruben Navarrette says plan for a new approach on DREAM Act that gets illegal immigrant kids right with the law but denies citizenship is a commonsense way to break a stalemate, take step in the right direction

If you've always dreamed of owning your own town, you may be in luck. Buford, Wyoming is for sale.

E-books aren't just becoming increasingly popular. They also appear to be promoting reading habits among American adults.

The U.S. Coast Guard has deployed a ship to sink a fishing trawler that was swept away more than a year ago by the tsunami off the coast of Japan and is now adrift near Alaska.