Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told CNN that he will be accused of having an extra-marital affair but that the accusations are false. Read more» 1

Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, was captured in a firefight Saturday by revolutionary fighters in the Libyan desert after weeks on the run, senior military commanders said. He was reportedly injured during the firefight but is in good health. Read more»

A man accused of firing an assault rifle near the White House will be charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States or a member of his staff. Read more»

Crowds of students and community members poured into the streets of downtown State College, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night after the news that Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno and the university president had been fired. Read more» 1

France and Germany ordered Greece on Wednesday to make up its mind on whether it wants to remain part of the euro zone. Read more»

Police have arrested a man they believe opened fire Friday near the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Read more»

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man with the unfortunate nickname, "the underwear bomber," pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges including conspiracy to commit terrorism and attempted murder. Read more»

Tuesday, when a certain Republican candidate started moving up in the polls, we knew just how unknown he was to many Americans. Suddenly the name "Herman Cain" — as in "who is Herman Cain? Let me Google him" — was a trending search term on Google. Read more»

The U.S. military confirmed one of its fighter jets made a crash landing in Libya after suffering mechanical failure during a third night of allied attacks on Muammar Gaddafi's air defenses. Read more»

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi means hope for a people who have taken decades of abuse. For almost 50 years, the country has been under the thumb of a junta that has no qualms burning down villages, raping its women, attacking monks and forcing children to dig ditches and carry guns. And yet, despite the length of the country's imprisonment, the people keep fighting. Read more»

A cricket star took India by storm last week when he joined Twitter and began racking up followers at the rate of almost 4,500 an hour. Within the first 24 hours, Sachin Tendulkar’s following reached almost 80,000, sparking a media frenzy and countless tweets. Read more»