The 86-year-old TV personality died this morning at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Ed McMahon, best known for his role as Johnny Carson's No. 2 on the "Tonight Show," died at a hospital in Los Angeles this morning, his agent

Barely half of Americans are now confident that President Obama's $787billion stimulus measure will boost the economy, and the rapid rise inoptimism about the state of the nation that followed the 2008 electionhas abated, according to a new Washington Post-ABC

The emergency war funding bill that President Barack Obama isexpected to sign soon has mushroomed into a catch-all for manylawmakers' favorite projects. Obama originally sought$83.5 billion in April, mostly to fund the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan. By the time Congress

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces the prospect of a stringof public hearings on Labor's role in backing the war in Iraq,after the chairman of the independent inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, saidit was essential that as much of it as

Intellpuke: This commentary was written by Prof. GeorgeMonbiot and appeared in the Guardian's online edition for Monday, June22, 2009. In his commentary, Prof. Monbiot writes: "Our brains struggle with big, painful change. The rational, least painful change is to stop

A MOTHER and father who let their children live in a "hell hole" were yesterday jailed for three years.

WATCH and learn Iran, this is how to mount a revolution.

SHAREHOLDERS have angrily condemned the three-year financial package offered to new RBS chief executive Stephen Hester, as it emerged its true value is £12 million.

THE bag was a dazzling gold apparently inspired by the legacy of Liberace. The coat looked as though it had been beamed down from the USS Enterprise.

THE new Commons Speaker has had a more varied political journey than most.

The Senate on Monday voted 17-12 for the resolution to put the proposed constitutional amendment on the November 2010 ballot. It now goes to the House.

Man, 55, had been walking before accepting a ride.

Albert Thomas Rogers was arrested Friday when he arrived for a ''tour'' in Mexico allegedly including ''relaxation intimacy'' with a 13- to 14-year-old boy.

A Chandler man accused of abducting his son last month in a custody case is believed to be driving a metallic blue 1980s, four-door sedan, authorities said Monday.

A Gilbert house fire was extinguished before it got too bad Monday.

The Party of Regions is afraid that the state budget can be used as one of the sources of the financing of the Presidential campaign for election campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko. "Tymoshenko announced about her decision to run for presidency

Ukraine's President Envoy for International Energy Security, Bohdan Sokolovsky, held a meeting with an American delegation led by the U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, Richard Morningstar. The meeting took place at the initiative of the American party, UKRINFORM reports

A cultural and spiritual centre for the All-Ukraine Christian Assembly public initiative is to be built in Koncha-Zaspa in Kyiv, city officials have announcedб according to Kyiv Post. The Kyiv City Council decided on its session on June 18 to

Today, at 11:00 a.m. a meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko took place and lasted for one and a half hours, according to government portal. The Premier announced the talk

BYuT intends to appoint the election date of the President already tomorrow. The leader of the BYuT faction Ivan Kyrylenko said that today in the VRU, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "Our faction agreed on the date of election on January