Hugh Dancy's latest film role has him playing a Victorian-era doctor who is one of the first to use the electric vibrator on his female patients. The movie may sound salacious but it's actually based on some truth. (May 24)
In a potential break in one of the nation's most baffling missing-children cases, a former convenience-store employee has told police that he suffocated 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 and left the boy's body in a box in an alley. (May 24)
President Barack Obama came to a central Iowa wind turbine blade manufacturer and took the opportunity to urge Congress to take steps to speed up economic recovery and create jobs. (May 24)
A first-time contender from Texas won the annual National Geographic Bee Thursday in Washington, claiming the top prize in a contest that started with local competitions among about 4 million students around the country. (May 24)
Now that the playoffs are over for him, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony talks about the New York spotlight, Jeremy Lin, and his new role as executive vice president of the sports drink brand, POWERCOCO. (May 24)
Here's the latest news for Thursday, May 24th: Police say man confesses to Etan Patz's death; Egyptians head to the polls again; New hurricane predictions are out; Celebrating instant noodles in Poland.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said Thursday he is 100 percent confident that leaving his post in Chicago after 11 years is the right decision, but he's not sure what his future holds. (May 24)
A law enforcement official says a man has told police he suffocated Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy whose disappearance in 1979 helped give rise to the missing-children's movement that put youngsters' faces on milk cartons. (May 24)
L'Oreal and Chopard through a rooftop party Wednesday night in Cannes. Among the glittering guests were actresses Milla Jovovich and Sonam Kapoor. (May 24)
Now that the playoffs are over for him, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony talks about the New York spotlight, Jeremy Lin, and his new role as executive vice presedent of the sports drink brand, POWERCOCO. (May 24)
Usually folks are upbeat and busy in May, the month when shrimpers get back to work in Louisiana's rich waters. But this spring, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety is growing that the ill effects of the BP spill may be far from over. (May 24)
Highlights of this day in history: Top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide; Israel captures fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann; Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde killed; Industrialist John D. Rockefeller dies; Golf legend Sam Snead dies. (May 23)
Highlights of this day in history: Samuel Morse opens America's first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain's Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born. (May 24)
Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the 'Pact of Steel'; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last 'Tonight Show.' (May 22)
A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday. (May 24)
Fire officials say they're planning to send a plane up to survey the size of a northern Nevada wildfire that remains 15 percent contained. Fire officials estimate it has burned more than 7,000 acres. (May 24)
At the Cannes press conference for their latest film 'The Paperboy,' Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman discuss how their roles took them out of their comfort zones, and Macy Gray talks about constantly being distracted by Zac Efron in his underwear. (May 24)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released an annual report on human rights advances around the world and renewed criticism of the crackdown in Syria. (May 24)
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday but did not stop, completing a critical test in advance of the actual docking. (May 24)
They can appear to be chaotic, spontaneous confrontations between police and protestors. But in New York City, arrests at demonstrations are often planned well ahead of time by protesters working with police. (May 24)
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