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The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Wednesday for their 27th World Series title. It's the first time since 2000 they've been Series champions.

Tropical Storm Ida unleashed heavy rains as it neared Nicaragua's coast early Thursday, with forecasters warning that it could make landfall in a few hours.

Dickinson State University Athletic Director Roger Ternes had nothing but strong praise when remembering the three DSU softball players who were found dead miles away from campus.

A priest who died in his New Jersey rectory from dozens of stab wounds was recorded on a call for help moments before his death, according to a 911 recording.

Police now say the remains of 11 victims have been found at the Ohio home of Anthony Sowell. Residents say a stench has long hung over the neighborhood.

The sudden end to a legal battle between dethroned Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant officials was prompted by the revelation of a "sex tape," according to a source familiar with the lawsuits' settlement.

Supporters of Maine's same-sex marriage law, which voters repealed, Wednesday conceded the vote but not the issue.

A 14-year-old California boy told police he drowned his 4-year-old neighbor on Friday because the child had threatened to tell his mother the older boy had molested him, according to an affidavit made public Wednesday.

Hillsborough County, Florida, Deputy Kenneth Moon was alone at his station at a county jail facility near Tampa when an inmate attacked him with no warning.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on Wednesday ordered the replacement of top military commanders, a day after publicly dismissing rumors circulating the capital about a military coup.

A U.S. serviceman was among six victims of an early morning shooting at a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, strip club Wednesday, officials said.

Police "missed numerous opportunities" to find long-missing Jaycee Dugard while supervising the man now accused of her kidnap and rape, a review concludes.

Taking a low-dose aspirin every day can help prevent heart attacks in people who've already had one. But if you've never had a heart attack (or stroke), the risks of taking a daily low-dose aspirin outweigh the benefits, according to a U.K. report published in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin.

The FBI is asking for public assistance in finding a serial bank robber dubbed the "Granddad Bandit," who is believed to have struck in at least seven states.

Poverty-stricken Gaza where even the most basic goods are in short supply has spawned its very own financial scandal --- centered around the tunnels that run under the border with Egypt to circumvent the Israeli blockade.

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made it official today: She's running for Senate in California. The winner of the GOP nomination will face Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Victories in New Jersey and Virginia gave a boost to the GOP, but analysts question whether the results should be interpreted as a blow to President Obama.

Anyone who has taken an anthropology course has probably heard of Claude Levi-Strauss, who died recently at age 100.

The president didn't watch the election returns Tuesday night, according to his press secretary, Robert Gibbs. He watched his beloved Chicago Bulls instead.

Thirty years ago, Iranian student revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized dozens of Americans. The hostage crisis created a rift that persists.

Jessica Simpson and Dolly Parton have found more to bond over than their blonde locks and country crooning. The famously busty pair found common ground this week over the difficulties of having an ample bosom.

A Republican Party left for dead by many in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.

Two dozen Americans -- most thought to work for the CIA -- were sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday by an Italian court for their role in the seizing of a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan in 2003, Italian media reported.

Mexican federal officials have declared a state of emergency in two cities in Tabasco state, which along with Veracruz state has suffered heavy flooding that has displaced more than 30,000 residents.

As the Italian trial of U.S. student Amanda Knox draws to a close, a jury will have to decide whether it's a slam-dunk case or "Fellini forensics."

The Italian government is vowing to fight a European court ruling that crucifixes in classrooms violate students' right to freedom of religion.

1. So the World Series comes down to this: the old and familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: a Yankees team with Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera trying to get through Pedro Martinez to a world championship. Game 5 barely was over in Philadelphia when even Jeter, rarely reflective, immediately understood that the World Series is reduced to a most familiar confrontation, an old narrative well told.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she took on the "complicated and difficult" task of trying to restart talks on Israeli-Palestinian peace during her talks with Egypt's leaders.