The driver of a monorail at Walt Disney World was killed when it crashed into the back of a stationary train Sunday, authorities report.

Sarah Palin said on Friday that she will resign as Alaska governor later this month and return to private life. She did not give specific reasons for her decision but there has been a lot of speculation that she would run for president in 2012.

North Korea, in a move that seemingly plays against the United Nations’ sanctions for the recent nuclear tests in Pyongyang, have fired four short-range missiles towards its east coast Thursday. All four missiles were fired within a timeframe of four hours.

Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison for masterminding one of the biggest Wall Street investment frauds in history.

A Kentucky pastor has invited his congregation to bring handguns to church in what he says is an effort to promote safe gun ownership.

Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda told the L.A. Times that the pop icon was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home and CPR was performed. He was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, but his death was announced shortly afterwards.

At least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in northwest Pakistan in a series of missile raids believed to have been carried out by a United States drone, local news reports said.

At least six people were killed Monday afternoon when a six-car Metro commuter train slammed into the rear of another train in Washington, D.C. A Metro spokesperson said the death toll included the female operator of one of the trains.

Air France will pay the amount of 17,500 Euro (approximately $24,500) as initial compensation to each family of the victims from the crash of Flight 447.

NASA launched its first moon shot in a decade Thursday, sending up two lunar spacecrafts atop an Atlas V rocket. The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and a crater observation spacecraft are unmanned scouts designed to lay the first groundwork for the space agency’s proposed 2020 return of astronauts to the moon.

Journalists could continue to work in their offices and hotel rooms but they cannot go out and do any interviews as the authorities were revoking press accreditation of all foreign media, including Iranians working for the foreign press.