The SEC filed a complaint against Mr. Stanford and three of his companies for “orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme” relating to an 8 billion dollar CD program.

A 200 pound pet chimpanzee was shot and killed by police Monday after it attacked a woman visiting its owner.

Governor Sarah Palin’s 18-year-old daughter Bristol gives her first television interview since the birth of her baby boy Tripp.

Abraham Lincoln has been named as the best US president…

A court has lifted a ban on identifying the man behind Australia’s deadly bushfires, despite fears of possible attacks by angry residents.

The suspect, Brendan Sokaluk, a 39-year old man was named after the court lifted the ban to conceal his identity. An order banning the publishing of his address or his image is still in effect.

Two nuclear submarines, one British and the other French, collided in the middle of the Atlantic. The crash between Royal Navy’s HMS Vanguard and the French Navy’s Le Triomphant, both armed with ballistic missiles, is believed to have occurred on February 3 or 4.

The elevation of Barack Obama to the White House is…

The 20-year-old Chinese, who was born with a form of dwarfism stands…

California tax payers are furious that they may foot a million-dollar bill for the birth of Nadya Suleman’s octuplets, as police investigate several death threats against her, reports CBS’s Hattie Kauffman.

Alfie Patten, who looks very much younger than his age, was only 12 when his girlfriend, Chantelle Steadman conceived after a single night of unprotected sex.