House passes non-historic budget agreement.

An Associated Press investigation reveals botched espionage.

Jang Song Thaek was accused of leading a "dissolute and depraved life."

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — He's known for coloring outside the lines in the staid U.S. Senate. Now children large and small can color in U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Students and teachers learn how to stop a 'bad guy' in their buildings after Newtown.

The House Speaker lashes out at conservative critics of a bipartisan budget bill.

Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday. "An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said. The United States has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the militant network. Yemen, AQAP's main stronghold, is among a handful of countries where the United States acknowledges using drones, although it does not comment on the practice.

Hundreds were expected at Washington's National Cathedral on to mark the Newtown anniversary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Technology problems with President Barack Obama's health care website are forcing the administration to extend a federal insurance plan for some of the sickest patients by a month.

Jang Song Thaek was accused of leading a "dissolute and depraved life."

What is the center of the Bitcoin universe? With a completely decentralized digital currency like Bitcoin, it's hard to say, but today, Silicon Valley took a serious step toward claiming those bragging rights. That's because one of the Valley's most important venture capitalist firms, Andressen Horowitz, made the biggest bet yet on a Bitcoin company, dropping ...

The makers of Loop say they've come up with a way to use your phone itself at any point-of-sale terminal where you would otherwise swipe a credit card -- and the merchant behind the counter doesn't have to install any new hardware or software to let you do it.

Google touts a new Gmail feature as enhancing security. What it really does is open a new privacy hole -- one that exposes your email reading habits.

Using NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have created this beautiful mosaic mapping the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan, which is full of rivers, lakes, and seas.

AOL's CrunchBase is changing its Creative Commons licensing scheme and will begin demanding licenses to use the massive high-tech dataset for commercial purposes.

Buses aren't particularly attractive. Slab sides and hacked together advertising make them rolling blights in the urban landscape. So what if you could change the design on a whim, provide useful information to travelers, and make some extra scratch for the city? Tad Orlowski's Willie Bus does just that.

Hyper-minimalist movie poster redesigns are everywhere. They're cool, but they could use a makeover too. Erica Henderson is here to help. The illustrator has been designing her own posters based on the defining moments of her favorite flicks with amazing results.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's getting coal for Christmas. That's according to this video just released by the ACLU portraying Santa as an NSA snoop.

The feds have swooped in on a large and well-organized gang of New York credit card counterfeiters who allegedly shuttled mules around the country to buy $2 million worth of gift cards and other goods for resale, including $30,000 in cosmetics.

You know what your pet charities want: money. But your friends and family aren't as easy to shop for. Now a few start?ups are trying to make those holi­day gift swaps easier?and for them Christmas came early, because investors think this area is a money?maker.