Hurricane Earl dropped to a Category 1 storm Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

European scientists say they've figured out the recipe for water in space: Just add starlight.

It is official: Jim Parsons is the new poster child for geekdom.

The man being questioned by the FBI after authorities found a suspicious object in his luggage at Miami International Airport is a scientist who has spent time in prison for illegally transporting vials of bubonic plague, CNN has learned.

A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico left 25 of the suspects dead, the regional military said Thursday.

Chris Keith was 12 years old when he learned his family didn't die in a car wreck.

It's love for Jesse James and Kat Von D, according to the "LA Ink" star.

The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

First there was the discovery of dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, but now salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world's oldest beer, taking advertisers' notion of 'drinkability' to another level.

A survivor of a massacre in Mexico that left 72 dead is advising other would-be migrants to stay at home to avoid a fate like the one his companions met.

Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users.

A veteran House representative from Texas said she made a mistake when she awarded charitable scholarships to her family members instead of students in her district.

The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.

Weakening by the hour but still covering a massive area, Hurricane Earl spun off the North Carolina on Thursday night, lashing parts of the Outer Banks with rain and high wind.

Former child actress Cammie King Conlon used to joke "that I peaked at age 5."

Crews removed the cap from BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late Thursday afternoon, a company spokeswoman said, an important step toward permanently sealing the well.

The ordeal of waiting for a miner trapped 2,200 feet below ground in Chile to be rescued can be perhaps more anguishing if you're also waiting for a minor to emerge.

After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers.

A fire on a well connected to an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico is out and there is no indication of an oil sheen, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.

Members of the militant wing of Hamas and representatives of 10 other militant groups met Thursday and said they were joining forces and that attacks on Israelis would continue.