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Hosni Mubarak resigns, hands over power in Egypt

Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman announced Friday that Hosni Mubarak is stepping down from his 30-year reign as president. This announcement runs contrary to Mubarak's televised speech Thursday night stat...
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AOL buys HuffPo, Arianna to oversee all AOL content

AOL is more than doubling down on its bet on news, as it has purchased news site The Huffington Post. The announcement came just after midnight on Monday morning. AOL will pay $315 million for the HuffPo, $30...
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Chechnya says couples must be HIV-negative to marry

The spiritual leaders of Muslim Chechnya have ordered that all couples who plan to marry prove they are HIV-negative, sparking outrage from activists and residents who say it violates Russian law. A decade...