AP - Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.

Reuters - Greece expects to clinch a long-awaited bond swap deal within days, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Reuters Friday, promising the country would avoid an unruly default feared by financial markets worldwide.

AP - When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the top ranks of the largest public companies in the world, on par with the likes of McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America.

Syrian dissident soldiers said they are teaming up with civilians to occupy neighborhoods on Damascus's outskirts, a development that could lay the groundwork for violent resistance to sweep the capital.

Clashes erupt in Senegal's capital Dakar, after the top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in next month's poll.

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, amid an upsurge in violence.

A tape recording of the 911 call made by friends of Demi Moore, after she suffered convulsions having smoked an undisclosed substance, has been released.

A tape recording of the 911 call made by friends of Demi Moore, after she suffered convulsions having smoked an undisclosed substance, has been released.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sharply criticized China's state-led economic system, the latest salvo in an escalating trade conflict between the two countries.

Bats are finding a surprising haven in abandoned Israeli bunkers, researchers say.

Talks between Greece and its private-sector creditors edged toward an agreement, with bond holders seemingly willing to accept lower yields on their future holdings of Greek debt.

GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaking up to be a pivotal primary in that state.

A federal judge sentenced Colton Harris-Moore, whom authorities dubbed the Barefoot Bandit, to six-and-a-half years in prison for a string of thefts and burglaries.

A team of demolition workers has discovered a ghostly image while knocking down a former boarding house.

Police arrested two Utah high school students and accused them of planning to explode bombs during a school assembly then make their getaway in a plane, authorities said.