As Americans continue to get fatter, health care costs are skyrocketing.
Burr Oak Cemetery, where former workers were accused of digging up hundreds of graves in a scheme to resell plots for money, will reopen this week after being closed for nearly four months. (Nov. 19)
Congresswoman files fraud complaint with stimulus-tracking Web site
Sarah Palin on running for higher office in future
Sarah Palin on Fort Hood tragedy and U.S. actions on world stage
Two days after Bangladeshi twin girls were separated in a marathon operation, one of them is awake.
Australians have been told to end their love affair with alcohol, ahead of a nationwide crackdown on booze-fuelled violence.
Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp has been named 2009 Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.
United Nations officials are now processing the last of the asylum seekers.
Janet Jackson has publicly blamed Dr Conrad Murray for her brother's death.
Sarah Palin says decisions President Obama is making are not right for America
Fire crews are battling a blaze on SA's York Peninsula and much of south-eastern Australia is sweltering in a heatwave.
A tour bus returning from an Iowa casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said. (Nov. 18)
Some at-risk women are cancelling treatments because of new recommendations.
ABC News uncovers "Black Site" location for alleged terrorists in Lithuania.
Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine said Wednesday that no new charges will be filed in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis until authorities figure out where she was killed.
Diehard supporters flock to bookstores hoping to meet their political hero.
William Scott Morris was charged Tuesday evening with murder and fraudulently burning a dwelling in the missing-persons case of his wife, Kelly Morris.
A closer look at why more American babies are dying.
College basketball expert Greg Anthony looks at which teams are going under the radar.
Vitamin B may work better at clearing arteries than a prescription drug.
College basketball expert Greg Anthony looks at which teams might not be as good as advertised.
Are you getting a raw deal when it comes to a healthy diet?
The bushfire danger is also heating up the political environment, with one MP blaming the current conditions on climate change.
Two giant pandas from China will travel to Australia in a gesture some hope could help ease trade and diplomatic tensions.
The shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the international space station.
In an ABC Exclusive interview, Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael's drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene. Jackson says she felt Michael 'was in denial.' (Nov. 18)
South Australia and Victoria are on red alert for catastrophic bushfire conditions today.
Police say 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug holes in the ground to be used as a grave and plotted for a murder. Prosecutors say Bustamante strangled her 9-year-old neighbor, Elizabeth Olten, without provocation, cut her throat and stabbed her. (Nov. 18)
A British Rugby League fan has fluked his way into winning $300, 000 in a half-time competition.
A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the N.J. Turnpike since August won't be dodging Thanksgiving traffic. The bird was netted Wednesday at the Jersey City interchange after failed attempts over the weekend. (Nov. 18)
7News' Simon Reeve is in Adelaide, he's been speaking with the country fire service.
A streaking fireball briefly illuminated parts of the Utah sky to daylight-level conditions early Wednesday. Surveillance video from an observatory shows a blinding flash of light at 12:07 a.m., followed by clear images of the object. (Nov. 18)
United Nations officials are now processing the last of the Asylum Seekers who left the Oceanic Viking overnight.
Police in New Haven, Connecticut have released the 911 tape from a woman who is in critical condition after being set on fire. Her boyfriend is accused of attacking her the morning after an argument. (Nov. 18)
Barack Obama has capped off his first official trip to China with a visit to the great wall.
Panel discuss the President Obama interview, latest on Fort Hood shootings, and Reid's health care bill
The Queen has opened British Parliament in a traditionally grandiose ceremony.