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Petraeus has been married for 37 years and said "such behavior is unacceptable." Petraeus retired from the Army as a four-star general to become the CIA chief in September of 2011.

In an interview with ABC News, House Speaker John Boehner drew the battle lines over the coming "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

The 24-year-old was spared the death penalty because of a plea deal. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband, the retired astronaut Mark Kelly, said that from now on, they are "done thinking about" Loughner.

The U.S. Senate is also expected to break a record: At least 19 female senators will serve this term — the most in history.

China, along with Russia, have repeatedly rejected international intervention in the civil war in Syria. But this proposal makes China's commitment to a ceasefire more concrete.

The notoriously tough New Jersey governor said it was a "commonsense and necessary step" to keep citizens safe.

Footage taken from a National Guard Helicopter shows the power of Sandy's storm surge.

The announcement sets up a holiday-season face-off between the two companies. Like Apple, Google now has three different sizes of touch-screen devices.

To put it in perspective a storm like that on Earth would take you from the worst of winter in Alaska to the height of summer in the Mojave Desert. The storm also caused the planet to...

After a 30-year run, Stern is the only commissioner many fans have known. Beginning in 1984, Stern oversaw a huge growth of the NBA.

Israel said Qatar had "thrown peace under the bus" with the visit. Officially, Emir made the visit to inaugurate a Qatari investment project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The "iPad mini" will directly compete with similar tablets made by Amazon and Google. It is the first new product released under the leadership of Tim Cook.

As they did during their Cinderella 2010 run, the Giants turned around a 3-1 series deficit. They did it by blowing out the St. Louis Cardinals, the defending world champions.

Responding to unfounded predictions from a local man, scientists said the risks for a big quake were slim. Unfortunately, a bug quake hit shortly thereafter. Some critics said this tr...

In a newspaper column Castro mocks the "imperialist propaganda" for trying to kill him. He says not only is he alive, but he's thriving.

"Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling," the UCI president said. Because the governing body accepted the evidence presented by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Armstrong has also received a lifetime ban from cycling.

The files give the public a first glance at how the Boy Scouts of America handled allegations of sexual abuse. In some cases, they show that alleged child molesters were able to sneak...

Australia's Macquarie Dictionary, the premiere authority on Australian English, is broadening the definition of the word to include prejudice against women.

Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala, tried to crash the debate. They said there was no reason why the "illegitimate" Commission on Presidential Debates should exclude them.

Mitt Romney said when he became governor he presented his staff with "binders full of women," who could fill cabinet positions. The statement has become fodder for the web.