Absentee ballots were mailed to 300 voters in Rensselaer County, New York with Barack Obama's last name misspelled. On the ballots, his last name is printed as "Osama". Election officials on either side say this was an honest, typographical mistake.

American soldiers in Iraq describe how they use "drop weapons" to avoid being charged with crimes when they kill innocent civilians.

Barack Obama hopes to appoint a Chief Technology Officer. John McCain wants to award $300 million to the inventor of an eco-friendly car battery. Now more than ever, the tech policies of candidates are under scrutiny as wired voters have their say.

Academy-Award winning actor Paul Newman, who personified cool has died. Newman passed away Friday surrounded by his family and close friends after a long battle with cancer according to his publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was 83.

After a few contentious days of speculation in regards to whether it would actually happen or not, the first presidential debate was held last night between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Yves Rossy is a Swiss daredevil and is the first person to cross the English Channel using a jet-propelled wing strapped to his back.

Small island developing nations contribute least to climate change but are under imminent threat of inundation due to rising sea levels.

'The Godfather' is the best film of all time. So say a team of renowned filmmakers in a survey conducted by Empire magazine. Who are we to argue? We loved it.

On Wednesday, police were called to where a naked man was climbing on a fire escape, ranting and screaming. The man climbed to a ledge, picked up a fluorescent tube and swung it at the police. An officer fired his Taser and the man fell to his death.

The US National Institute of Mental Health drops a controversial study of chelation therapy for children with autism. The agency says there are better uses for its resources.

Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg, West Virginia decided to pass and direct wind at the officer who was preparing a breathalyzer test on Tuesday. That act got the man another charge added to him.

After changing her previous stance to cooperate with the Alaska State Legislature in the so-called "Troopergate" investigation, Sarah Palin has agreed to Cooperate with the States Personnel Board in its separate investigation.

The world’s richest man, Warren Buffett, called the Wall Street crisis “an economic Pearl Harbor” and backs Paulson’s $700 billion proposal.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released The Harper Record, a comprehensive analysis of the Conservative minority government’s record to date.

A rather large 80 Kg pig has wandered onto a property in Australia. All was well until the pig snapped a broom stick in half with it's mouth and tore a mattress to shreds.

South African archbishop Desmond Tutu has said that Israel may have committed a war crime when it attacked the town of Beit Hanoun in Gaza two years ago.

The planet has increasing difficulties keeping up with the speed with which humanity is consuming natural resources. As of today, we have used up all resources the earth can produce in 2008, i.e. we are now borrowing from 2009.

Keep those hands off of pinky pig! Man gets prison time for stealing $20 bucks from a 2-year-old's piggy bank. He was apparently caught in the act by the little girl's mom. The toddler was asleep at the time.

We've all seen them, roadside memorials placed where someones life was extinguished, which have been placed there by family members. Now, Maryland is going to be removing these memorials, saying that they are against the law.

Reporters are having a harder time getting news about Alaska's government records as all inquiries not from state based journalists are being handed over to the McCain team to limit any embarrassing disclosures as the election draws near.