New Transportation Department regulations will impose stiff penalties on airlines that keep passengers on domestic flights waiting on a tarmac for longer than three hours.

A Japanese whaling vessel and a ship belonging to marine conservation group Sea Shepherd collided Wednesday. Who's to blame?

A small faction of the 52 conservative and moderate democrats in Congress known as Blue Dogs have caused healthcare reform to stall, providing fodder for divergent opinions on just what the schism in the Democratic party means.

U.S. President Barack Obama has been under pressure for his troop strategy in Afghanistan. News media analyze if he's handling it well.

Insurgents intercepted video feeds from the U.S. military's unmanned Predator spy drones using $26 software, causing the media to investigate.

Critics of health care reform complain Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has made too many concessions to the bill, leading some to question whether the result will be worth passing.

Republican Scott Brown beat Democrat Martha Coakley for the late Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. How did Coakley lose in one of the nation's bluest states?

Playboy model Joanna Krupa recently appeared in a PETA ad wearing nothing but a strategically placed crucifix. Some say it's sacrilegious.

Scientists said the oldest-known hominid skeleton "Ardi" offers new clues to how humans may have evolved. But the media found not everyone was excited about the revelations.

A study is highlighting the multimedia lifestyles of America's kids. While some in the media say it's no big deal, others are worried.

White House Communications Director Anita Dunn attacked FOX News as a "a wing of the Republican Party." News media questioned if it was the right tactic.

Winter weather is making headlines across the Northern Hemisphere as arctic temperatures blanket the U.S., and heavy snow brings the U.K. to a standstill.

Americans are concerned that a more detailed questionnaire in the 2010 census violates privacy and could be manipulated to serve a political cause.

Google considers shutting down its operations in China after cyber attacks on human rights activists' Gmail accounts. Can Google and China afford to lose each other?

As the Senate heads toward its Christmas Eve vote on the health care reform bill, many are looking back at the deals struck to reach a 60-vote majority.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term this week after the controversial re-election. So what can the world expect?

After his only challenger withdrew from the Afghan poll runoff, Hamid Karzai is elected as the country's president for another term. The victory prompts a new sets of questions on the U.S. policy toward Afghanistan.

Discussion on whether the U.S. should send more troops to Afghanistan, as suggested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is heating up, as the media are weighing in on what is the best strategy to win the war.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper attacks in the U.S. Capital region in 2002, is executed Tuesday. The media examine the sentiment toward the punishment.

On Fox News Sunday, political analyst Brit Hume offered some unsolicited theological advice to embattled golfer Tiger Woods.

Jean Sarkozy, son of French Premier Nicholas Sarkozy, is slated to take a plush bureaucratic post his father once held. The media are debating nepotism versus natural ability.

An Italian court found Knox guilty of murdering her roommate after a long case that started in 2007. Her next step is to take the case to the appeals court.

After the failed assassination attempt of Guinea's junta leader, many raise the possibility of civil war in the small African nation.

10.2% of Americans are unemployed. Another 5.3% are underemployed. Now President Obama faces criticism that he lost focus on creating and saving jobs.

A federal roundup of nearly 3,000 feral horses in Nevada pits animal activists against the Bureau of Land Management.

International Internet regulator ICANN is accepting applications for non-Latin alphabet Web addresses this week. Media outlets around the globe weigh in on if the breakthrough will benefit the cyberspace.

Google unveiled its smartphone the Nexus One Tuesday, and the reviews are in on what the phone could mean for the smartphone market.

The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign faces unusual setbacks in the wake of tough economic times.

In the UK, Mehmet Goren was found guilty of murdering his daughter in a so-called “honor killing.” The media is asking questions about the practice.

The leak of an informal proposal dubbed the "Danish text" ignites accusations of Western colonialism at the climate change conference in Copenhagen.