National "Mexican-style" chain identified in October outbreak investigation.

McDonald's has announced that it will be discontinuing the use of the controversial meat product known as boneless lean beef trimmings in its burgers. The product was recently brought to the attention of the public by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who...

A new study shows an astonishing number of people are using their cellphones on the john. From web browsing and texting to conference calls and online shopping, it seems this technology-driven world leaves no time for bathroom breaks. 11mark, an inte...

ABC The Stephen Colbert super PAC is run by a comedian, but the political action committee's bank account is no joke, based on federal reports filed today. The super PAC is "rolling seven digits deep," as Stephen Colbert said in a statement to the Fe...

Ryan McVay/Getty Images Stereotyped views on driving have been shaken after new research that finds women are more efficient parkers than men.  The experiment, conducted by UK's  National Car Parks, showed that women's spatial awareness has been unde...

Two Toronto teens sent a Lego figure into the upper atmosphere on a balloon.

Danny Hembree Jr., 50, was convicted in 2011 of murdering a teenage girl.

The donor heart dropped on the ground by medics in Mexico as they rushed to deliver it to the hospital has been successfully transplanted into the woman awaiting its arrival. The woman, 28-year-old Erika Hernandez, has no idea about her new heart's b...

A baby elephant at a German zoo who suffered from heart problems has passed away.  Lola would've been the world's first elephant to have heart surgery to remove a blood clot, but died during preparations for the operation.  At just three months,  dur...

Police raid shows Kim Dotcom lived in a castle-like leased home before arrest.

Image credit: Kyodo News/AFP/Getty Images North Korean authorities are punishing mourners who failed to exhibit sincere sadness and despair after the death of Kim Jong Il on Dec. 17, the Daily NK reported Wednesday. The online North Korean newspaper,...

Erin Langworthy left bruised after 365-foot fall into crocodile-infested waters.

Research shows dogs can mimic a human's gaze in a way similar to infants.

A stadium Kiss Cam marriage proposal. It's either your dream come true or your biggest fear realized. For one female UCLA college basketball fan, it was undeniably the latter. During a recent game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, the "Mistletoe Cam" ...

Just days after thousands of little boys and girls opened up their Christmas presents, a video of one little girl blasting companies for marketing princesses to girls and super heroes to boys has gone viral, articulating the arguments for a debate th...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images While millions of Americans saw their incomes decrease, their job opportunities dissipate and their home values drop as the economy dipped, the 535 men and women they elected to represent them in the U.S. Congress were n...

North Korea's supreme leader was knows for decadent and eccentric tastes.

Bob D'Amico / ABC News Between budgetary fights with Republicans on Capitol Hill, a flailing economy to tackle, and a campaign to keep his job in 2012, President Obama may not have a lot of spare time to relax. Like most Americans, however, the presi...

A female landlord, Jamie Hein, had a sign that read, "Public Swimming Pool, White Only" hanging on a gate at her house and her private pool. (Photo credit: Ohio Civil Rights Commission) An Ohio landlord accused of discriminating against an African-Am...

Computer readout from the search for the Higgs boson, sometimes called the "God particle." Thomas McCauley and Lucas Taylor/CMS/CERN The Higgs boson — a subatomic particle so important to the understanding of space, time and matter, say physicists se...