A study of patients at nine fertility clinics in the United States finds that many couples are unhappy with the available alternatives for surplus embryos.

A lawyer for a man who faked credentials to pass as a mechanic for Australia's Qantas airline said Thursday his client lives in a "parallel universe."

A New Jersey woman has filed a lawsuit against a Pennsylvania bar, claiming that a faulty toilet seat caused her to fall into the commode.

A U.S. report says military personnel who suffer traumatic brain injury face an increased risk for dementia, depression and other conditions.

Authorities in Jackson County, Mich., said a 16-year-old girl being pursued by a police officer sped off in an unattended patrol car.

George W. Bush kicked off his last Christmas season as president of the United States by lighting the national Christmas tree in Washington Thursday.

A public library in Oberlin, Ohio, has a holiday display that features a legless Santa Claus being pushed down the stairs by a sadistic Christmas tree.

Hollywood actor Jack Black plays Jesus Christ in the new online video "Prop. 8 -- The Musical."

Police in Durham, N.C., were searching for three people who kidnapped a Bank of America branch manager and his 13-year-old daughter Thursday, officials said.

Items from the iconic, now-shuttered, music club CBGB are to be part of an exhibit at the new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York, CBGB Holdings said.

Officials in Allentown, Pa., said a city health inspector found a bagged deer that had been butchered at a pizzeria in the city.

Democratic nominee Al Franken Thursday called for an "intensive search" for missing ballots, as the recount in the Minnesota Senate race neared its end.

The Columbia, S.C., City Council has closed a legal loophole that kept officials from prosecuting people for having sex in parks, officials said.