News Corp’s James Murdoch says a “dominant” BBC threatens independent journalism in the UK as he attacked the government.

A computer hacker accused of masterminding one of the largest cases of identity theft in U.S. history agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve up to 25 years in federal prison for his crimes.

Pending climate and energy legislation puts a lot of stock — and money — into switching from fossil fuels, like coal and oil, to renewable energy such as wind, solar and ethanol. But some new analysis by environmental experts shows that alternative energy comes with some stiff penalties. For example: Energy Sprawl.

House prices in England and Wales recorded the biggest monthly leap since July 2004 last month, the Land Registry says.

Iran’s president Friday called for the prosecution of opposition leaders over the postelection turmoil, saying that senior activists currently on trial should not be the only ones punished.

ITALY: Sex scandal weary Silvio Berlusconi has cancelled attended a religious service to absolve sins.

Swire’s Upper House in Hong Kong launches Opening Promotion.

Our police need special fitness incentives to remain fit and healthy in a modern urban environment. Instead, they have little time to themselves, bad food habits and irregular work hours.

No one is safe from identity theft, not even the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Ben Bernanke’s personal checking account became entangled in an elaborate identity-theft scheme after his wife Anna’s purse was stolen last August at a Capitol Hill Starbucks.

A winding tunnel dug into a massive cliff opened up the park in the 1920s. Heavy traffic later forced officials to close it to pedestrians, though streaking through under the cover of darkness became a forbidden rite of passage. For a brief time Wednesday, the tunnel was thrown open to all.