
Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs
They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't ...

Pup named Huckleberry crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'
If at first you don't succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again. Just ask 4-year-old pup Huckleberry, who was crowned Monday as this year's ...
Maurice Sendak collection coming to NYC auction
A collection of works by the late children's author Maurice Sendak is coming to a New York City auction. Swann Auction Galleries says many of the ...

Hollywood sticks to tried and true in 2013 lineup
It's not really news that Arnold Schwarzenegger is back this year. Everybody else in Hollywood is, too, so why not the former California governor? ...

Heartwarming moments defy chill at Rose Parade
A couple who became husband and wife on the "Love Float," a surprise reunion between a returning soldier and his little boy, and a grand marshal famed ...

'Grinch' Jeff McCarthy - a warm man in a cold role
This Christmas, Broadway veteran Jeff McCarthy's heart will be growing a few sizes — as much as 13 times a week. McCarthy is playing the green, hairy, ...

Soldier's case dominated by testimony on suicide
In a military hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning that has unfolded over the past two weeks, the reams of classified documents he is accused of leaking ...

Father Frost gets cold shoulder in Uzbekistan
Taking a leaf out of a Dr. Seuss story, the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan is reportedly stealing Christmas by keeping the local version of Santa ...

Officer: Suicide led to wariness about Manning
An Army private accused of sending reams of classified U.S. documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was kept in tight pretrial confinement ...