A woman scratches her lottery card outside a bar in Naples as a hitman shoots a man standing behind her, then walks away. The CCTV footage from the Sanita neighbourhood of Naples has been release..
The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter.
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Mutula Kilonzo says United States Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson may have overstepped diplomatic boundaries in his criticism of the Kenyan prosecution system.
Four teens could appear in court as early as today after being charged in the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside her high school homecoming dance. Police say up to 20 people watched the attack without calling authorities.
Why do women in the Muslim world seem to receive disproportionate forms of punishment, even when the Koran mandates that men and women should be punished equally? Learn more in this clip from "Who Speaks for Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think", as our guests, Dalia Mogahed and Reza Aslan, discuss men, women and Sharia.
Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports on the high risks of the H1N1 virus for pregnant women and how every precaution should be observed and discussed with a doctor.
A man accused of killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a frenzied anti-Islamic attack has gone on trial in Germany in a case that inflamed tempers throughout the Muslim world.
U.S. officials in Afghanistan are now investigating two helicopter crashes in the region which have left 14 Americans dead, including 11 service members. CBS News' Mandy Clark reports from Kabul.
Authorities say Jeffry Picower, a Fla. philanthropist and a friend of Bernard Madoff for decades, has died. Picower was the former N.Y. lawyer and accountant alleged to have extracted billions of dollars from the Madoff investment scheme.
One of the pilot's of the Northwest Airlines jet that overshot its destination by 150 miles is starting to open up about the incident, but he isn't giving very many details.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry not only executed an innocent Cameron Todd Willingham in 2004, he is now scrambling to cover it up until after his bid for reelection. This scenario is now being put forth in the media, on blogs, in editorials and by lawyers, politicians and death penalty activists.
The mother of a six-year-old boy feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon in America has admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents.
Beverley Bunn, Arizona sweat lodge ceremony survivor, spoke to Harry Smith about her memories of the tragic ordeal, and her feelings of abandonment by spiritual guru James Arthur Ray.
The Ganges river is the lifeblood of the Indian sub-continent. But its future is under threat, as indicated by a UN climate report which has shown that the Himalayan glaciers, which feed the river, may disappear by 2030, meaning large parts of the river could dry up.
Three teenage thugs face jail for launching two racist attacks on Asian shopkeepers in the space of just one hour in Bristol. The incidents were caught on CCTV. See footage of one of them.
Two pilots, who caused a hijack alert after missing their destination, have said they were distracted by a cockpit row. Their Northwest Airlines flight overshot Minneapolis St Paul International airport by 150 miles.
Bombings around Pakistan killed at least 24 people Friday, authorities said. A major air force complex, a recreation hall and a wedding bus were all hit, in the northwestern region of the country.
A robot that displays symptoms of swine flu was among the exhibits at a Tokyo trade fair. The robot sweats, moans and cries. It's designed to help health care workers diagnose and treat the flu.
Teachers and students at Ngendaptich Primary School in Solai woke to shock and panic when they found a six and a half feet long crocodile in their compound. Pupils scampered for safety before Lake Nakuru National Park game rangers were called in. The rangers captured the reptile and moved it back to the park and later released it to the lake Baringo.Kenya
A woman who accused seven people of sexually assaulted her over several days in a trailer is now recanting her story. However, the local prosecutor says the defendants were convicted on their own statements and physical evidence.
A lawsuit against Bernard Madoff is giving the public a snapshot of what life is like for the fallen financier behind bars. It's a contrasting picture of his former high-flying life.
Police say a gunman spent nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with the clerk at an Indianapolis check cashing business before fleeing with her cell phone and $20 from the register.
A young model who had acid thrown in her face in an attack arranged by a former boyfriend has told Sky's Lorna Dunkley about the day that changed her life. Katie Piper has waived her right to anonymity to help raise awareness for burns victims.
At least 12 people were killed on Saturday in fierce clashes between drug gang members and scores of police in Rio de Janeiro. Gunfire brought down a police helicopter, killing two officers.
The sequence of events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall began almost 20 years ago when a Hungarian border guard chose not to stop a flood of East Germans crossing into his country.
Colorado officials are seeking criminal charges in the runaway balloon case, accusing the parents of putting on a "very good show". As Hattie Kauffman reports, officials plan to charge the parents.
Authorities are pursuing criminal charges in the case of a boy who vanished into his parents' garage while the world feared he was trapped aboard a helium balloon _ prompting speculation of a hoax.
Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter Saturday in northern Rio de Janeiro, killing two officers, as it flew over a clash between drug gangs. The dramatic downing comes two weeks after Rio was picked to host the 2016 Olympic games.
Police are struggling to combat a turf war between two rival drugs gangs in North London. Three men have died in a wave of attacks within the Turkish community.
Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs. In addition, young children in Fallujah are now experiencing hideous cancers and leukaemias.
A Tube worker has been suspended after he was filmed shouting abuse at an elderly passenger. The long-haired Transport For London (TfL) worker is caught on camera as he yells at the man, whose arm had earlier become trapped in a carriage door.
Maoist guerrillas in India attacked on railway stations, set ablaze a cabin room, blasted a rail tracks, and government offices and a mobile phone tower in different parts of Bihar to enforce their strike.
A Russian woman who's been in a coma for more than seven months..... has given birth. The mother was severely injured in a car crash while pregnant and remains in a vegetative state.
Gunmen attacked at least two police offices in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Thursday, city officials said. Earlier, a suicide car bomb targeted a police station in the northwestern town of Kohat.
A police detective testified that a northern Kentucky teacher sent hundreds of text messages to a student she is accused of having an affair with. Brian Hamrick reports.
(WTNH) -- A Connecticut prosecutor wants to keep search warrants under wraps in the case of a Norwalk man accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman. It's an attempt to keep what has been to this point a very a public story a little more private.
A man with a history of mental illness pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the drowning deaths of his three young children in a Baltimore hotel bathtub in 2008.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has gone deep into Russia. She arrived in Kazan - the capital of Russia's republic of Tatarstan - from Moscow. Besides learning local culture and Muslim traditions, she found out that the US President Obama owes something to this republic
A Delaware first-grader who faced a lengthy punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school got a reprieve Tuesday night when the school board made a hasty change to its strict code of conduct.
A week after the Pakistani Taliban vowed to avenge the death of their former leader, Beitullah Mehsud, they have delivered on their promise, staging a wave of attacks across the country, and seemingly acting at will.
We discuss the motives behind granting the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama, the US president. Does he deserve the prize? And what has he achieved? Or was the award granted in the hope he would succeed in the future?
A sauna-like sweat lodge at an Ariz. resort was meant to provide spiritual cleansing for the 64 people crowded inside. Authorities are trying to figure out how 2 died after nearly 2 hours inside the structure covered with tarps and blankets.
The parents of Melanie Hall -- whose remains were found by the M5 -- have appealed for help to catch her killer. They believe someone must be protecting whoever murdered, and dumped their daughter's body in bin bags. They called on them to find the 'moral fibre' to come forward.
A melee erupts after a hearing for a Florida 17-year-old charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of his classmate,who had been accused of bullying. Supporters of the boy clashed with members of the media, angry they did not get to see their friend.
Citing his outreach to the Muslim world, and his attempts to curb nuclear proliferation, The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama. He becomes the 3rd sitting U.S. President to win the award.
The man known as the "French Spiderman" on Thursday scaled a 33 floor building in Paris, using only his bare hands. After his climb police took him to a nearby station, but he was released with no charges.
Bringing peace to the Middle East is not the only foreign policy challenge facing Barack Obama, the US president - he is also facing an equally daunting task in Afghanistan.
The shocking beating death of a teen in an after-school melee was the fifth student death in six weeks. As Randall Pinkston reports, it's opened the nation's eyes to Chicago's youth murders.
The man accused of killing a masseuse he met through craigslist has now been indicted on robbery charges in Rhode Island. At the same, prosecutors in Mass. are trying to get a DNA sample from Philip Markoff.
An Alabama woman accused of snatching a newborn from his Tennessee home will remain in federal custody while authorities investigate whether she was the only person involved.
Italy's Prime Minister says it's business as usual. However, in reality it's anything but. Silvio Berlusconi has been stripped of his immunity from prosecution, and though he may vow to stay in office, his future is looking increasingly uncertain.
According to newly-released files obtained by the Associated Press, the FBI looked into whether Anna Nicole Smith plotted to kill Pierce Marshall, who was at the center of a long legal fight to keep Smith from collecting his father's oil wealth.
Scuffles erupted as several thousand Detroit residents jockeyed, pushed and shoved Wednesday to get free money being offered to only 3,500 of the city's recently or soon to be homeless.
President Barack Obama's approval ratings are starting to rise after declining ever since his inauguration, new poll figures show as the country's mood begins to brighten. But concerns about the economy, health care and war persist.
The Pakistani army says the insurgency in the Swat valley has been quashed. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are now returning to their valley
In the past 18 months, 20 young Somali men have disappeared from Minneapolis, Minnesota -- only to re-emerge in Somalia as part of an al-Qaida-backed militia.
A 74-year-old woman arrested in Florida on charges she killed her granddaughter's estranged husband nearly a year ago says she's not going to challenge extradition to Illinois.
The city of Chicago spent tens of millions of dollars over two years in an effort to bring the 2016 Summer Olympic Games to the Midwest United States. Those efforts ended on October 2nd when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in favor of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Russia looks set to extend the moratorium on the death penalty, which is due to expire early next year. A presidential spokesman says resuming executions is not currently being considered by the government. But the temporary ban on capital punishment is causing a split in society.
A former Japanese finance minister who stepped down after appearing to be drunk at an overseas news conference was found dead in his home Sunday, police said.
The majority of Argentina's workforce gets healthcare through schemes run by their respective trade unions. A group of pharmaceutical businessmen, dubbed the 'medicine mafia' have been accused of creating fake medicine and then passing it off to union-run hospitals.
A mother whose newborn was kidnapped by a knife-wielding woman posing as an immigration agent was briefly reunited with her baby Saturday, then saw him and her three other children taken from her and put into state custody.
A mother recounts the details of her daughter's death in Tuesday's tsunami. The 6 year old was swept out to sea when she slipped from her mother's grasp in the village of Leone, American Samoa.
A man accused of taping surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews while she was alone in hotel rooms appeared in federal court Saturday and was ordered returned to California.
Mountains of mud and debris have obliterated a handful of Indonesian villages. So far, the government confirms more than 700 people are dead and three thousand listed as missing.
A CBS News employee is out of jail on bond after pleading not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.
A CBS News employee has been indicted in an alleged blackmail plot against David Letterman. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced the indictment Friday against Robert 'Joe' Halderman
Nearly 50,000 people erupted in celebration when Rio de Janeiro was announced host of the 2016 Olympics, jumping and cheering in a Carnival-like party on Copacabana beach.
World marks 140 years since the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Widely considered as the father of India, he remains a powerful symbol in his homeland and abroad. And more than 60 years since his death, his non-violent stance continues to inspire people across the globe, including current world leaders.
Authorities in Chicago are offering $6,000 for information that leads to more arrests in the fatal beating of a 16-year-old honor student. The Associated Press obtained cell phone video of the attack and did not add blurring.
As rescue teams pull mangled bodies and badly injured people from debris, the scale of death, destruction and injury caused by a major earthquake in the Indonesian coastal city of Padang is beginning to emerge. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports on the tragedy that has ravaged entire villages and cities.
Rescue workers have been pulling survivors from the rubble of buildings toppled in the Indonesia earthquake. At least 1100 people are confirmed dead, after hotels, schools, hospitals and a shopping centre were destroyed or damaged in Padang.....