"Multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the explosion aboard a Gulf oil rig that unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP's internal investigation finds.

Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder "on hold,"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.

As President Obama heads to Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday to roll out a set of comprehensive proposals aimed at fixing the ailing U.S. economy, top aides are knocking down suggestions that politics and the midterms are driving this effort.

Officials in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have found two bodies that may be those of two men investigating the massacre of 72 migrants in the state.

Authorities have begun an investigation after a threatening message was found scrawled on the lavatory mirror of a Thai Airways plane, the Transportation Security Administration said.

After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year.

Another Super Bowl for the Steelers? Yes, that's Peter King's story and he's sticking to it. But it's hardly his only prediction for the 2010 season. Check out the rest of them right here.

From Walter Johnson to Nolan Ryan to Randy Johnson, we've always been thrilled by the fastball pitchers. But Joe Posnanski wonders: Is there any sure way to determine the fastest?

Going all the way back to her U.S. Open debut in 1997, race has always been a difficult topic for Venus Williams to discuss. But now she's ready to change her game, writes S.L. Price.

More AP Top 25 voters are buying into Boise State as the No. 1 team in the country.