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Israeli leaders are weighing their options in the Gaza Strip and are expected to decide whether their devastating military campaign in the tiny Palestinian territory had served its purpose, or should continue despite mounting civilian casualties.

The U.N. reported a one-day jump in new cholera cases and deaths in Zimbabwe Tuesday, following a week in which the epidemic had showed signs of slowing.

Israel says it has agreed to set up a "humanitarian corridor" to ship vital supplies to the people of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school in Gaza, killing dozens.

Aviation safety experts said Tuesday strong crosswinds likely were a factor in an accident last month that sent a Continental Airlines jet into a bone-jarring veer off a Denver runway, injuring 37 people.

Barack and Michelle Obama are known for nights out on the town in Chicago, dining at some of its poshest restaurants with the smartest chefs. But who knew the president-elect was a food critic?

The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said.

Drugmaker Merck & Co. has asked federal regulators to approve use in males for its vaccine against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical and other sexually transmitted cancers.

Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do.

Venezuela ordered the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and some embassy staff on Tuesday to protest Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

This small central Florida town is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. Maybe that's why actor John Travolta moved his family here.

A Jobs-less Macworld might take some of the fire away from this week's event, but it could be a sign that Apple wants to shift the leadership burden across more of its team.

A legal squabble over the exhumation of Notre Dame football hero George Gipp's remains may have hit a dead end.

Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.

A former judge who unsuccessfully sued his dry cleaners for $54 million over a lost pair of pants isn't giving up. Roy Pearson has filed a petition with the D.C. Court of Appeals, requesting the case be reheard - this time by a nine-judge panel.

Even as Federal Reserve officials slashed their key interest rate to a record low and pledged to use other unconventional tools to fight the financial crisis, they still feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time.

Nine flight attendants who couldn't meet the weight standards of India's national airlines have been fired, an official said Tuesday.

Neuroscience has learned so much about how we think and the brain activity linked to certain thoughts that it is now possible - on a very basic scale - to read a person's mind. Lesley Stahl reports.

President-elect Barack Obama wants his first legislative push in office to include significant Republican support, despite Democrats already enjoying majorities in both houses of Congress.

President-elect Barack Obama's appointed successor, Roland Burris, was turned away when he appeared at the U.S. Capitol to take his seat.

A cross-dressing dermatologist serving life in prison for killing his estranged wife, who was shot in front of witnesses, has been found hanged in his cell, a prisons spokeswoman said.