The Obama administration has taken the unusual step of publicly rebuking Israel for the approval of 900 new homes on the West bank. A White House spokesman said the approval made its efforts to restart peace talks more difficult.

NASA did it. They found a "significant amount" of water on the moon. The finding might secure commitment from the White House for future manned space missions.

MANILA - A proposed law that grants additional retirement, survivorship and other benefits to members of the judiciary may soon be ratified by the House of Representatives as a way of promoting equity and maintaining competence in the judicial system.

Contrary to popular belief, a giant panda is not always in black-and-white. In fact, a brown-and-white panda baby was found in northwestern China a week ago, making it the fifth in the mysterious family so far.

CBS.com reports that informed sources say the President has decided to send almost 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The White House has officially denied the story.

White House Communications Director Anita Dunn has decided to resign her post early next month and the Deputy Director, Dan Pfeiffer, will take her position.

Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp raised concerns on the health care bill's ability to impose civil and criminal penalties on Americans who do not comply with the mandate on taking up insurance coverage.

In a 90-minute hearing on Thursday, Bernard Kerik, a former New York City Police Commissioner, admitted to having lied to the White House whilst being vetted for the position of Homeland Security Secretary in 2004.

U.S. President Barack Obama has told the leaders of the country's 564 federally recognized Native American tribes that they have a friend in the White House and the needs of their people will not be forgotten whilst he is in office.

Animal rights group PETA has been told that they can't bring live pigs to the White House because of swine flu fears, despite the knowledge that swine do not spread the H1N1 virus that is attacking the nation.

Actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Forest Whitaker are among the celebrities chosen to promote President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.

The Obama administration continues to use and expand the Bush-era "state secrets" privilege even though Obama vehemently attacked the use of such privileges during his run for the White House.

Police don't know yet if there was a smoke detector in the house yet, but it appears a woman killed in a Cranbrook house fire died from smoke inhalation. She died early Saturday.

A woman was shot dead and man seriously wounded in a shooting incident at well-known after-hours party house in Surrey, B.C. early Saturday. Cpl. Dale Carr says there were a dozen people inside the house at 4 a.m.

A drunken police officer and a group of friends were walking around the House of Screams (Haunted House) when they were approached by worker Mike Morrison dressed as Leatherface, the murderer in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Financially struggling celebrity photographer, Annie Leibovitz recently did a photo shoot of the First Family. And she didn't take a fee for her work.

Members of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the U.K. parliament, will vote on Monday on proposed legislation that would criminalize modern-day slavery and forced labor.

White House Counsel Greg Craig said, according to Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins, that the administration will keep the President's newly appointed 18 czars from testifying before Congress.

In a sober assessment of the impact the federal stimulus plan is having on the U.S. economy, leading White House economist Christina Romer admitted that the plan will not contribute to growth in 2010.

As health care reform proposals for public options circulate among House and Senate members, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismisses the notion that mandates are unconstitutional.