Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords receives standing ovation from both sides of the aisle.

Drew Barrymore will be walking down the aisle with boyfriend Will Kopelman. The actress and art consultant got engaged while on a 10-day vacation in Sun Valley, Idaho, during the holidays, a source told People magazine. But it is unclear what day the engagement actually took...

At $1 trillion dollars, student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in American history. To make matters worse, come July 1 the interest rate on federally subsidized Stafford student loans will automatically double, from 3.4% to 6.8%, unless Congressional action is taken to extend the lower rate before then. Depending on which side of the aisle you choose, extending the lower rate will cost between $3 billion and $7 billion per year (estimates from the center of the aisle hover around $5.5 billion).

A 7-year-old Georgia girl managed to scream and kick her way out of a kidnapping attempt in an Atlanta area Wal-Mart by a man out on parole for voluntary manslaughter, authorities said. Brittney Baxter was alone in the toy aisle of a Bremen, Ga., Walmart...

There's a war going on out there, and it can be found in your grocery store's meat aisle. The latest battle comes in the act of a billboard. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, animal rights and plant-based diets, recently installed a giant Chicago billboard that reads, "Hot Dogs Cause Butt Cancer."