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The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president, Mohammed Mursi, got the most vote's in Egypt's presidential election. But he didn't win an outright majority and will face a former prime minister in a runoff election next month.

Women in Afghanistan have few opportunities to play sports, and they have no history of boxing. But one persistent coach has built a team, and one of his boxers is headed to the London Olympics.

In 1886, Ottmar Mergenthaler invented a machine that could create an entire line of type at once. It was called the linotype and it revolutionized the way we communicate.

The first quarter was another down one. But as it ended — in March — there were slight to modest gains in 12 cities.

Word from the antivirus experts at Kaspersky Lab that "we've found what might be the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed," and that this Flame spyware is targeting Iran and some places in the Middle East, is getting lots of attention.

We asked political scientists a simple question: Which presidential election in American history most resembles the coming contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney? The answers include a recent contest — but also the race that became the biggest electoral landslide in history.

A foreign affairs magazine reported that the U.S. had parachuted soldiers to gather intelligence.

In The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die In Battle, Michael Stephenson traces the history of combat. He describes how soldiers fight and die, how those who survive deal with the experience of combat, and what it reveals about warfare and human nature.

The message of outrage over a massacre in Houla, Syria, is now coming from one of Syria's neighbors and allies.

The WikiLeaks founder has been fighting Swedish authorities' efforts to question him about alleged sex assaults. Britain's highest court has now said he can be extradited. But Assange's attorneys plan to challenge that ruling.