Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds in a single games. (Aug.17)
Actor Matt Damon speaks out on the Republicans' choice of hockey-mom Sarah Palin for VP. Damon compares her rise to a 'really bad Disney movie' and says it's crazy that this woman could become President. (Sept. 10)
Australia's Taronga Zoo in Sydney recently showed off its latest addition, a baby pygmy hippo. Monifa, who is only three weeks old, is currently the size of a puppy. There are less than 3,000 pygmy hippos remaining in the world. (Nov. 7)
Who is 'Joe the Plumber'? He is Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the notion of 'spreading the wealth' in Wednesday night's third and final presidential debate. (Oct.16)
Take a look at the first full-length trailer for "Mamma Mia!." The popular Broadway play, inspired by the music of ABBA, comes to the big screen this summer starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan. (March 26)
Maxwell, one of the key voices from R&B's neosoul era, is back making music after a long hiatus. The Grammy-nominated singer talks about his U.S. tour and upcoming fourth studio release, 'Black Summer's Night.' (Oct. 7)
Thousands of protesters gathered in St. Paul, Minn., the site of the Republican National Convention. As tensions mounted between those gathered and police, AP photojournalist Evan Vucci was in the middle of the crowd. (Sept. 2)
Gustav hit the Isla de la Juventud south of the Cuban mainland just short of a top-scale Category 5 hurricane with screaming 140 mph winds that toppled telephone poles and fruit trees, shattered windows and leveled some homes. (Aug. 31)
Forecasters say Hurricane Gustav has made landfall on Haiti's southwest peninsula. The fast-forming storm is sending global oil prices soaring on fears it could become 'extremely dangerous' as it approaches the Gulf of Mexico. (Aug. 26)
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month. Ian Drew, US Weekly Editor at Large, discusses Barker's first interview since the crash. (Oct. 8)
Your favorite animated animals are back in DreamWorks "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa." Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen and David Schwimmer lend their voices to the film. (Oct. 10)
The makers of 'The Dark Knight' have given a sneak peek of the next Batman movie. And the twisted sociopath known as The Joker, played by the late Heath Ledger, is said to play the ultimate bad guy in the film. (March 16)
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