The saga of the 6-year-old Falcon Heene, boy in balloon Photos

NEW YORK : The "balloon boy" case that sparked international media news attention Thursday was a hoax that will result in criminal charges against the boy's parents, Larimer County, Colo., Sheriff Jim Alderden said Sunday.

Blasts rock International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, pakistan Two suicide attackers bombed a women's cafeteria and a faculty building at an Islamic university in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, killing two people and wounding 20 others, authorities said.

Exclusive : NASA's first released image of the plume from the LCROSS impact

A first image of Debris kicked up by the NASA LCROSS mission, which crashed a rocket into the Moon to search for water, has been released.

Scientists had feared that the plume had been too small to be captured, as both observers on Earth and the Hubble Space Telescope failed to spot anything.

World's first underwater cabinet meet in Maldives - News In Pictures

Maldives, October 17, 2009: President Mohamed Nasheed arrives at the underwater cabinet meeting off Girifushi Island. in full scuba gear met on the sea bed to draw to the dangers of global warming for the island nation, a tourist paradise featuring coral reefs and white sand beaches with most parts lying less than one metre above sea level. Scientists have warned it could be uninhabitable in less than 100 years. (AFP Image)

Suicide bomber kills 12 in Pakistan's Peshawar - News In Photos

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 16 ( - Pakistani warplanes and artillery pounded a Taliban stronghold on Friday, as a suicide bomber killed 12 people in the city of Peshawar in the latest in a bloody wave of militant attacks.

Obamas Dance Onstage With Jennifer Lopez At The "Fiesta Latina" - News In Pictures

The White House became "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group Aventura, Jose Feliciano and more.