An Australian man has been arrested for allegedly fathering four children with a daughter he repeatedly raped for more than 30 years, local media reported Thursday.

Critics of Hugo Chavez marched in cities across the globe Friday, calling the Venezuelan president a dictator and violator of human rights. The largest crowds were in Venezuela, Colombia and Honduras, according to media reports. Smaller crowds came out in other Latin American nations as well as in Europe and the United States. Organizers for the marches, which fomented on social networking Web sites Facebook and Twitter, said turnout was lower than expected. "We are not interested in quantity but ...

The owner of a taxidermy school in Blanco, Texas, says he's been receiving more phone calls and attention than he'd like over the identity of a dead roughly 30-pound, mostly hairless coyote-like creature. "I don't know what it is. ... I do know that I have an odd animal," Jerry Ayer said Thursday. He said word spread quickly that he was in possession of an unknown animal -- often speculated in his region to be chupacabras, or mythical creatures, he ...

Rio de Janeiro's chances of becoming the first South American city to host the Olympics received a boost when the IOC published its evaluation of the four contenders for the 2016 Games on Wednesday. Rio is competing with Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo for the right to stage the 2016 Summer Olympics, with the final decision being made in Copenhagen on October 2. The IOC report is an important indicator ahead of the vote, making a series of judgments on ...

The attorney for Nancy Garrido, charged in the Jaycee Lee Dugard abduction case, expressed concern Wednesday that intense media coverage may prejudice his client's ability to get a fair trial. "There have been some misstatements made in the media, and possibly very innocent misstatements like, you know, 'She's charged with 29 counts, she was there, therefore she must be culpable,' " Gilbert Maines told CNN's "American Morning" on Wednesday. "That's good speculation, but any good prosecutor will tell you that ...

As times get tough, people look for change. Not just new presidents and prime ministers, but change they can count on -- or, at least, count. And they're willing to turn over couch covers and seat cushions to find it. As the financial crisis thrust billion-dollar figures onto the front pages, it also has cast a spotlight on how we perceive and use the smallest of currencies -- namely, metal coins. In Thailand, the Treasury Department has found that coin ...

Over this past week, I had some interesting conversations with colleagues who are also health care professionals. These conversations usually start with, "You know what I hate about the media ... ?" Now, over the past eight years, I have grown accustomed to being engaged in these sort of discussions where I am asked about everything the "media" have reported over the past few months, and asked to defend things point by point. It can be a challenging task. ...

The father of a detainee beaten to death in an Iranian prison says he's satisfied with the way the Islamic government has handled the case -- even as it serves as proof imprisoned protesters were abused. A coroner's report showed Mohsen Rouhol-Amini, arrested for protesting the June 12 election, died of "repeated blows and severe physical injuries" at Tehran's Kahrizak prison, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Monday, citing an informed source. Officials initially had said Rouhol-Amini had died from ...

A U.S. military contract that drew fire for creating profiles to rate the output of journalists as well as coverage of the Afghanistan war is being terminated, according to U.S. military officials. The U.S. military had contracted with the public-relations firm The Rendon Group, which created profiles of journalists that rated their stories as "positive," "neutral" or "negative." The military said it did not use the ratings to influence coverage or deny reporters access to cover the war. "It was ...