Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, credits boxer and "Gladiators" co-star Laila Ali with making the call that prevented him from taking his own life. In his new book "My Life Outside the Ring," the former wrestler describes how he hit rock ...

An Iranian-American man has been sentenced to 15 years in an Iranian prison for his role in protests after the disputed presidential election in June, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Tuesday. The United States is "deeply concerned" that Kian Tajbakhsh has been sentenced to prison, spokesman Ian Kelly said. "Mr. Tajbakhsh poses no threat to the Iranian government or its national security," Kelly said. "Given the groundless nature of charges against him we call on Iran to grant his ...

For weeks now, the stock market has been toying with Dow 10,000. Considering that the large-company index went as low as 6,547 in March, that feels like cause for celebration. But is it really? A growing chorus of market-watchers says no. The concern is that the stock market is overwrought and that down is the only sensible direction to head. Sure, individual companies have been quick to bounce lower based on bad news. Both insurance outfits and financial firms lost ground on Tuesday thanks to ...

The United States is involved in the disappearance of an Iranian researcher, Iran's state-funded media reported. Shahram Amiri, a researcher at Tehran's Malek Ashtar University, disappeared after going to Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage on June 4, Iran's state-funded Press TV reported Wednesday. "We have found documents that prove U.S. interference in the disappearance of the Iranian pilgrim Shahram Amiri in Saudi Arabia," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Press TV's report did ...

A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials. Mazen Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old airline employee and divorced father of four, spoke openly about his sexual escapades, his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14. He made the comments on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, which aired the interview a few months ago. Saudi authorities ...

A Florida man admitted to reporters that he killed his wife and five "innocent" children, adding that he wants to be executed "right away" so he can be buried with them on Saturday. Mesac Damas, 32, said he wanted to take his own life, but did not have the courage to go through with it, "because if you kill yourself, you're not going to heaven." Damas made the statements to a Naples Daily News reporter as he was ...

The death toll from flooding in southern Brazil on Thursday climbed to 97, the state news agency said.

Whatever Kate Gosselin may feel about her estranged husband, Jon, telling ABC News that he "despises" her, the star of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" chose not to reveal it on Monday morning's "The View." Filling in for regular "View" host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Kate Gosselin chimed in on everything from public meltdowns to the Duggar family's new pregnancy, but she stayed mum on Jon Gosselin's recent interview. On the first of two "View" appearances, Gosselin sympathized with tennis star Serena ...

President Obama held his second prime-time news conference Tuesday. Before taking questions, he gave a brief speech. Here is the complete transcript from the news conference: President Obama: Hello, everybody. Please have a seat. Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who's watching tonight an update on the steps we're taking to move this economy from recession to recovery, and ultimately to prosperity. Now, it's important to remember that this ...

Fidel Castro told Argentina's president Wednesday that he watched U.S. President Obama's inauguration on TV, apparently belying widespread speculation that the former Cuban leader had suffered a major relapse or died, Argentina's official news agency said. Castro said he believes that Obama is "a sincere person with good ideas," Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said in Cuba at the conclusion of her three-day visit to the island, the state-run Telam news agency said. "We talked about all subjects," Kirchner ...