The actors - one known for comedy, the other for action roles - might seem an odd-couple pairing. Here's what binds them together.

TIMBOROA, Kenya - Enthusiastic voters, many wrapped in colorful traditional blankets, waited for hours Wednesday to cast ballots on a new constitution that could spell a new era for Kenya - curtailing the president's enormous powers and giving citizens ...

'It's kind of strange and wonderful and terrifying all at the same time,' Florence Welch tells MTV News. By Kara Warner Tuesday's announcement of the 2010 Video Music Awards nominees included familiar favorites (Lady Gaga, Eminem, Katy Perry), ...

Images from around the world, including a drought in Russia, preparation for the 1000th anniversary celebrations in Hanoi and a ballet world record in New York City.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei rose 1.3 percent on Thursday, regaining most of the ground it lost the day before as the dollar rebounded from an eight-month low against the yen on encouraging US employment and service sector data.

Apple confirmed Wednesday that it has developed a fix for the two security vulnerabilities that allow jailbreaking of their iOS software.

WASHINGTON - Senate leaders said Wednesday that debate would most likely begin in September over whether to let the Bush income tax cuts for the rich expire at the end of this year as scheduled, setting up a new battle just weeks ...

Browser still slower than iPhone 4. Fewer games and apps than iOS or Android. Poor Microsoft Exchange integration for consumers. The BlackBerry Torch is the very model of a modern messaging smartphone, although it doesn't beat the iPhone or Android on ...

Without his wife or daughters, President Barack Obama celebrated his 49th birthday in Chicago on Wednesday, and everyone from a little girl holding a "happy birthday" poster to the staff at the local restaurant seemed ...

ATLANTA - There are times when nothing brings out the worst in the Mets than playing at Turner Field, where they have suffered numerous ugly defeats, where a playoff series was lost on a bases-loaded walk, where Scott Kazmir was ...

Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure intended to nullify the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where ordinary people made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box.

Jeff Roberson AP Astros starting pitcher JA Happ threw for just one complete inning, giving up seven runs on six hits and three walks.

Aug. 4, 2010 -- Researchers have identified nearly 100 gene variants linked to blood lipids, which they say could explain a quarter to a third of hereditary factors influencing cholesterol -- a major risk factor for heart disease.

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has a chance to make good on the campaign pledge he made during the CNN/YouTube debate back in 2008: to sit down with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...

It's obvious that when women gain excessive weight during pregnancy there's a greater chance their babies will be born too big.

Neither Israel nor Lebanon's prime minister have any interest in another conflict, but Syria and Iran may force one. By RONEN BERGMAN On Tuesday afternoon, several hours before a highly anticipated televised speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- An American Airlines flight traveling from New York to Los Angeles, California, was diverted to Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wednesday and a passenger is in federal custody after the smell of smoke was detected in the cabin, ...

DETROIT -- The theme of Wednesday's 4-1 victory for the White Sox over the Tigers at Comerica Park would be stranded baserunners.