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A new poll shows two-thirds of UK residents believe the country got its money's worth from the Olympics, even though the $13 billion cost was three times the original budget.

Swimmer Graham Johnston, who's in his 80s now, is competing in the Senior Olympics in Cleveland. He's been swimming all his life, including competing at the 1952 Olympics for his home country of South Africa. Even at his age, he still trains five to six times a week.

Alex Rodriguez, still recovering from an injury, issued a statement early yesterday asking to be activated for Friday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees declined.

Two New York pols felled by sex scandals, Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, are back. And no one is more excited than the city's scrappy, pun-loving tabloids, which are pummeling them nearly every day.

Connecticut-based hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors pleaded not guilty today to criminal charges accusing it of letting insider trading flourish for more than a decade.

Several cities have been experimenting with a computer program that predicts where crimes are likely to occur. But the software has raised unanswered questions about whether it's appropriate for police to stop people based on computer modeling.

The New York Yankees and their star slugger Alex Rodriguez are embroiled in a very public dispute over his future. The Yankees want him gone, but Rodriguez says he's ready to play.

More than two weeks after a fiery train crash left 47 dead in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, the town's center remains in shambles, while a criminal investigation and lawsuits are underway.

For more than a year, supporters of the movement rallied behind a common goal: Make sure George Zimmerman stood before the bar of justice. But after Zimmerman's acquittal, that united front has splintered.

Police say after negotiations fell apart, a SWAT team stormed the building and fatally shot the suspect.