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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Planking, the Australian craze of lying face down stiff in often bizarre places for a photo op, claimed another victim when a man was critically injured after being thrown from the roof of a moving car when his planking went bad. Full Story »

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda released a posthumous audio recording by Osama bin Laden in which he praised revolutions sweeping through several Arab countries, and called for more Muslim "tyrants" to be toppled. Full Story »

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed for talks in Washington on Friday saying that U.S. President Barack Obama's vision of a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 could leave Israel "indefensible." Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Collectors bid up to $10,000 for belonging of the so-called Unabomber, who waged a deadly 17-year parcel-bomb campaign in the United States, as a two-week online auction opened. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will place its annual budget process on hold to give the outcome of bipartisan deficit-reduction talks a greater chance of becoming law, the Senate's top budget writer said on Thursday. Full Story »

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will leave jail on bail on Friday under the shadow of sexual assault charges as another French official, Christine Lagarde, builds support to succeed him. Full Story »

Though he hasn't formally announced his candidacy, Mitt Romney has become the clear frontrunner in the Republican race to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012, according to a Suffolk University poll released Wednesday. The former Massachusetts governor appears to have benefited the most from Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump dropping out in recent days, but his leading man status also poses significant challenges to his campaign. The question is whether he can keep this early momentum. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Malone's Liberty Media Corp has proposed to buy Barnes & Noble Inc for $1.02 billion, nine months after the largest U.S. bookstore chain put itself up for sale. Full Story »

While parenthood and marriage have long been linked, America’s youngest generation places far more value on the former than the latter. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - In a world first, neurosurgeons in the US said on Friday electrodes implanted in the lower spine had enabled a paraplegic man to stand up unaided, move his legs voluntarily and, with help, walk on a treadmill. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a "toilet seat" -- is up for sale on eBay where bids have reached 18,400 pounds ($29,940). Full Story »

BOQAYA, Lebanon (Reuters) - Syria deployed tanks in a border village on Thursday, witnesses said, ignoring growing pressure from Washington which called on President Bashar al-Assad to stop trying to crush popular unrest or step aside. Full Story »

A new bill aims to make it more difficult for workers to take out 401(k) loans, but easier to pay them back. Senators Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, introduced a bill on Wednesday with provisions intended to prevent the leakage of savings from 401(k)s before retirement. Full Story »

COMMENTARY | Oprah Winfrey's final farewell party was taped Tuesday, as the well-loved talk show host will end her long-running show next week. It will air May 23 and 24, with the final episode airing May 25. The party was a surprise for Oprah, as 13,000 fans, along with boxes of kleenex that were placed under their seats, were on hand for the emotional farewell. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes to Washington on Friday to rally opposition to a Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition of statehood. Full Story »

PARIS (Reuters) - They could be different men. To his colleagues in the world of global public finance, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is one of the most - perhaps the most - charismatic and impressive operators around. "When he walks into a room, people notice. Full Story »

Newt Gingrich has apologized for labeling the Republican plan to overhaul Medicare a “radical change” and “right-wing social engineering.” A contrite Mr. Gingrich appeared on Fox News Tuesday night, saying he had been in touch with Rep. Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin, the plan’s architect, and that he supported Congressman Ryan’s budget goals. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - A Brazilian woman has elbowed out an elderly American as the oldest person in the world, the Guinness organization said Wednesday. Full Story »