More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles, including the fedora he sported at the 1995 MTV Music Awards, were auctioned off Saturday, reaping a total $2 million.

Iran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said.

A ferry carrying about 260 passengers sank Sunday off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, transportation officials said.

Health care reform backers won a key victory Saturday night as the Senate voted to move ahead with a floor debate on a sweeping $848 billion bill.

Security forces in Afghanistan have killed or captured more than 30 high-level militants, including many accused of participating in roadside bomb attacks, military officials said.

Demonstrators entered their third day of a building takeover at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday in protest of a tuition increase -- a futile endeavor, according to a school spokesman.

The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys in July were arrested Friday on abuse charges, according to Arizona police.

A prosecutor says American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend should get life sentences if they are convicted in the death of a British student, a lawyer for the victim's family told CNN on Saturday.