A four month "Nightline" investigation into Medicare fraud makes one thing perfectly clear: this is a crime that pays and pays and pays. The federal government admits that a staggering $60 billion dollars is stolen from tax payers through Medicare scams every year. Some experts believe the number is more than twice that.

At St. Patrick Day lunch, late Irish Senator's name is invoked.

Tom Hanks, the star of such flag-waving films as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Apollo 13" and producer of the World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers," has come under fire recently for remarks he made to Time magazine and MSNBC while promoting his current project, "The Pacific."

Skin cancer rates are on the rise, despite years of warnings about sunscreen.

Boost for Obama's health bill: Lawmaker signs on, nuns write their support; vote this weekend

Obama spars with Fox News anchor during interview punctuated by interruptions and chiding

Start-ups use location data to help users socialize, date, game and more.

Influential singer-songwriter Alex Chilton is dead at 59 of an apparent heart attack.

Even though Michigan resident Joseph Casias had a prescription from his doctor for medical marijuana, he was fired after a positive test for the substance by his employer, Walmart. The news last November he'd been terminated was devastating for Casias, 29, who took great pride in his job, once earning the honor of Associate of the Year. "It hurts. It hurts because I care. I care a lot about the store. I always wanted to make sure I do well," he told ABC News.

James Sikes, the driver of the Toyota Prius that allegedly accelerated out of control last week, appeared to be in a "panicked state," "displayed signs of shock," "was clearly shaking," and "thought he was going to die," according to a just released report on the incident by the California Highway Patrol. The report's narrative, written by the CHP officer who helped Sikes bring his car to a stop, Todd Neibert, does not express any skepticism about Sikes' version of events, which has now been called into question by representatives of Toyota.

One of Italy's 100 most-wanted criminals, a vicious mafia boss who had been on the run for months, was betrayed by his passion for social networking and flushed out thanks to Facebook.

Hawaii mulls law that would allow state to ignore repeated requests for President Obama's birth certificate. The "birther" movement claims Obama is ineligible to be president of the United States because they claim he was born outside the United States and doesn't meet the constitutional requirement to be president.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who had voted "No" for the health care bill last November, today said he would side with Democratic leaders to vote "Yes" for the bill in the House.

Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with planning terror attacks in Pakistan, says lawyer

A Florida man is accused of deserting his baby while looking for his girlfriend.

N.C. police investigate the second death involving poisonous chemicals.

Jail employees uncover $27,000 stuffed in the bra of a suspected forger.

A special pair of glasses turn images into electric impulses felt on the tongue.

The contestants thought they were taking part in yet another traditional television quiz show, this one called "Zone Xtrême". [Extreme Zone]The game consisted of a participant asking questions to another player locked up inside a booth, an electrode hooked up to his wrist. Any wrong answer would lead to the player inside the booth receiving electrical charges of up to 460 volts as punishment. Clapping their hands, the people in the audience were chanting "punishment, punishment, punishment" when the contestant inside the capsule was wrong. Then came the cries for mercy.