Palestinians, Israelis trade rockets, airstrikes

Israel on Tuesday launched an unusually heavy series of airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks, raising the prospect of a new round of bloody fighting after a relative lull for two years...

Weak Jobs Data Dash Hopes of Accelerating Recovery .

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in November and the unemployment rate rose, dashing hopes that the recovery is gaining momentum...

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Air Force reassigns 2 in tanker-bid mix-up

The top Air Force general said Tuesday he had reassigned two officials who had mistakenly sent confidential data to the companies bidding.

The top Air Force general said Tuesday he had reassigned two officials who had mistakenly sent confidential data to the companies bidding for a $40 billion tanker contract...

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Obama takes a Punch

Moving his agenda through Congress will be far more difficult with GOP leaders...

Wall Street ends higher with resources stocks

Stocks closed higher on Friday, extending their rally amid gains in the resources sector after data in China showed a pick-up in manufacturing activity...

Asian stocks rise as China manufacturing jumps

Asian stock markets rose Friday as stronger growth in China's manufacturing suggested the world's No. 2 economy isn't slowing as sharply as feared.

Mexico floods show need for global climate pact: president

Mexico's latest rash of storms and floods highlights the urgent need for a global accord on cutting greenhouse gases blamed for climate change...

Obama presses for longer school years

Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out....

Sparks flying, wing aground, flight lands in NYC

With a flight attendant yelling "heads down, stay down," passengers cowered and prayed on a tense descent into John F. Kennedy International Airport...

Official: Shooter may have targeted Neb. workers

Three employees wounded in a shooting this week at a cold-storage warehouse in southeast Nebraska don't appear to be....

Photos: NYC storm leaves 14-mile path of destruction

The National Weather Service determined that two tornadoes ripped through New York City during a fast-moving storm...

White House defends stimulus, highlights projects

In a report being released Friday by Vice President Joe Biden, the White House pushes back against criticism of its $814 billion stimulus program...

No deal: Mideast round ends amid fresh violence

A mortar attack by Palestinian militants and airstrikes by Israel formed the grim backdrop as Mideast leaders ended their latest round of peace talks Wednesday...

Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle ad

Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad...

Economy 101: Who benefits from new banking rules?

At the core of an international agreement to head off future financial meltdowns is a requirement that banks keep more....

Global banking rules aim to balance safety, growth

Banks will have to significantly increase their capital reserves under rules endorsed Sunday by the world's major central banks...

10 deadliest cancers and why there's no cure

The dread and fear that can come with a cancer diagnosis have their roots in its killer nature: It's the No. 2 cause of death in Americans, second only to heart disease..

Florida pastor says he's 'rethinking' canceled Quran burning

A Florida pastor who called off a Quran burning said late Thursday he was "rethinking our position" after a proposed meeting over the location...

Al Qaeda prisoners escape US custody in Iraq

Four prisoners with links to Al Qaeda being guarded by American troops escaped from a maximum-security prison in Baghdad and are still at large...

US embassies brace for Quran burning protests

Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center answers a few questions from reporters after news conference in Gainesville, Fla...

Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic

Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes...

US won't say if blowout preventer on way to shore

The Justice Department won't say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore...

Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's 'quiet' challenger

East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones...

Fidel Castro leads first mass rally in four years

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Friday completed a return to public life, leading his first mass rally since an illness forced him from the presidency four years ago....

Gaza militants vow new Israel attacks after peace talks

Militants in Gaza have vowed to step up attacks against Israel, following the first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian...

Israel, Palestinians launch direct peace talks

Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, sitting down for U.S.-brokered talks even as hard-liners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal...

Miners' morale leaps as Chile rescue drill inches closer

The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared Wednesday after music and hot meals were supplied...

Chilean miners await rescue as drilling begins

31-tonne drill bores 50 feet into rock as rescue mission to save 33 trapped miners begins Drilling began on Monday to rescue the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground...

Indonesian volcano erupts after 400 years of quiet

Tens of thousands of people packed emergency shelters after a long-dormant volcano in western Indonesia spewed clouds...

Hong Kong Protests Philippine Deaths

Hong Kong Protests Philippine Deaths: Drawn by a mixture of anger and grief, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents poured into the streets on Sunday to protest...

No Housing Crisis on Obama Vacation

As the nation struggles through a housing crisis, President Obama happens to be vacationing in an area of the country shielded....

Murdoch is too powerful says BBC director general

Mark Thompson says Sky is becoming 'dominant force' in British TV – but isn't investing....

Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate

Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining.....

Muslim cabbie stabbed in NYC

A college student who did volunteer work in Afghanistan was charged Wednesday with using a folding tool to slash the neck....

UN sends envoy to DRC over rapes

Outraged Ban Ki-moon dispatches senior aide following reports of gang rapes by rebels.....

Crocodile caught roaming streets of NYC

The swamp animal was spotted in the urban jungle just after 3 p.m. cowering under a Datsun on Newtown Ave. and 29th St. in Astoria...

Louisiana fishermen net more cash working for BP

Pick-up trucks drive up and down the puddled road leading to BP’s command center, and contractors of dozens of different companies offering a seemingly endless...

Mosque a Long Shot to Be Built

The President unwittingly allied himself and his party with an ill-planned...

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REPORT: China targets U.S. troops with arms buildup

China is aggressively building up military forces capable of striking U.S. forces in the western Pacific and elsewhere as part of....

Millions of documents slow Madoff employee case

Lawyers for three alleged cohorts of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff say the case is mired in a mountain of potential evidence. The paper trail...

Jobless millions signal death of American dream

Even the criminals have fallen on hard times in America's poorest city as the long-term unemployed struggle to keep a grasp on normality...

‘Our Job Is Not Finished,’ President Tells Gulf Coast

“Today, the well is capped, oil is no longer flowing into the gulf, and it has not been flowing for a month,”

Judges Divided Over Rising GPS Surveillance

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The growing use by the police of new technologies that make surveillance far easier and cheaper to conduct....

Debts Rise, and Go Unpaid, as Bust Erodes Home Equity

During the great housing boom, homeowners nationwide borrowed a trillion dollars from banks...

BP Spill Fund to Be Backed by Future Drilling Revenue

The $20 billion fund for victims of BP Plc’s oil spill may be backed by the company’s..

Death Toll From China Landslide Doubles

The death toll from landslides in northwestern China more than doubled Tuesday to 702..

Naomi Campbell's 'blood diamond' evidence expected

War crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor expected to hear contradictory testimony....

Afghanistan Is a Graveyard of Reputations Too

When General Stanley McChrystal's farewell to the Army started with confessing that, "This has the potential to be an awkward, even sad, occasion,"

Forbes mega-rich list reveals few fortunes broken by the crisis

The latest list of billionaires from Forbes magazine shows the market crash has caused many deep paper cuts, but broken few fortunes...

Cocaine and call girls: the claims that have shaken George Clooney's fiery fiancee

'There are some people who just don't want to see me happy,' she said in a magazine interview...

Pakistani al-Qaeda 'main US threat'

The core leadership of al-Qaeda in Pakistan was the primary threat to US homeland security...

U.S. Job Creation Remains Level in July

Gallup's Job Creation Index finds job growth essentially unchanged for the third consecutive month, with a score of +7 in July...

White House rebuffs Iran leader's call for direct talks

The White House on Tuesday rebuffed a call from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for face-to-face talks with...

GIVENCHY supermodel -- used to be a man

A FRENCH fashion house has caused a stir after announcing its latest stunning supermodel...