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...

It's Shark Week!

If you're as infatuated with sharks as most people are, then Shark Week is a traditional religious experience, like our own week-long holiday celebration....

Texas Democrats distance themselves from president

In red-state Texas, many Democratic office-seekers don't seem inclined to cozy up to Obama...