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...