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Indian hotel that was attacked by terrorists. William and Geraldine Stadelmann arrived back in Massachusetts on Friday after being trapped 16 hours at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, when terror...
News ) - The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who was abducted for four days was due in federal court Monday to face a racketeering charge, the U.S. Attorney's office said.Clemens Fred Tinnemeyer, 51, ...
THE ISSUE: Congress, president-elect Barack Obama and the Bush administration are considering a multibillion-dollar bailout for U.S. automakers to get the industry through the biggest sales slump in 25 years. General Motors Corp. warned it could run out of cash by the end of the year if it doesn't get aid.
By ANDREW MIGAASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Gang members slitting the throats of their rivals and beating up strippers. Combatants hacking away with chain saw-equipped assault rifles. Footb...
The head of the United Auto Workers union made a public plea Sunday for government help for U.S. carmakers as the Big Three put the final touches on stabilization plans to submit to Congress.
Baghdad - Iraq's parliament on Monday completed the first reading of the final draft of the country's security pact with the United States, as opponents continued to denounce it. As lawmakers were considering the deal, one policeman was killed and mo...
AP - A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns around the world and threatening health and food supplies, the U.N. reported Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tapping out text messages on a cell phone while driving is dangerous, the American Medical Association agreed on Monday, and supported state legislation to ban it.
A teenager who assembled an arsenal of knives, guns and grenades and asked a friend to join him in a Columbine-style attack will remain in a juvenile facility but can move to a less restrictive unit, a judge said.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" is now working on the transition ...
Port-au-Prince - Hurricane Ike, which is bowling across the Caribbean with wind speeds of 215 kilometres an hour, was blamed for the deaths of 39 people as it carried devastation across the region and headed for eastern Cuba, the news agency Haiti Pr...
AP - A human rights watchdog says a Mexican teacher tied up a fifth-grader for hours in what his parents called revenge for their stance against a teacher's strike.
The security agreement between U.S. and Iraq provides both the time and authority needed for American troops to train Iraqi forces and go after terrorists, Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday.
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