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By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The insurance industry designated dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the saf...
A 12-year-old boy trick-or-treating with his family in central South Carolina was shot from inside a home Friday and killed, and his father and brother were wounded by the gunfire, authorities said.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., enters a Republican Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. McCain will set up a political action committee, a step toward running for a fifth Senate term in 2010, ...
A school partially collapsed in the Haitian capital on Wednesday, injuring nine people less than a week after the collapse of another school killed 89.
US automobile giant General Motors (GM) plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil to avoid in their Latin American unit the kind of problems it is facing at home, EFE reported Wednesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of people lined up at Verizon Wireless stores on Friday to buy the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen phone from Research In Motion that aims to compete with Apple'...
Web searches revealed in missing Fla. girl case Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged wit...
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama moved closer to assembling his Cabinet on Thursday with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano emerging as the top contender to head the Homeland Security Department, created to protect Americans after the September 11 attacks.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new law allowing Michael Bloomberg to seek a third term as mayor of New York City could be undone by the state legislature, which is considering a bill to require a voter refere...
Washington, Nov 24 : Scientists have found new evidence suggesting a giant tsunami that crashed in New York City 2,300 years ago, was caused by an asteroid 330 feet in diameter, which slammed into the Atlantic Ocean nearby.
Keeping the nation safe from terrorists remains the top challenge for the Justice Department as its leaders prepare to hand off the huge agency, which includes the FBI, in the first presidential transition since 9/11.
Friends said the potential loss of her independence, hard won by her election to the Senate from New York in 2000, caused Clinton to waver last week as she considered Obama's offer. But advisers said ...
is to apply for 3.5 billion dollars' in US federal emergency assistance in trying to cope with the effects of the financial market crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.">
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was rejoiced at his wife's nomination as the next state secretary, saying she is "the right person for the job" on Monday. "She has a...
The Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, is planning a trip through Latin America. But plunging oil prices and the global financial crisis have raised questions in the region about Russia's reliability as an economic partner.
Democrat Jeff Merkley, left, challenger in the U.S. Senate race in Oregon, has beat Republican Sen. Gordon Smith. Here, the two are seen after a debate in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 9.
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