Obama turns on ‘tone deaf’ business leaders By Andrew Ward and Harvey Morris in WashingtonPublished: November 27 2008 01:46 | Last updated: November 27 2008 01:46
WASHINGTON - American consumer spending dropped in September by the largest amount in four years, while incomes suffered because of hurricane Ike. The Commerce Department reported Friday that per...
A federal judge has ruled that ethnicity is not a valid factor in making an arrest, handing a victory to two Egyptian-born men who filed a civil rights lawsuit against the government after they were detained at Kennedy Airport.
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike destroyed 60 drilling platforms that drew about 1 percent of the oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, the Interior Department said Wednesday in a final damage assessment of the two September storms.
A plane crash that killed Mexico's interior minister Tuesday in the Mexican capital also killed his spokesman, Miguel Monterrubio, who had served in Washington as embassy spokesman and was a familiar face on the diplomatic scene.
0 posts Microcapsules act as "roach motel" to kill harmful bacteria Researchers in New Mexico and Florida are reporting development of microscopic particles that act as chemical booby traps for b...
Kabul - Fourteen members of United Nations Security Council arrived on a three-day trip in Kabul on Monday to assess Afghanistan's progress in peace building, reconstruction, security and governance, the UN body said. The delegation, which is headed ...
A 90-year-old who says she's the woman being kissed by a sailor in Times Square in one of World War II's most famous photographs reunited in town with the Navy on Sunday — days before she is to serve as grand marshal of the city's Veterans Day parade.
Geithner is viewed as top player By Aline van Duyn and Henny Sender in New York Published: November 22 2008 00:45 | Last updated: November 22 2008 00:45
Illinois Senate seat Sunday after just under four years of service, half of which he spent out on the presidential campaign trail.During that time, Obama had
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain are making their final push for votes, with rallies in highly contested states two days before the U.S. election.Sen...
With just days to go before the election, gossip, hearsay, innuendo and smears are flying through the Internet as gadflies and rumormongers hope to sway voters before they head to the polls.
AP - A scary economy isn't the only fear voters carried to the polls Tuesday. Two-thirds fret about how to pay for health care and at least as many worry that terrorists will attack the U.S. again.
Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who as speaker controls the agenda of the House of Representatives, is promising Congress will try to have a huge economic recovery bill ready for President-elect Barack Obama as soon as he takes office.
The Institute for Supply Management's monthly manufacturing index dropped to a 26-year low Monday — another dire read on the economy that helped send stocks sharply lower in the U.S. and Europe.
AP - A modern-day range war ended Monday when a Texas businessman who owns a ranch in central Colorado pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and animal cruelty in the slaughter of 32 bison that belonged to a neighbor.
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