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Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama named former Federal Reserve chief Paul Volcker Wednesday to head his advisory board for leading the United States out of the economic crisis. Obama created the Economic Recovery Advisory Board to offer in...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Libya wants to put some of its $100 billion investment fund into American business and send thousands of students to s...
The Venezuelan, who will take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic next year, brings youth and experience, exuberance and gravitas, along with an affinity for pop culture.
The new global poster boy for classical music and his wife are salsa-stepping across the ballroom of the Alba Hotel. Calm, precise and seemingly always sure of their next move, Gustavo Dudamel and Eloisa Maturen grin at each other and the dozens of other couples around them as they execute perfect copas and "spot turns."
Reuters - Gunmen shot and killed eight people in a violence-plagued northern Mexico border city that is a target of the government's war against drug gangs, police told Reuters on Saturday.
After decades of broken politics in Washington, eight years of failed policies from George W. Bush and 21 months of campaigning — today is our opportunity to bring this country the change we need. ...
(CBS/AP) A daredevil wearing a jet pack has flown across a 1,500-foot-wide canyon in southern Colorado.It was the longest jet pack flight ever, reports CBS News correspondent Harry Smith, and the pilo...
AP - Hundreds of nails that once held together single-story, pastel-colored mobile homes now litter the gutters lining the curving streets. Pipes still spurt water, looking for faucets that aren't there anymore. Toolboxes lay unused and unharmed, surrounded by a world of repairs to make. Ceramic garden animals still smile in front yards, blackened with soot and surrounded by charred shrubs and trees.
President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert bid each other farewell on Monday, expressing confidence in an eventual Mideast peace deal that won't materialize on either of their watches.
(AFP)--Top Iraqi negotiator Muwafaq al-Rubaie said Friday that he believed a controversial military pact including a timetable for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops would be approved by the Ira...
Carole Feldman, Assistant Chief of Bureau for The Associated Press in Washington, has been appointed to lead the convergence of text, broadcast and online formats in the news cooperative's largest bureau.
The tamale vendors' recorded, robotic call is known citywide. Some may cover their ears, but this reporter is smitten.
You hear it from a block away: an amplified, singsong call with an uncanny power to slice through the urban din. The tone is cheap and tinny -- as kitschy as a sound can be.
A man who mentioned the White House and other landmarks before boarding a Washington-bound commuter train with an assault rifle was captured Wednesday after breaking an ankle while running from two officers, police said.
COLUMBIA, Missouri: Kurds are divided over a security pact between Iraq and the US, approved by a large majority in the Iraqi Parliament on Thursday, in what appears to be a potential heavy blow to th...
Among the gifts from lobbyists that Blackann failed to rerport was a free trip to the first game of the World Series in New York. He also failed to report airfare, meals and entertainment at a "gentle...
Peyton Hillis at New York Jets: The Denver Broncos rookie running back has performed admirably of late, but he'll be facing one of the stingiest run defenses in the NFL this weekend. The Jets hav...
All of the foreign policy jobs in the Obama administration have been held up because of the uncertainty over the appointment of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
For the last two years, the army has presented itself to potential recruits as the way to become “army strong.” Beginning on Tuesday, Veterans Day, the army will seek to make its pitch stronger...
By DINA CAPPIELLOASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- A united and diverse coalition of environmental advocacy groups has sent President-elect Barack Obama its roadmap for change - and it represen...