- AP survey: No recession but weakness will endure AP - 2 hrs 7 mins ago
Another recession isn't likely over the next 12 months. Neither is any meaningful improvement in the economy. More »AP survey: No recession but weakness will endure
- Syrian troops kill 7 after UN team visit AP - 1 hr 6 mins ago
Syrian security forces killed at least seven people in the restive central city of Homs soon after a U.N. humanitarian assessment team left the area because the security situation was deteriorating, activists said Tuesda … More »Syrian troops kill 7 after UN team visit
- Mormon candidates’ pro-science stand The Daily Beast - 8 hrs ago
How Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney’s faith has made the 2012 rivals science believers. By McKay Coppins. More »Mormon candidates’ pro-science stand
- UBS axes 3,500 jobs in cost-cutting push Reuters - 1 hr 53 mins ago
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's biggest bank UBS AG is to axe 3,500 jobs to shave 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion) off annual costs as it joins rival investment banks in reversing the post-crisis hiring binge and preparing … More »UBS axes 3,500 jobs in cost-cutting push
- McCain applauds popular uprisings in Arab world AP - 1 hr 18 mins ago
Sen. John McCain says popular uprisings across the Arab world signal "a much brighter day" for people who have never known democracy and freedom. More »McCain applauds popular uprisings in Arab world
- Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open Reuters - 2 hrs 3 mins ago
- Biden lauds Japan's resolve in tsunami zone visit AP - 2 hrs 11 mins ago
- Please tax us, French super-rich tell government Reuters - 1 hr 26 mins ago
PARIS (Reuters) - Some of France's richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L'Oreal and the head of oil giant Total, urged the government on Tuesday to tax them more to help to solve the country's financial problems.
- Soldier wounded in combat, loses home in tornado AP - 2 hrs 55 mins ago
- Kim tours Baikal ahead of summit with Medvedev AP - 2 hrs 3 mins ago
- S&P replaces president with Citibank exec after U.S. downgrade Reuters - 45 mins ago
- Turkey says it killed 100 Kurdish rebels in Iraq AP - 3 hrs ago
Turkey's military said Tuesday air strikes on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq this week have killed an estimated 90 to 100 guerrillas and warned that it would press ahead with offensives against the group both inside Turkey and across the border.
- Largest Colorado quake since 1973 shakes homes AP - 16 mins ago
The largest earthquake to strike Colorado in almost 40 years has shaken hundreds of people near the New Mexico border and caused minor damage to a few homes.
- David Letterman jokes about militant death threat Reuters - 1 hr 19 mins ago
- Bullying bruises grades for black & Latino achievers LiveScience.com - 1 hr 16 mins ago
Bullying isn't good for any child's academic achievement. But a new study finds that high-achieving black and Latino students are academically harmed the most when they fall victim to bullying.
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said Monday college athletics need a major overhaul, that tweaking the status quo isn't going to get it done. More »Swofford: NCAA probes around ACC 'disappointing'
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said Monday college athletics need a major overhaul, that tweaking the status quo isn't going to get it done.