AP survey: No recession but weakness will endure AP - 2 hrs 7 mins agoAnother 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
Another recession isn't likely over the next 12 months. Neither is any meaningful improvement in the economy.
Syrian troops kill 7 after UN team visit AP - 1 hr 6 mins agoSyrian 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
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 Tuesday.
Mormon candidates’ pro-science stand The Daily Beast - 8 hrs agoHow Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney’s faith has made the 2012 rivals science believers. By McKay Coppins. More »Mormon candidates’ pro-science stand
How Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney’s faith has made the 2012 rivals science believers. By McKay Coppins.
UBS axes 3,500 jobs in cost-cutting push Reuters - 1 hr 53 mins agoZURICH (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
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 for a tough few years.
McCain applauds popular uprisings in Arab world AP - 1 hr 18 mins agoSen. 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
Sen. John McCain says popular uprisings across the Arab world signal "a much brighter day" for people who have never known democracy and freedom.
- Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open Reuters - 2 hrs 3 mins ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan confirmed on Tuesday he would step down as head of the ruling party this week if two key bills were enacted, clearing the way for a new leader to try to cope with Japan's nuclear crisis and slew of economic ills.
- Biden lauds Japan's resolve in tsunami zone visit AP - 2 hrs 11 mins ago
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised the resolve of the Japanese people in their efforts to recover from the tsunami and reaffirmed the two countries' alliance as vital for regional peace and prosperity.
- 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
A mortar attack in Afghanistan last year left 1st Lt. Antone Williams with a concussion severe enough to send him home. Then a tornado this spring — one of 60 that plowed across Alabama this spring — left him without a home at all.
- Kim tours Baikal ahead of summit with Medvedev AP - 2 hrs 3 mins ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Tuesday took a dip in water from the world's largest freshwater lake and visited an aircraft factory in eastern Siberia, leaving his armored train en route to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
- S&P replaces president with Citibank exec after U.S. downgrade Reuters - 45 mins ago
SYDNEY/BANGALORE (Reuters) - The chief of Standard & Poor's will step down next month, to be replaced by a senior Citibank executive, in a move announced a few weeks after the credit rating agency downgraded U.S. government debt and sparked a row with Washington.
- 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
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Late-night American TV comedian David Letterman shrugged off a death threat made against him by a Muslim militant, joking on his show that his audience could "shield" him.
- 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.
Swofford: NCAA probes around ACC 'disappointing' AP - 13 hrs ago
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.
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