- Jobless claims fall 15,000 last week Reuters - 6 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 last week in the latest sign the labor market was improving and could help the country resist the effects of a likely euro zone recession. Initial … More »Jobless claims fall 15,000 last week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 last week in the latest sign the labor market was improving and could help the country resist the effects of a likely euro zone recession. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped to a seasonally adjusted 372,000, the Labor Department …
- LA arson suspect: Bail set at $2.85 million ABC News - 5 hrs ago
Man Accused of Igniting Dozens of Fires Across LA Charged with 37 Counts of Arson More »LA arson suspect: Bail set at $2.85 million
- Police: Utah officer dies following shootout AP - 1 hr 32 mins ago
Gunfire erupted as anti-drug police served a search warrant in an Ogden neighborhood, fatally wounding one officer and injuring five other police and a suspect, authorities said. More »Police: Utah officer dies following shootout
- Myanmar approves Suu Kyi's party for election AP - 27 mins ago
Myanmar's government on Thursday approved the National League for Democracy to run in upcoming by-elections that will return Aung San Suu Kyi's party to mainstream politics after two decades, the opposition leader said. More »Myanmar approves Suu Kyi's party for election
- Prosecutor wants death for Mubarak, security boss AP - 3 mins 37 secs ago
The prosecutor in the Hosni Mubarak trial on Thursday demanded the death penalty for the ousted Egyptian leader on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising against his rule. More »Prosecutor wants death for Mubarak, security boss
- South Korea says ready for talk with hostile North Reuters - 3 hrs ago
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reached out to rival North Korea on Thursday, nearly three weeks after the death of the North's iron-fisted ruler Kim Jong-il, saying it wanted to reopen dialogue despite the North's vitriolic outbursts. "We are open to dialogue with North Korea," Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan told a news …
- Euro hit as investors fret over Europe's banks AP - 1 hr 36 mins ago
- Syria releases 552 political prisoners AP - 4 hrs ago
- High water in north sparks Dutch evacuations AP - 1 hr 58 mins ago
Farmers were told Thursday to evacuate a village in the Netherlands' low-lying north after days of driving rain and strong winds sparked fears of a dike breach.
- Landslide kills 25, buries more in Philippines AP - 1 hr 8 mins ago
- Mayan ruins in Georgia? Archeologist objects @ Good Morning America - 48 mins ago
- Warren Buffett to perform for China over Chinese New Year Reuters - 4 hrs ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will reach out to millions of Chinese in the most curious of ways: singing for the online version of China's annual Spring Festival gala. The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive, best known in China for his investment in automaker BYD Co Ltd, has recorded a video specially …
- IKEA recalls baby-chair safety belts AP - 4 hrs ago
Swedish home furnishings firm IKEA is recalling safety belts for some 1.2 million highchairs after some children fell out of their seats when buckles unexpectedly opened.
- Man claims he used iPad to cross into US ABC News - 15 hrs ago
- Biological mom kept from child in lesbian legal case ABC News - 15 hrs ago
- Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease AP - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
- China's dragon stamp breathes criticism, fear AP - 3 hrs ago
- Bluefin tuna fetches record $736K ABC News - 3 hrs ago
If the price of premium tuna is any indication of the country’s economic state, then Japan’s finances are in good order for 2012. At Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish a bluefin tuna caught off the northern coast of Japan fetched a record 56.49 million yen, or $736,000,...
- Former Kate Middleton chooses her charities AP - 4 hrs ago
She's married into the royal family, and now the former Kate Middleton is moving to take on her new role by choosing the charities she will support.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says FIFApresident Sepp Blatter should be removed from office if he is unable to show howhe intends to resolve the problem of corruption over … More »Bayern chief assails FIFA president Blatter
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says FIFApresident Sepp Blatter should be removed from office if he is unable to show howhe intends to resolve the problem of corruption over the next year.