- Ex-banker Papademos is new Greek prime minister AP - 18 mins ago
Greece's new prime minister says the country's economy faces huge problems despite major austerity efforts already made and those issues will be solved faster with unity and cooperation. More »Ex-banker Papademos is new Greek prime minister
- Italy in spotlight, market pressures ease slightly AP - 49 mins ago
Market pressure on Italy eased somewhat Thursday after the president vowed to accelerate reforms to make way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi's resignation as early as this weekend and a bond sale went better than expected. More »Italy in spotlight, market pressures ease slightly
- Police move to disband UC Berkeley 'Occupy' camp AP - 2 hrs 18 mins ago
Dozens of police in riot gear confronted anti-Wall Street protesters at the University of California at Berkeley as the demonstrators tried to establish an encampment on campus. More »Police move to disband UC Berkeley 'Occupy' camp
- Obama seeks ideas on reducing black joblessness AP - 2 hrs 53 mins ago
In a shift in White House tactics on the cusp of an election year, President Barack Obama isn't shying away these days from saying that many of his policies were designed with African-Americans in mind. More »Obama seeks ideas on reducing black joblessness
- Iran's top leader warns US, Israel against strike AP - 2 hrs 1 min ago
Iran's supreme leader on Thursday warned Israel and the United States that Tehran's response will be tough should its archenemies choose a military strike against Iran over the country's controversial nuclear program. More »Iran's top leader warns US, Israel against strike
- Turkey: Quake kills at least 7, hotel toppled AP - 3 hrs ago
A powerful earthquake leveled a top hotel in eastern Turkey, burying foreign aid workers and journalists who rushed to the area in the aftermath of a devastating temblor two weeks ago. At least seven people were killed in the new quake, authorities said Thursday, and some 26 people had been rescued, among them two Japanese …
- Ex-Israeli president to serve 7 years for rape AP - 3 hrs ago
- Obama wins back the Rust Belt The Daily Beast - 3 hrs ago
- First lady announces plans to hire vets, families AP - 3 hrs ago
First lady Michelle Obama announced commitments from a range of companies Thursday to hire 100,000 veterans and military spouses by 2014, a dramatic step-up in activity for her Joining Forces initiative.
- Pope may visit Cuba, Mexico next spring AP - 25 mins ago
- Nixon's long-secret Watergate testimony coming out AP - 4 hrs ago
- FDA cites 1,200 tobacco retailers AP - 3 hrs ago
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has issued about 1,200 warning letters to retailers in 15 states for violating federal tobacco regulations since beginning inspections under a 2009 law giving it authority to regulate the industry.
- Poll finds more boomers working past retirement AP - 4 hrs ago
- Paid-leave benefits lagging for working moms in US AP - 4 hrs ago
Nearly half of working women who give birth are forgoing paychecks to care for their newborns as employers become selective about granting paid leave. Lower-educated mothers are nearly four times more likely than college graduates to be denied paid maternity benefits, the widest the gap has been over the past 50 years.
- Snow, hurricane-force winds batter Alaska coast AP - 16 mins ago
- Wilson Ramos kidnapped: Nationals catcher abducted in Venezuela ABC News - 3 hrs ago
- Arab Christians, minorities, reshaping US enclaves AP - 4 hrs ago
Jordanian immigrants take Communion at an Arabic-language Mass in Albuquerque. Lebanese-Americans help raise nearly $2 million for major improvements to a West Virginia church. Iraqi refugees who practice an ancient religion that views John the Baptist as their teacher hold baptisms in a Massachusetts pond popular for rowing …
- Gov't warns of risk with high-powered magnets AP - 2 hrs 41 mins ago
The government on Thursday warned about a growing problem with powerful ball-bearing magnets, such as those used in desktop toys for adults, and the risk they can pose to children.
- Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild AP - 23 mins ago
The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.
- Cities on Pluto? Solar System Speculation Time.com - 4 hrs ago
Before Ed Turner and Avi Loeb tell you about their research, they want to make one thing perfectly clear: they do not claim there's a city on Pluto. But if there were, they say, we could see it. And, as they suggest in a paper they've submitted to the journal Astrobiology, it's worth taking a look, just in case.
- Russia struggles to save Mars moon probe AP - 3 hrs ago
- Woman survives attack by killer who stored body in freezer ABC News - 20 hrs ago
Liverpool vice-captain Jamie Carragher is expecting to be back in training shortly as he recovers from a muscle injury. The defender, who picked up the knock in the League Cup win over Stoke City, has … More »Jamie Carragher expecting imminent return to Liverpool training with one eye on Chelsea clash
Liverpool vice-captain Jamie Carragher is expecting to be back in training shortly as he recovers from a muscle injury. The defender, who picked up the knock in the League Cup win over Stoke City, has missed the Reds’ last two matches. “I'm coming along fine,” Carragher told the club’s official website. “I'm working with …