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The U.S District Court in Manhattan received documents from families of the September 11, 2001 victims accusing Iran and Hezbollah in helping al Qaeda carry out the attack.

Herman Cain, an African-American and self-made man, embodies the American dream.

Herman Cain just announced his candidacy for the 2012 presidency on the Republican ticket with strategic brilliance.

While Harold Camping's doomsday prediction hasn't panned out, there is one associated with him that is. Camping is the President of California-based Family Radio, a religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the United States.

Herman Cain, former pizza chain CEO, talk radio host and Kansas City Fed Chairman, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. president on Saturday in Atlanta.

A powerful Republican lawmaker is investigating possible insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors LLP, highlighting increased public scrutiny of potential wrongdoing by hedge funds.

Since the shocking discovery (and subsequent) assassination of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in early May in a compound in Pakistan, rumors have swirled that authorities in Islamabad have been harboring and protecting the world’s most wanted man all these years.

The Doomsday prediction failure by Harold Camping isn't the only one in history.

Senate Judiciary Committee head Charles Grassley is investigating possible insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors LLP, highlighting increased public scrutiny of potential wrongdoing by hedge funds.

Harold Egbert Camping was born July 19, 1921. He is a Christian radio broadcaster and president of California-based Family Radio, a religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the United States. It was formed in 1958 as non-profit ministry.

Analysts say if Facebook has its IPO, before the social networking market corrects itself, it could easily be the biggest ever.

While critical food shortage is affecting a quarter of North Korea's population of 24 million, the secret lives of leader Kim Jong Il and his top aides, who are living lavishly in their own paradise, indulging in debauchery and womanizing, and are brazenly violating human rights norms, are slowly being unraveled.

MOSCOW, May 21 - Russia's oil pipeline monopoly said on Saturday it would appeal a court ruling ordering it to release board meeting minutes, saying an anti-corruption blogger wanted the information as part of a conspiracy against Russia.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday affirmed her high opinion of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, tipped as a candidate to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund.

Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter backed French counterpart Christine Lagarde for the top job at the International Monetary Fund and threw her weight behind Austrian banks in the debate over new capital rules.

Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter backed French counterpart Christine Lagarde for the top job at the International Monetary Fund and threw her weight behind Austrian banks in the debate over new capital rules.

The finance ministers of France and Singapore are among the names being floated to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as early as June 30 as the head of the International Monetary Fund, a bank of last resort for the world's nations.

Signs of a Wall Street sell-off are all over the place, but U.S. stocks might well survive another week relatively unscathed if investors keep betting on sectors less vulnerable to an economic downturn.

The U.S. special operation forces were deployed with Pakistani troops on intelligence-gathering missions in Pakistan by September 2009, confidential American diplomatic cables revealed.

Engadget, a multilingual technology weblog and podcast about user electronics, revealed Acer will delay the release of its 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 tablet till the second half of 2011.

The United States is still lagging behind other industrialized countries in terms of broadband adoption and download speed, according to a report released by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday.