UNITED STATES

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's farewell speech was read out into a poem Monday night by actor William Shatner on The Tonight Show.

The number of jobs created or saved by infrastructure projects funded by the U.S. economic stimulus plan more than doubled in June from May, according to a report released Tuesday by a House of Representatives committee.

China and the United States signed a memorandum promising greater cooperation in tacking climate chaneg, energy and the environment. BP Plc and Valero Energy Corp. reported earnings for the second quarter reflecting the economic downturn has hit hard the oil industry.

China Unicom, the country's second largest wireless carrier, has reached an agreement with Apple as its sole iPhone partner in China for three years, and Apple's 3 G iPhone will be sold by the end of September, the ccidnet.com reported on Tuesday.

New York has been rated the best U.S. city for singles, bumping Atlanta out of the top spot.

The Dow and the S&P 500 dipped on Tuesday as investors shrugged off weak consumer confidence data and focused on positive earnings reports.

The United States and China agreed on a broad framework of cooperation on Tuesday as they strive to lead the global economy out of recession and forge a closer alliance on tough environmental and political issues.

The $1.13 billion sale of Nortel Networks' prized wireless assets to Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson received the blessing of Canadian and U.S. courts on Tuesday, with a U.S. bankruptcy judge praising the bidding process.

The $1.13 billion sale of Nortel Networks' prized wireless assets to Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson received the blessing of Canadian and U.S. courts on Tuesday, with a U.S. bankruptcy judge praising the bidding process.

Exiled Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer has arrived in Japan despite China's displeasure, and China in response strongly condemned Japan for allowing the visit as she was accused of instigating the deadly ethnic riots in Xinjiang.

Sex offenders have nowhere to hide. People who use iPhone with Offender Locator application can now be able to locate sex offenders to all the 50 states of US.

President Barack Obama will on Thursday at 6pm EST meet with Harvard University scholar and the policeman who arrested him at the White House which according to chief White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, will be about having a beer and de-escalation.

The Dow and the S&P 500 dipped on Tuesday, recovering from earlier declines, as investors shrugged off weak consumer confidence data and focused on positive earnings reports.

Microsoft Corp has started accepting submission of mobile phone software applications from registered developers.

Banks robbers made off with nearly $7 million and killed eight security guards in an overnight raid on a Baghdad Bank before dawn, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

The Obama administration repeated on Tuesday a threat to veto an annual defense spending bill if it included money to continue Lockheed Martin Corp's F-22 aircraft production line.

Valero Energy Corp. chief executive officer Bill Klesse hopes the Waxman-Markey bill, which includes a proposal to enact a cap-and-trade system in the country, is eventually defeated when it gets into the U.S. Senate, he said Tuesday.

California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed the newly trimmed California budget after making cuts to child welfare programs, medical care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts on Tuesday.

The struggle in the U.S. Congress over healthcare reform has led to speculation that Democrats' honeymoon with Democratic President Barack Obama is coming to an end, six months after he took office.

Lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol pushed for a healthcare reform deal on Tuesday, with Senate Democrats near agreement with three Republicans on a plan unlikely to include a government-run insurance option backed by President Barack Obama.

Americans think the Federal Reserve is doing a worse job than even the much-maligned Internal Revenue Service.