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Ford's $1 billion investment in Lincoln is a direct attack on Toyota's luxury Lexus brand

The Lakers had four second round draft picks.

The first-ever Congressional bill to let states legalize marijuana is a bipartisan effort, and the group of police and judges who make up LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, are 100% in favor of it. However, majority support does not appear likely in the current session of Congress.

Indonesian migrant labor advocates and analysts say they don't just blame Saudi Arabia for the controversial beheading of 54-year-old Ruyati binti Sapubi. They blame their native Indonesia, for not taking strong enough measures to protect its nation's migrant workers from abuse.

Libya and Yemen illustrate in different ways how President Barack Obama has embraced the authority to initiate military action without Congressional approval - a War Powers Act stance more like President George W. Bush than President Jimmy Carter.

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R. Texas, said they will introduce a bill on Thursday to allow states to legalize, regulate, tax, and control marijuana without federal interference.

Up to 40, perhaps many more, al-Qaeda militants have escaped from a jail in southern Yemen, according to prison officials.

Based on the seasonal trends, summer travel deals, weather conditions, tourist traffic, entertainment options and the cultural experience, here are the best five summer travel destinations of 2011.

Latest survey results showed on Tuesday, that Southwest Airlines Co again has topped rivals in customer service while premium-paying business travelers are the least satisfied with U.S. carriers.

Hit with higher fees and larger fares, travelers are fed up with paying more and getting less from major airlines, according to a recent private economic survey released on Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

Southwest comes out on top in this year's American Customer Satisfaction Index while it celebrates its 40 year anniversary with a big sale.

The USS Carl Vinsion, which casted off the body of Osama bin Laden is now going to stage the first NCAA college basketball game on the flight deck on Veterans Day.

Destiny Mathis, a surgical technologist and mother of three, decided to sell a hand written letter that she received from President Obama.

Intelligence officials, prodded by the Bush White House, sought personal information that they could use to damage the reputation of an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, a former Central Intelligence Agency official told the New York Times.

Boston goaltender Tim Thomas' Stanley Cup performance throughout the playoffs was not just crucial to the Bruins, it was record-breaking.

According to a home listing report by Coldwell Banker, the most affordable housing market in the United States is none other than picturesque Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Alaska released a massive trove of e-mail messages from Sarah Palin's days as governor on Friday shedding light on the 2008 Presidential campaign before she was picked as Sen. John McCain's running mate.

The 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival kicked off yesterday into the early morning hours with musical artists such as, J.Cole, Futurebirds, DJ Neil Armstrong, The Band of Heathens, and Greensky Bluegrass.

Ford Motors said on Thursday it plans to triple its electrified vehicle production capacity to more than 100,000 annually by 2013.

Two rank and file House Democrats are taking donations received from Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY and donating them to charity in the wake of mounting Republican pressure after the embattled Congressman admitted to posting a lewd crotch photo to the Internet, deleting it and then lying by claiming he his account was hacked.

After the latest U.S. political sex scandal involving Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, partisans are following the money trail to find potentially embarrassing associations and are having some success in getting at least two representatives to part with donations.