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The U.S. and Mexican governments are probing a scheme to steal millions of dollars worth of crude oil and refined products from Mexico's state-owned oil company and sell it to U.S. refiners, a U.S. official said on Monday.

Renewable energy leaders on Monday said the United States is moving too slowly to turn the economy green, despite support of the administration of President Barack Obama.

An interview of President Barack Obama in 1993 when he was only two years out of law school surfaced online recently for a documentary released last week on DVD called Becoming Barack.

As makers from Tesla to Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) jockey to dominate the next generation electric-powered cars, a fight on which companies will control the lucrative market to fuel them is just getting started.

Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on simmering trade issues.

Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada -- also known as the three amigos -- begin a summit on Sunday in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat of drug gangs.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Angola on Sunday to do more to fight corruption during a two-day visit to the oil-producing country aimed at bolstering ties between the two nations.

President Barack Obama accused his critics on Saturday of resorting to outlandish rumors and misleading information aimed at derailing his efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner formally requested that Congress raise the $12.1 trillion statutory debt limit on Friday, saying that it could be breached as early as mid-October.

The Large Hadron Collider, a giant particle collider and also the biggest and most complex machine the man has ever made, will restart in November at a lower energy level,CERN said.

At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer town hall meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare.

North American business groups urged leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada on Friday to rein in buy local provisions they called a threat to free trade and economic growth.

The longest U.S. recession since World War Two is exposing gaping holes in the social safety net, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of falling through.

Investors heartened, Obama's 'true recovery,' Employers cutting less jobs

The U.S. unemployment rate fell in July for the first time in 15 months as employers cut far fewer jobs than expected, giving the clearest indication yet that the economy was turning around from a deep recession.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell in July for the first time in 15 months as employers cut far fewer jobs than expected, providing the clearest indication yet that the economy was turning around.

President Barack Obama said on Friday the latest U.S. unemployment figures showed the worst may be over in the economic crisis but acknowledged there was more work to be done to put the economy back on track.

President Barack Obama delivered a pep talk to a bipartisan group of senators negotiating a healthcare overhaul on Thursday as the U.S. Senate headed on vacation without a deal on his top domestic priority.

The fate of a U.S. climate change bill will send signals to the rest of the world as to whether upcoming global climate talks will be serious or not, one of the bill's co-authors said on Thursday.

The U.S. Senate approved and sent to the White House on Thursday a $2 billion extension of the cash for clunkers autos sales incentive program.

Recovery more certain, AIG soars, No final tax deal