Asian shares, commodities and the euro fell Friday on growing doubts that European leaders could forge a credible plan to solve the euro zone's debt crisis at a summit later in the day.
A senior Pakistani military officer said a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan last month was pre-planned, newspapers reported Friday, comments likely to fuel tension with the United States.
A U.S. appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday toward attempts by California gay marriage opponents to overturn a landmark court decision because the judge overseeing the case did not disclose his own long-term homosexual relationship.
Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign is winning on Twitter, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
In criticism of a policy advocated by Gov. Rick Scott that requires state welfare recipients to submit to drug testing in order to receive benefits, Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi asked Scott to pee in a cup to prove to Florida taxpayers that you are not on drugs.
A still-unidentified gunman brought Virginia Tech University to a standstill this afternoon, leaving a campus police officer and one other person, reported by some outlets to be the assailant, shot dead.
Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was released on bail Thursday following a second arrest in a developing sexual harassment case that has shaken Penn State. Sandusky's wife, Dottie, spoke out for the first time Thursday releasing a press statement claiming Sandusky would never hurt a child.
Iran state television showed the first video footage of the RQ-170 Sentinel that supposedly belongs to the United States and was brought down ealier this week.
Newt Gingrich's rise to Republican front runner status has been cemented by overseas odds makers, who put the former Speaker ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in several upcoming caucuses and the overall race for the GOP nod.
Japan offered a heartfelt apology for the systematic mistreatment of Canadian prisoners during World War Two, helping to heal ties between the two nations, Ottawa said on Thursday.
On Thursday, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Occupy Boston protesters have until midnight to pack up and abandon their encampment or police may be forced to take appropriation action.
A group of lawmakers opposed to two pending online piracy bills introduced their own proposal that would let the International Trade Commission handle foreign websites that traffic copyrighted material.
A letter bomb addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann contained a fully functional bomb, and capable of exploding had it not been intercepted in the bank's mailroom, was the work of far-left Italian group, German authorities said Thursday; and more explosives may still be in the post.
IBM, the No. 2 U.S. computer company, unveiled an advanced analytical software and services tool that used its powerful Watson supercomputer.
Barack Obama was arguably the most popular presidential candidate in recent memory. After he took office and rolled out Obamacare, however, he became one of the most vilified presidents. Spike Dolomite Ward was one of those who turned on Obama and slammed Obamacare.
Jon Huntsman, who continues to lag in national polls but has staked his campaign on a strong finish in New Hampshire, came out on Thursday with a seven-point plan to restore trust in Washington. He cast himself as the only Republican candidate capable of doing so.
That translates into tens of thousands of kids “disappearing” from India every year.
Two people were shot on Virginia Tech's campus Thursday afternoon. The shooter is still at large and is said to be on foot. The University made an official statement on their website.
Spike Dolomite Ward now loves Obamacare.
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that Steven Kamin will take over the helm at its International Finance Division, which supports the Federal Open Market Committee by providing information and analysis pertaining to economic and financial developments in foreign countries and the performance of the U.S. external sector.
Blacksburg Transit has suspended service following the shooting of an officer on the Virginia Tech Campus. Reports claim there might be a second victim.
As the country continues to grapple with the devastating aftermath of the housing market's collapse, acts of civil disobedience centering on foreclosures and evictions represent a powerful tactic for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
European shares fell to a one-week closing low on Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave no indication it would aggressively increase its bond-buying program and said the region's economy faced increased downside risks.
The White House unveiled a countdown clock this week, tick-tocking away the days, hours, minutes and seconds to a December 31 deadline for extending and expanding the payroll tax cut. It's a doomsday-style reminder that taxes will jump for an estimated 160 million Americans on January 1 if Congress doesn't act.
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The New York legislature did on Thursday what Congress has been unwilling to do at the national level: it closed almost half of a $3.5 billion budget gap by raising taxes on millionaires and cutting taxes on the middle class, in a bill supported by both Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican.
Police are spread out across Kinshasa while 20,000 soldiers are on stand-by at military bases.
As expected, Senate Republicans on Thursday held up the confirmation of the nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because of concerns about the agency's structure.
Former dictator Manuel Noriega will be flown back to Panama from France on Sunday, marking the first time that the convicted criminal has returned to his homeland in twenty years.
President Barack Obama needs several factors to break his way to improve his chance for re-election in 2012 -- the most important of which is U.S. job growth.
