As Occupy Wall Street entered its second week of protest marches, around 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday.The arrests were made as the propesters marched from their encampment in Zuccotti Park to Union Square, for disorderly conduct and obstructing vehicular and pedestrian traffic in addition to one for assaulting a police officer, according to police.
On Sunday, France's Socialist Party took control of the upper house of parliament, taking the senate majority from the hand's of President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right Union for a Popular Movement.
While the Philippines are typically hit by about 20 storms and typhoons annually, Nesat is expected to deliver a particularly powerful blow.
The 2012 GOP presidential candidate field has dominated much of the political discourse over the past six months, but one prominent, former Republican isn't that impressed -- in fact he's a little alarmed by selected positions: he being New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Levi Johnston threw up three times before he and the Palins arrived at the Minneapolis hotel where they would stay for the Republican National Convention. He was nervous. So nervous, in fact, that while everyone checked out the clothes bought for them by the Republican National Committee, Johnston pulled out a piece of chewing tobacco, intent on using it to calm himself.
President Barack Obama harshly criticized Republican opponents on Sunday as he began a West Coast fundraising tour, accusing them of ideological pushback at a time of national crisis.
Paul's message of limited government, and Federal Reserve/money supply critiques will receive some air time on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show.
Odyssey Marine will keep 80 percent of the silver it pulls from the S.S. Gairsoppa, which was struck by a Nazi U-boat. The British government will claim the rest.
Liang passed a vetting procedure and is on schedule to join the 300-member committee by next October
Many celebrities, including politicians, actors, musicians and even athletes have been named to corporate boards over the decades.
Imran Khan has called for Britain to reduce aid to Pakistan, citing that the money is wasted by corrupt government officials.
Deficit hawks urging the government to trim pensions for federal workers could start with the $600 million that has flowed to dead workers over the last five years.
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah decreed that women will have the right to vote and run for local elections, starting in 2015. Saudi Arabia included, there are at least five countries that still don't allow women to vote for various reasons.
Boeing contemplates manufacturing 10 such planes per month starting in 2013.
All of the bad jokes apply: it was easier to build the transcontinental railroad than for Democrats and Republicans to agree on a budget. Or perhaps the Burma Road.
President Barack Obama combined a pitch for his jobs plan with a fierce attack on his Republican rivals for president during a series of speeches on Sunday.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Christie has been inundated by a relentless stream of calls to run for the White House.
The Occupy Wall Street protests turned violent this weekend, with videos emerging that show police officers employing tactics including tasers and pepper spray to subdue protestors.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's proclamation that he will again run for President has angered his longtime Finance Minister, Alexei Kudrin. On Saturday, Kudrin responded by saying that Putin's decision will not allow me to be a part of the new government.
The cost of treating new cancer patients is estimated at $286-billion annually – and similarly, expected to climb, thereby creating a new massive financial burden.
An Afghan man employed at the U.S. embassy attacked a CIA office in Kabul and shot dead an American on Sunday evening.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive in Sudan late on Sunday for talks expected to focus on boosting political and economic ties between the two allies, Sudanese officials said.
A group of five leading emerging economies that has banded together to increase their global clout is again struggling to find common ground.
From the very start, the only reason we've been held hostage is because we're American - These are the words of Josh Fattal, one of the three American hikers who were arrested by the Iranian forces while hiking in the Kurdish region along the Iraq-Iran border in July, 2009.
Libya's interim rulers said Sunday they had found a mass grave containing the bodies of 1,270 inmates killed by Muammar Gaddafi's security forces in a 1996 massacre at a Tripoli prison.
Pakistan's military will not take action against the Haqqani group, which Washington blames for an attack against its embassy in Kabul, despite mounting American pressure, a Pakistani newspaper reported Monday.
Bankers are bracing for a Greek default, and their best hope is that Europe can erect firewalls around the banking system strong enough and soon enough to prevent it from spreading to other euro-zone countries.
During an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation, Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said all of the GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential election are the same because they are controlled by the far-right platforms of the Tea Party
AshleyMadison.com, a dating Web site for cheating spouses, has offered Sarah and Todd Palin $1 million to answer questions about their marriage while taking a polygraph test.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah announced Sunday that women will have the right to vote for the first time beginning in 2015.
