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Canada took a decade to win back its prized AAA rating after debt downgrades in the early 1990s.

Canada took a decade to win back its prized AAA rating after debt downgrades in the early 1990s that were prompted by concern that its budget deficit was billowing out of control.

Canada has some lessons for the United States in terms of slashing deficits and winning top tier ratings back, but there are deep differences between the two countries in terms of what might work.

The rioting that trembled London over the weekend has spread to at least eight new districts on Monday and Tuesday, including cities of Liverpool and Birmingham, Britain's second-largest city.

Speaking at the Aspen Institute in Colorado on August 4, Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore once again warned of the impacts of global warming, but this time he sounded a bit defeated. But to whom he could be defeated? Yes, the global warming skeptics.

Edward Lee, interim mayor of San Francisco, announced on Monday morning that he will run for a full four-year term as San Francisco mayor, despite saying in January that he would never run for this position.

House Leaders announced on Monday that they are shutting down the House page program, a nearly 200-year-old institution which allowed high school students to serve as messengers and learn about the Congress

Rioting and looting spread across London on Monday as hooded youths set buildings and cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and hurled bottles and stones at police in a third night of violence in Britain's worst unrest in decades.

But neighbors said the violence, which began around 11 a.m. Sunday, was the finale of a dispute over a home that once belonged to Michael Hance girlfriend.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will cut a vacation trip short and return to London overnight to chair an emergency meeting regarding the mounting riots in the country, following the first incident in Tottenham on Saturday. Police cars and several business places have been set ablaze as the civil unrest continues to spread across London.

The riots that started in Tottenham have moved across London, then to Birmingham. They have now hit Liverpool.

Hours before a straw vote test in Iowa, Texas Governor Rick Perry is expected to make it clear whether or not he will run for the presidential election.

Pentagon spokesman Dave Lapan on Monday said Saturday's helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed 30 U.S. service members isn't a trend.

Civil rights groups are considering whether to sue the federal government after the Department of Homeland Security made participation mandatory in a controversial immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.

As the London riots continue to grow, violence and unrest has moved north to Birmingham, England.

The riots in London moved into a third day as violence continue to escalate following the death of a 29-year-old in Tottenham last week. Authorities have said the Tottenham riot started at dusk on Saturday when approximately 120 people marched on the police station to express anger over the death of Mark Duggan, a father of four, on Thursday. Duggan was shot after police stopped the minicab he was driving in that day, according to media reports.

Citing Congressional inaction on education reform, the White House announced on Monday that it would grant waivers exempting states from an onerous achievement benchmark established by No Child Left Behind.

Low-wage jobs play an outsize role in powering Texas' economic engine

Retail stores have been the main focus of rioters' ire in London. Many high streets are under attack, as rioters break windows to steal electronics and clothing.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac is seeking a $1.5 billion dollar bailout after announcing a $4.59 billion dollar loss in the most recent quarter.

The Taliban's downing a NATO Chinook Helicopter in Afghanistan on Aug. 6, killing 30 U.S. special operations troops, doesn't signify the group is gaining momentum, an official said. A Pentagon spokesman on Monday said the incident isn't a "watershed" implying the insurgents' momentum, rather an incident in combat.

The latest photos from the 2011 London Riots. Violence, which started in the northern neighborhood of Tottenham, has moved across the city, causing an unprecedented about of destruction in their wake.

The U.S. Federal Reserve will announce its monetary policy Tuesday following an unprecedented downgrade of the U.S.Government's credit rating by Standard & Poor's and the markets will likely look to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to provide appropriate comments on the state of the nation's banking system and its fiscal condition.

The Internet punditocracy is busy dissecting a Newsweek cover photo of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann that, depending on where you stand, reveals the magazine's liberal bias or society's entrenched sexism, or both, or neither.

Civil unrest is growing in London as fresh riots, lootings and raging fires continue on Monday following Saturday's incident in gritty Tottenham. Hundreds of teens are looting shops, lighting fire to business places and continue to clash with police in at six neighborhoods, according to reports.

It appears Saturday will be the day of reckoning for Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he prepares to make clear his intention to join the Republican presidential race, two associates said Monday.

People in the London suburb of Hackney are hiding for their life in an historic theater, as violence spreads.

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What began in Tottenham has spread to low-income neighborhoods across the city, as youths and rioters spiral out of control.