The number of newly laid-off workers requesting jobless benefits fell slightly last week for the third straight time. But initial claims remain above levels that would signal net job gains.

House Democrats are on track for a Sunday vote on sweeping health care legislation that will expand coverage to millions of uninsured while also reducing the federal deficit, leaders said Thursday.

Sandra Bullock canceled her appearance at the London premiere of "The Blind Side" days after Internet reports alleged she was having trouble in her marriage and that she had left the couple's Southern California home.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.

The NCAA tournament is famous for the little guys shocking the marquee powerhouses and turning into the darlings of March.

Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.

Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers.

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A foreign agricultural worker was the first fatality from Gaza rocket fire since Israel’s 2009 military offensive.

President Obama is set to sign a jobs bill into law Thursday morning.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to push the long-delayed pact across the finish line.

House Democrats moved toward the majority they need to pass the health care bill, as they girded for a showdown this weekend.

American companies with factories in China are now building high-tech research labs there as well.

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Some argue that severe cuts in public spending to whittle down euro-zone deficits could send unemployment rates surging and bring down governments.

Virginia Tech is urging calm as e-mails and Internet postings originating in Italy threaten another attack on campus.

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip killed a man inside Israel Thursday, Israeli medics said, in the ...

The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children.

Mr. Chilton, whose work spanned an eclectic gamut from the soul songs of the Box Tops to the multiple incarnations of his pop band Big Star, has died. He was 59. The cause of death is believed to have been a heart attack.

A million sandbags have been filled and are ready to protect Fargo, North Dakota, where the Red River surged nearly 3 feet in 24 hours.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Democrats' health care bill will cost $940 billion over 10 years, a Democratic source told CNN today.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Russia on Thursday to clear obstacles to a new treaty cutting arsenals of nuclear weapons and to seek Moscow's backing for tougher sanctions against Iran.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, while consumer prices were unchanged in February on lower energy prices.

President Obama's annual physical in February included blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate checks -- tests familiar to any of us who receives a regular check-up.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama picked up support for healthcare reform on Wednesday from a prominent liberal and a group of Catholic nuns, who broke with bishops on the issue of abortion and urged passage of the overhaul.

BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece raised the stakes on Thursday in its quest for EU help to tackle its debt crisis, warning it cannot achieve promised deficit cuts if its borrowing costs remain so high and may have to call in the IMF.

A five-year-old British boy reunited with his father Thursday in Pakistan after being kidnapped by gunmen while on vacation, authorities said.

Myanmar may be slowly moving away from years of authoritarianism and Soviet-style economic policies that have left most of its people in dire poverty.

A wave of suicides at Cornell University in the past two semesters is a "public health crisis," the school's mental health initiatives director said.

President Obama and his chief allies in Congress struggled Wednesday to finish writing historic health care legislation that ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has executed a ruling party official blamed for a botched currency reform, in a desperate attempt to quell public unrest and stem negative impact on Pyongyang's power succession, a news report said on Thursday.

A growing number of school districts facing budget cuts are looking to advertising on their websites as a new revenue source.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia urged China on Thursday to allow its diplomats full access to the trial of four Rio Tinto staff charged with commercial spying in a case that could hurt political and economic ties.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies have become far less gloomy about economic conditions than three months ago, a Reuters corporate survey showed, pointing to a big improvement in the Bank of Japan's closely watched tankan survey next month.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Russia on Thursday to jump-start talks on two diplomatic fronts: a new nuclear treaty between the countries and the stalled Mideast peace process.

As Apple builds its electronic bookstore, Amazon is trying to use its clout to hold on to its early lead in the market.

A suspected al Qaeda member believed to have played a key role in a deadly December attack on CIA employees in Afghanistan appears to have been killed, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Wednesday.

Inmates dispute claim that Bernie Madoff had blood pressure issues when he visited infirmary in December

A recent drone strike killed a commander who helped plan the killing of C.I.A. staff at an Afghanistan base.

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