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Red Cross: Gaza in 'full-blown' humanitarian crisis

26 min 5 sec ago
The international Red Cross says Gaza is now in a "full-blown" humanitarian crisis.

Ukraine: Russia cuts gas to Europe by two-thirds

35 min 17 sec ago
Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said Tuesday that Russia's Gazprom slashed natural gas shipments to Europe by about two-thirds, ...

India: Pakistanis "must have" backed Mumbai attack

39 min 17 sec ago
Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India's prime minister said Tuesday, stopping just short ...

Member of Iraq president party killed in drive-by

45 min 16 sec ago
Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern ...

2008 auto sales drop by 3 million

2 hours 22 min ago
Chrysler December U.S. sales plunged 53%, the biggest sales drop in a miserable month for the industry, as consumers steered ...

Dining out without busting the bank or buttons

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:01
Dining out on a dime while trying to lose weight can be done if you've got a smorgasbord of tricks, according to several readers ...

Spending on prescription drugs slows

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:00
Spending on prescription drugs in 2007 showed the smallest increase in more than four decades, driven by rising use of low-cost ...

Franken declares Senate win in Minn.; Coleman to fight results

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:54
Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken won a weeks-long recount in Minnesota on Monday and declared victory in the race even ...

Obama: Act now on 'very sick' economy

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:36
President-elect Barack Obama, citing conditions that are becoming "very dire for American families," pressed leaders of both ...

Obama will work with nation's oldest Congress

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:34
The nation's capital is about to confront a political generation gap: Barack Obama, one of the youngest presidents ever to take ...

Obama opts for outsiders in intelligence picks

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:31
President-elect Barack Obama has picked the leaders of his intelligence team, tapping former White House chief of staff Leon ...

Bush's long-time aides predict history will judge him favorably

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:23
After two terms together, don't ask them for dispassionate assessments of the president. These staffers express confidence their ...

Key Justice nominees rooted in academia

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:19
President-elect Barack Obama filled two prominent Justice Department posts Monday, choosing the dean of Harvard Law School to ...

Israel resists calls for cease-fire from allies

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:55
Israel rebuffed growing calls for a cease-fire from its allies in Europe and the United States on Monday, sending its troops ...

Soldier captured in '06 has key role in conflict

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 21:41
Hamas has a feared arsenal of rockets and suicide bombers, but its best bargaining chip in the current war may prove to be a ...

Chronic fatigue, early trauma linked

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 19:58
Suffering a trauma could predispose children to chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, a study shows. In a report in today's Archives ...

Gov't supplies another $15B to banks

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:58
The government said Monday it had supplied another $15 billion to seven banks in the latest round of payments from the $700 billion ...

Bush chooses allies for civilian high honor

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:43
President George W. Bush is giving the nation's highest civilian award to three foreign leaders who have been among his most ...

Biden to head to Asia for congressional trip

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:00
Vice President-elect Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia on a congressional trip.

Time, nature threaten La. island and Native American tribe

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 16:44
Isle de Jean Charles is disappearing, mauled by rising sea-level, coastal erosion and an estimated 10,000 miles of canals dug ...

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