Ministers are to set out how they plan to overhaul the benefits system to provide greater incentives for work and sanctions for those unwilling to do so.
As Obama presses for on a free-trade deal with Korea, where does the tea party stand? Polls say tea partyers do not favor trade pacts, but for many of their allies in Congress, it's a new issue.
With China leading the critics of American economic policy, officials acknowledge that President Obama is going to have a difficult time winning any kind of consensus strategy.
AP - In a fresh sign of turmoil among defeated Democrats, a growing number of the rank and file say they won't support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically symbolic roll call when the new Congress meets in January.
AP - Europe's air safety regulator said Thursday an oil fire may have caused an engine turbine failure on a Qantas superjumbo, and issued an emergency order requiring airlines to re-examine that type of Rolls-Royce engine and ground any planes if suspicious leaks show up.
Karima el-Mahroug also known as Karima Keyek, but best known as Ruby the Heartbreaker, recently told Milanese prosecutors that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had showered her with over $1,300 worth of cash and jewelry and invited her to two sex parties, including the bunga bunga.
With words that brought jurors to the edge of their seats, Elizabeth Smart ended three days of testimony against a street preacher accused of kidnapping and raping her.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in New York, a day after she said the United States is "deeply disappointed" with Israel's decision to build new housing units in sensitive areas of east Jerusalem.
In what could prove to be a precedent-setting case, the National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against a Connecticut company for firing an employee who was terminated after she posted critical, derogatory comments about her supervisor on Facebook.
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