Pakistan's arrest of two suspected members of the Pakistan Taliban connected to the attempted Times Square bomb show that it is taking seriously the threat of militants within its borders.
An amendment to the Senate’s financial legislation that imposes price controls is a victory for retailers after years of fighting banking industry lobbyists. Consumers also could save money.
Companies working to cap the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico will try a method that involves pumping items like plastic cubes and knotted rope into the well’s safety device to clog it.
AP - Declaring himself as angry as the rest of the nation, President Barack Obama assailed oil drillers and his own administration Friday as he ordered extra scrutiny of drilling permits to head off any repeat of the sickening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers worked desperately to stop the leak that's belching out at least 210,000 gallons of crude a day.
AP - A 16-year-old Australian who spent seven months at sea in her pink yacht sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey Saturday, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted.
AP - Detractors and defenders of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration aired their views in a lively town-hall style meeting broadcast nationally Friday night by the Spanish-language network Univision.
The body of 16-year-old Palestinian Ayssar Yasser Zaben was found in a West Bank field near the village where he lived. He had been shot in the back. Local Palestinians have accused armed Jewish settlers of shooting him. The Israeli police confirm the boy's death and said they have launched an investigation, and say they have received reports of stone throwing and gun shots in the area.
Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III was sentenced to life without parole today for killing two California teens in a case that has sparked calls for tougher penalties against sex offenders.
Some call college student Jessica Colotl's case a perfect example of why immigration laws aren't working. But others say the law is the law, and Colotl -- an undocumented immigrant -- broke it.
• Obama blasts blame game by oil execs • BP hopes tube will funnel oil to surface • Lawmaker wants inquiry on leak size • Expert says leak is much larger than BP says
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