15,000 security personnel shielded the Olympic torch on its truncated tour in New Delhi Thursday. Thousands of pro-Tibet protesters were kept from the route.
Shrinking of hours and pay for millions of workers appears to be a bigger contributor to the economic decline than loss of jobs and the risk of layoffs.
The meeting made clear that for all the messages that Pope Benedict XVI wished to send during his five-day trip to the United States, his first as pope, the one concerning priestly abuse was central.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI prayed with tearful victims of clergy sex abuse in a chapel Thursday, an extraordinary gesture from a pontiff who has made atoning for the great shame of the U.S. church the cornerstone of his first papal trip to America.
AP - A court hearing to decide the fate of the 416 children swept up in a raid on a West Texas polygamous sect descended into farce Thursday, with hundreds of lawyers in two packed buildings shouting objections and the judge struggling to maintain order.
AP - Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traumatic stress, an independent study said Thursday. It estimated the toll at 300,000 or more.
It was a scam involving green cards and greed, prosecutors said Thursday. Dozens of young Eastern European women have been accused of marrying U.S. sailors not for love but for the right to stay in the United States. The sailors received marriage benefits they were not entitled to, court papers said.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that whoever wins the presidency in November, "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and accomplish something."
Three victims of the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church described to CNN an emotional, frank and ultimately hope-filled meeting with Pope Benedict XVI Thursday. They were part of a small group of people abused by clergy in the past who were asked to share their stories with the pope in Washington.