Wimbledon tennis defending men's champ Roger Federer was nearly knocked out of the tournament on the first day, but he survived by winning a five-set match.

A huge plume of molten rock that is linked to volcanic eruptions has been detected below southern Africa.

The partial revaluation of the yuan does hint at a China becoming a better market economy, one that allows its citizens to make their own economic choices.

AP - Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs asked a federal judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in the aftermath of the massive Gulf spill.

AP - The Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that bars "material support" to foreign terrorist organizations, rejecting a free speech challenge from humanitarian aid groups.

AP - Something that sounded like gunfire and a delivery driver with a gun led to a one-hour lockdown at a Navy base Monday. A base official said there were no injuries and no real danger.