With news of drug violence along the US-Mexico border, most Americans are avoiding it. But one tour beckons, promising an apolitical view that gets past the usual rhetoric.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman joined the Republican presidential contest on Tuesday, pledging to run a civil campaign and claiming that he and President Barack Obama both love the United States but have different visions of its future.
AP - In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use.
President Obama is expected to announce a plan to withdraw the 30,000 U.S. "surge" forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, an administration official says.
The jet broke apart and caught fire after crashing on a road near Besovets, Russia, officials say. The dead include four people with joint U.S.-Russian citizenship.
Prime Minister Papandreou wants Parliament to approve his new cabinet so he can pass unpopular budget cuts, a condition for getting international help for the nation's debt crisis.
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