China trimmed interest rates as the government sought to fend off a deepening economic slowdown, though the cut was smaller than many analysts had counted on.
AP - Bone-numbing cold spread Monday from the Midwest to the East, forcing millions to bundle up and scurry from place to place in a bid to spend as little time as possible outside.
AP - Toyota Motor Corp. projected its first-ever operating loss since it began such reports, acknowledging Monday that its nine-year stretch of global vehicle-sales growth had stalled.
AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to reveal on Tuesday his staff's conversations with the Illinois governor accused of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat, transition officials said Monday.
Regrowing a fingertip cut off in an accident sounds like something from a movie. But with innovative technology developed by the U.S. Army, such regrowth is possible. That project and a hundred others were on display this month at the 26th Army Science Convention, where scientists discussed ways to make soldiers safer and more effective. Also in the works, a robot that can rescue injured soldiers from combat zones.
In an interview with CNN's Larry King that will air at 9 p.m. ET Monday, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden discussed what role he will play in decision-making at the White House. Biden also said the U.S. will remove combat troops from Iraq within two years.
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