A revaluation of council tax bands in England, which could have cost some households hundreds of pounds, will not be conducted during the current Parliament, the government pledges.
Starbucks prices will be going higher, CEO Howard Schultz said. The prices of basic coffee and espresso drinks will stay the same. But Starbucks will hike prices on packaged coffee and large, labor-intensive drinks. Does that mean frappuccinos?
The latest poll of the California governor's race shows Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown tied at 41 percent. Many voters remain undecided, so upcoming debates will be crucial.
On the Daily Show tonight, Jon Stewart is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah. Abdullah gets full points for hipness, but restoring his country's influence is another matter.
The ties of a nonprofit advocacy group to a G.O.P. operation raise questions about whether moneyed interests are allowed to influence elections without revealing themselves.
Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, G.O.P. candidates for governor and senator, are charging into the election with very different personas and campaign strategies.
AP - President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traded accusations about their nations' nuclear programs, but both left the door open to further negotiations about the nuclear impasse.
AP - Eddie Fisher, whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, has died. He was 82.
British woman advertised for a partner for committing suicide because she couldn't do it by herself. Stephen Lumb answered Joanne Lee's ad, and they killed themselves in her car.
On Sunday Israel's 10 month freeze on settlement construction in the Palestinian territories is scheduled to end. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says if it is not extended, he will pull out of freshly launched peace negotiations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu so far shows no sign of agreeing.
Five people were shot -- four fatally -- at a Seattle, Washington, home Thursday, according to police. The shooter is believed to be related to some of the victims, police say.
Teresa Lewis, called the mastermind of a murder-for-hire scheme, was executed Thursday night, officials said. She was the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly a century.
The Obama administration is objecting to a request for an immediate halt to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy after a federal court ruled that the policy barring gays from serving openly is unconstitutional.
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