Apple is recalling 1.8 million battery packs used to power its laptop computers, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company announced Thursday. The potentially hazardous lithium-ion batteries were manufactured by Sony, the same company that made the laptop batteries Dell recalled earlier this month.
Acknowledging fears arising from unprecedented economic globalization, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today warned lawmakers against protectionist measures that would stymie the benefits of world trade.
Just in time for the start of a new television season, millions of digital video recording devices could be put on pause depending on the outcome of a lawsuit between TiVo and satellite television service EchoStar.
AP - Tropical Storm Ernesto gathered strength as it steamed through the central Caribbean toward Jamaica on Saturday and threatened to enter the Gulf of Mexico as the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season.
AP - Israeli aircraft fired two missiles early Sunday at an armored car belonging to the Reuters news agency, wounding five people, including two cameramen, Palestinian witnesses and hospital officials said.
AP - A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a government-run newspaper in Iraq's capital Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 30, police said.
David Cameron denounces one of Thatcher's flagship foreign policies, saying she was wrong to have branded Nelson Mandela's African National Congress as 'terrorists'.
Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands were under hurricane watches as Tropical Storm Ernesto gained power in the Caribbean. Forecasters say Ernesto could reach hurricane status, with winds exceeding 74 mph, by Sunday night or Monday as it nears western Cuba. If that happens, it will be the first hurricane of the season.
One of Pakistan's leading ethnic nationalist leaders -- Nawab Akbar Bugti, above -- was killed in a massive military operation, the government said.Riots erupted in Quetta, the capital of Balouchistan province. Intense firing was taking place, all the main roads were blocked by Bugti supporters and the situation was tense.
Tens of thousands of Kenyans lined the streets of Kisumu on Saturday, giving U.S. Sen. Barack Obama a hero's welcome as he visited the nearby village where his late father and grandfather lived. Obama used his rock-star status to encourage people to take HIV tests.