Halliburton may have been aware of problems with the cement used on the Deepwater Horizon before a major explosion that led to the worst oil spill in US history.
In Nepal, a telecom company is bringing new meaning to high speed Internet. The firm has successfully launched a 3G network on Mt. Everest. Will an Apple Store be next?
Critical parts of the coalition that elected President Obama — women, Catholics, independents and the poor — are switching sides, according to the latest Times/CBS News poll.
AP - Tests performed before the deadly blowout of BP's oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well, but the company and its cementing contractor used it anyway, investigators with the president's oil spill commission said Thursday.
AP - The economy likely expanded at a greater rate last quarter as Americans loosened a tight grip on their wallets. But the expected pickup in growth wasn't strong enough to make a noticeable dent in high unemployment.
AP - An internal Pentagon study has found that most U.S. troops and their families don't care whether gays are allowed to serve openly and think the policy of "don't ask, don't tell" could be done away with, according to officials familiar with its findings.
A Saudi prince who has been a prime financial backer of the imam behind the proposed Ground Zero mosque says the controversial Islamic center should be moved away from Ground Zero. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said, however, that he has no intention of moving the project.
A multinational task force recovered over $55 million worth of heroin in a significant international drug operation Thursday in the eastern part of Afghanistan, along the mountainous border with Pakistan. Officials say the proceeds for the sale of heroin has helped fund insurgent activities in the region.
A school district board member in Arkansas who came under fire for an anti-gay post on a social networking site regrets the comments and will resign, he told AC360°.
A jury convicted Leonard Gonzalez Jr. on two counts of first-degree murder in the execution-style killing of a Florida couple known for adopting special-needs kids.
Almost $56 million worth of high-quality heroin has been seized in a series of drug busts in Afghanistan, according to senior Drug Enforcement Administration officials.
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