The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.
The average price of gasoline rose nearly 12 cents in the past three weeks, marking the first price hike after six months of decreases, according to a national survey released Sunday.
In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia.
President-elect Barack Obama plans to take his first international trip to Canada.
The system for keeping U.S. science secrets safe is broken and needs to be revamped -- and immigration controls need to be eased for qualified scientists from other countries, the National Research Council advised on Thursday.
Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy F. Geithner and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team are overhauling the embattled bailout and broadening its scope well beyond Wall Street.
The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats.
Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that reportedly has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states, but they don't know how the bacteria has been spreading.
Public television president Paula Kerger says she's disheartened that the government has run out of money to help TV viewers buy converter boxes for the looming transition to digital conversion.
A grim report from congressional analysts showing the government deficit swelling to $1.2 trillion� this year� has many taxpayers wondering: How much longer can we keep this up?
A scorned 21-year-old told her ex-boyfriend that he couldn't prove she was the one who vandalized his apartment on three occasions - but then, police said, she posted a picture of the damage on MySpace. The woman was charged with two felonies for the vandalism.
Astronomers may have solved a cosmic chicken-and-the-egg problem: Which came first - galaxies or the supermassive black holes in their cores?
Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush says he won't run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 to replace the retiring Mel Martinez.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein says President-elect Barack Obama apologized to her for not notifying her ahead of time that Leon Panetta was his pick for CIA director.
Federal Reserve officials feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time despite their decision to slash interest rates to a record low.
An appeals court has upheld former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling's convictions for his role in the energy giant's collapse but orders that he be resentenced.
The first family, who are leaving the White House this month, will be without one of their longtime members:� their cat India. The 18-year-old black American shorthair, which was named��after pro ballplayer Ruben Sierra, died Sunday at the White House.
President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Congressional Democrats said Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama probably will have to wait until next month before getting the chance to sign an economic aid bill.
The Travolta family posted a message on their Web site, Travolta.com, on Sunday, thanking well-wishers for their support following the death of their son, Jett, on Friday morning.
A developer donated $100,000 to former President Bill Clinton's foundation around the same time that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure millions of federal dollars for a mall project.
Illinois' embattled governor complained through his spokesman Saturday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is guilty of a conflict of interest� over Barack Obama's vacated seat.
James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service.
American soldiers shot and wounded a woman - identified by an Iraqi television station as one of its producers - after she failed to heed warnings to stop near a Baghdad checkpoint, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said Saturday.
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