New York, Nov 21 (Xinhua) Wall Street rallied Friday after reports that US president-elect Barack Obama plans to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as treasury...

Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the job of secretary of state in US president-elect Barack Obama's administration, the New York Times reported Friday on its...

American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actress Ashlee Simpson has given birth to her first child from musician husband Pete...

Rio De Janerio, Nov 21 (Xinhua) Brazil has rejected possible US interference in the South American Defence Council which will be formed next...

Los Angeles, Nov 21 : The verdict of Indian-born fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander's case has left his family and friends...

Washington, Nov 21 : Britney Spears will make a surprise appearance at the American Music Awards that are being held on November 23, it has...

London, Nov 21 : Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have made a new discovery that could lead to better cochlear implants for deaf...

Washington, Nov.21 : The American tech industry is waiting to see whether the new president Barack Obama will name, as promised, a "chief technology officer" for the United...

Washington, Nov.21 : United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech in Washington on Thursday, and had to be...

Washington, Nov 21 : Terror outfit al Qaeda could soon be on the decline, having alienated Muslim supporters with indiscriminate killing and inattention to the practical problems of poverty, unemployment and education, according to a new study by American...

New York, Nov 21 : Over 50 percent of Americans favour Senator Hillary Clinton as President elect Barack Obama's Secretary of...

Washington, Nov 21 : In a first of its kind surgery, a team led by an Indian origin scientist has performed a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method to treat a 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her...

Washington, Nov 21 : It is almost certain that President elect Barack Obama will name Hillary Rodham Clinton as Unites States next Secretary of State, Democratic sources have...

Washington, Nov 21 : Centenarian offspring - kids of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old - live longer, have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes as compared to a similarly-aged cohort, says a new study in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics...

New York, Nov 21 : Though she is yet to be conferred with the title of US First Lady, Michelle Obama has already become a fashion...

Sean Penn believes that fewer gays would have died of AIDS if San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk hadn't been assassinated in his...

Chicago, Nov 21 : The Shanghai World Financial Center, which some describe as an elegant bottle opener, has been adjudged the world's the best skyscraper. The tower is world's second-tallest...

London, Nov.21 : Two U.S. soldiers have been charged by the military with conspiracy to commit premeditated murder relating to the shooting deaths of four Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad in early...

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Sidwell Friends School in northwest Washington,Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia visited their top choices for schools "to make sure we find the right fit." A...

American History Museum . The manuscript is one of five drafts and the last known to have been written by the sixteenth president of the U.S. The famous speech has sat unseen among the White House...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY -- Hundreds of homes are being evacuated near Salt Lake City after a propane tanker rolled over on a highway ramp. Authorities say they are concerned a spark...

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Detroit automakers began work on turnaround plans demanded by Congress in return for $25 billion in aid as General Motors Corp said it would cut production more and...

As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at least 4,202 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...

NEW YORK (AP) — At the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama. The Hempstead Union Free School District board voted...

NYC bouncer convicted of a third murder A bouncer already sentenced to lengthy prison terms for two New York City murders has been convicted of shooting another man dead and wounding three others...

Hoax witness: Neighbor hoped to 'mess with Megan' A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified...

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, the woman who fought a bruising battle against Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, has accepted an offer from the president-elect to serve as...

Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn't lifted until nine years ago and its...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) ― If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny...

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Verizon Wireless on Friday fired an unspecified number of employees it said had accessed President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records without permission.The firings...

James Pflueger (FLOO'-gur) on the manslaughter charges and one count of reckless endangerment.The dam broke and sent 300 million gallons of water rushing to the sea. The seven victims were swept to...

MIAMI (AP) ― A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on. Others tried to talk him out of it, and another...

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, listens to Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, before speaking at the...

The wildfire that blackened 11,262 acres including a mobile home park in Los Angeles, has been completely out, authorities said on Friday. Destroyed in the fire's path were more than 600 structures,...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Federal officials on Thursday released new rules for the protection of marine sanctuaries in northern and central California - and some big-wave...

LIMA: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency....

CAPE COD (WBZ) ― It seems strange...setting a fire to keep a habitat healthy, but flames were doing just that today on Cape Cod. A team of burn experts set some 70 acres of pitch pine forest...

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) ― Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The choice of Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve, to be the next Treasury Secretary is a sign that the Obama White House wants to keep a firm...

SEATTLE -- Don Wakamatsu may not be a household name, but the 45-year old from the East Bay is shaking up the baseball scene. The Seattle Mariners officially hired Wakamatsu as manager, making him...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three top U.S. comedians next week will bring variety shows to television and one, Rosie O'Donnell, believes the format could stage a comeback amid the slumping economy if...

President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is shaping up, and the combination of players is not only reminiscent, in some ways, of the 1990s, Obama may also tap several of his former rivals for the top...

Hillary Clinton is ready to accept Barack Obama's offer to be secretary of state, a report said, raising the prospects of a remarkable political union between two once bitter rivals. The New York...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MARTINEZ, Calif. -- A sex-crimes prosecutor in California has pleaded not guilty to tying up and raping a colleague while threatening her with an ice pick and a handgun. ...

Geithner is viewed as top player By Aline van Duyn and Henny Sender in New York Published: November 22 2008 00:45 | Last updated: November 22 2008...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer from President-elect Barack Obama to become U.S. secretary of state, joining her former Democratic rival to help guide U.S....

Some urged him to take more drugs; others debated whether he had used enough Hours passed before someone notified authorities, officials say Teen had a history of depression; posted suicide note...

Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay, center, shakes hands with his Australian counterpart Joel Fitzgibbon, as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates walks past at the conclusion of a...

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