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Google's Brazil chief detained in YouTube case
Google Inc.'s head of operations in Brazil was detained by the country's federal police Wednesday after the company failed to heed a judge's order to ...
Weather Channel heads to swing states for election
Snowstorms, hurricanes and tornados are what usually put The Weather Channel's news team in motion. This November it will mobilize for the election.
Politician kept budget vow, now tries to keep job
Shortly after newly elected Rep. Dan Benishek arrived in Washington, staffers raised a banner that proclaimed to visitors in his Capitol Hill suite: ...
Economic trend lines, for now, favoring Obama
For the past year, as the presidential election unfolded, President Barack Obama confronted a dizzying swell of economic news — hiring up, hiring ...
Campaigns pick Iowa poll sites for favored voters
In the weeks before Election Day, University of Iowa students will have a dozen places on campus to vote for President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt ...
Corps let off the hook for Katrina flooding
A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's ...
Brazil judge orders arrest of Google president
A Brazilian judge ordered the arrest of the head of Google's operations in Brazil for failure to remove YouTube videos that attacked a mayoral ...
Seattle City Council approves new arena deal
A wealthy hedge-fund manager won approval Monday for his plan to bring professional men's basketball and hockey back to Seattle, with initially ...
Slain Honduran lawyer complained of death threats
A prominent Honduran human rights lawyer gunned down after a weekend wedding had long complained about death threats, including in documents filed ...
Winter onset latest challenge for Syrian civilians
The days are still warm across the fertile plains of northern Syria around Aleppo, but night brings a chill — an ominous harbinger of winter's ...
UN: 1.5 million Syrians in need of food aid
The number of Syrians in need of food aid has jumped from 250,000 in April to 1.5 million today, the head of the U.N.'s food agency said Monday, as ...
Local governments try to cut costs via efficiency
In some places, it's as simple as pulling the plug on thousands of unused telephone lines or installing software that automatically shuts off idle ...
Zimbabwe: Bulawayo urges all to flush together
Bulawayo city officials Monday urged all residents to join the "big flush" to help Zimbabwe's second city clear toilet waste that accumulated in ...
Libya orders 'illegitimate' militias to disband
The Libyan army on Sunday said it raided several militia outposts operating outside government control in the capital, Tripoli, while in the east, the ...
Anti-militia protests show frailty of Libyan state
Residents of Libya's second-largest city warned on Saturday of a "revolution" to get rid of armed militias and Islamic extremists after protests ...
Zimbabwe city residents synchronize toilet flush
City authorities in Zimbabwe's second largest city said Saturday they were appealing to home owners to flush their toilets at a specified time as a ...
Desalination no panacea for Calif. water woes
In the Central California coastal town of Marina, a $7 million desalination plant that can turn salty ocean waves into fresh drinking water sits idle ...
School strike first of many challenges for Emanuel
The grueling teachers strike is over. Now comes the hard part for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As he pushes ahead on his promise to reform the city's ...
Facebook party turns to rioting in Netherlands
Thousands of revelers descended on a small Dutch town sparking a riot after a party invitation posted on Facebook went viral, authorities said ...
Obama chides Congress for departing with much left
President Barack Obama is faulting Congress for leaving town with several pieces of unfinished business on its plate, including measures to help ...
PHOTOS: Latest in protests of anti-Islam film
A look at Friday's protests and events connected to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims," produced in the United States, and vulgar caricatures ...
Lesser-known Emancipation document gets spotlight
Issued 150 years ago this week, President Abraham Lincoln's initial proclamation that he would free the South's slaves is enjoying a public showcase ...
Philly developer ticks off city by cleaning up lot
There's a lot of trouble brewing next to a coffee house in a fast-developing neighborhood. Ori Feibush, a real estate developer, has turned a ...
Pakistan hit by deadly riots over anti-Muslim film
Pakistan's "Day of Love for the Prophet" turned into a deadly day of gunfire, tear gas and arson. Thousands angered by an anti-Muslim film ignored ...
Iraq bars Syria-bound plane with suspected arms
Iraq prevented a North Korean plane from entering its airspace on suspicion it was carrying weapons for Syria, prompting praise from the U.S.