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Dispute raises doubt for China stocks in US market
A mounting dispute between Washington and Beijing over access to records of Chinese companies with U.S.-traded shares might force major corporate ...
Greece, Cyprus to top agenda at eurozone meeting
Finance ministers from the 17 EU countries that use the euro currency are meeting in Brussels to consider whether to release the latest batch of ...
UPS design lab puts boxes to the smash test
It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking ...
South Korea: NKorea's satellite orbiting normally
A satellite North Korea launched aboard a long-range rocket is orbiting normally, South Korean officials said Thursday, following a defiant liftoff ...
Calif. robbery spurs chase, long campus lockdown
What began as yet another car chase on Southern California freeways turned into a saga that spanned three counties, with one of five suspects arrested ...
Chicago vows to fight concealed carry ruling
With parts of the city in the grip of gang warfare and spiking homicide rates, Chicago aldermen are urging state officials to appeal an appellate ...
Music, comedy strike defiant tone at Sandy concert
Musicians were so intent upon helping victims of Superstorm Sandy that they didn't seem to want their benefit concert in New York to end. The final ...
Sentence looms in Milwaukee fetal-abduction case
Annette Morales-Rodriguez, distraught over her inability to give her boyfriend a son, had already pretended to have two miscarriages and was faking ...
Senate legislation targets cyberstalking software
For $50, a jealous husband can download software that allows him to track his wife without her ever knowing she's being followed. It's simple, it's ...
Report: Jackie Chan suggests Hong Kong curb rights
Jackie Chan suggests in a recent interview that protests should be restricted in the freewheeling Chinese city of Hong Kong. The action star lamented ...
Crime, Osprey add to Okinawan anger over US bases
For nearly 70 years, Okinawa has gotten more than its share of America's military — more jets rattling homes, more crimes rattling nerves. It's the ...
UN nuke inspectors renew efforts to engage Iran
A U.N. inspectors' team is in Tehran in a renewed effort to engage Iran and secure access to a site linked to suspected nuclear activity.
Man accused in Ore. mall shooting wanted to travel
To police and witnesses, Jacob Tyler Roberts was a gunman on a mission, shooting numerous rounds from a semiautomatic rifle as he stalked through a ...
NY police: LA man's killer silent, cool, precise
Police say the shooter of a Los Angeles man in broad daylight on a New York City street was so cool and precise he left no doubt he's killed before, ...
NY agency voting on using smartphones to hail cabs
Every New Yorker knows how to hail a yellow cab. The next step for some might be to "e-hail" a cab using a smartphone. Members of the city's Taxi & ...
UN group gives nod for greater Internet oversight
The chairman of a U.N. telecommunications conference says it has adopted a resolution endorsing greater government roles in Internet affairs. The move ...
Aides: Chavez in tough fight, may miss swearing-in
Somber confidants of President Hugo Chavez say he is going through a difficult recovery after cancer surgery in Cuba, and one close ally is warning ...
Gimmicky date a boost for lovelorn Las Vegas
Las Vegas, land of the quickie wedding, is in the midst of a serious love recession, and chapels in the city accustomed to playing the numbers were ...
Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app
Google Maps have found their way back to the iPhone. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the ...
Police: Ore. mall shooter used stolen rifle
Gunfire rang out in the mall food court, instantly transforming a casual afternoon of holiday shopping into a nightmare. The shooter, armed with a ...
Police search Calif. campus for robbery suspects
Students at Cal State Fullerton who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms Wednesday afternoon prepared to stay put into the night as ...
Official: Syria fires Scud missiles at rebels
Syrian government forces have fired Scud missiles at insurgents in recent days, escalating the 2-year-old conflict against rebels seeking to overthrow ...
Pakistan extends refugee status for Afghans
The Pakistani government says it has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by six months. The government said in a ...
NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket
It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline ...
Bank repossessions hit 9-month high in November
U.S. home repossessions rose to a nine-month high in November, even as the number of homes starting on the path to foreclosure declined to the lowest ...