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New Corvette bursts onto the road after 9 years
When General Motors engineers and designers started work on the next-generation Corvette, they drew up the usual requirements for the star of American ...
French jets bomb major Malian city in north
French fighter jets bombed rebel targets in a major city in Mali's north Sunday, pounding the airport as well as training camps, warehouses and ...
Egypt's Mubarak to get new trial over killings
An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the ousted leader in the killing of hundreds of ...
A disconnect between violence and television
If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school ...
Armstrong awaits 'candid' Oprah interview
Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has ...
'Zero Dark Thirty' captures No. 1 at box office
"Zero Dark Thirty" hunted down the top spot at the box office — and easily won it. Sony Pictures' controversial Osama bin Laden raid drama nabbed ...
Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to KC
Inside a small bungalow on the street separating Kansas City, Kan., from its sister city in Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs are working on ...
Gas prices surge 7 cents after months of decline
After months of dropping, gas prices are back on the upswing. The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has surged seven cents in the last three ...
Burnett: reality can work without being mean
Mark Burnett says reality TV shows don't have to be mean to work. The veteran producer of "Survivor" and "The Voice" is working on a new CBS show, ...
4 gadgets that defined Vegas electronics show
The world's largest gadget show wrapped up on Friday, and the organizers said it was the biggest ever, beating last year's record in terms of the ...
Vatican surprised by bank's credit card block
A senior Vatican official says he is "truly surprised" that the Bank of Italy ordered credit card payments suspended in the tiny city-state and ...
Palestinian premier urges Arabs to pay pledged aid
The Palestinian prime minister warned Sunday that his government could fail to meet its obligations to its people because of a cash crunch, and urged ...
More than 130 nations begin mercury treaty talks
Delegates from more than 130 nations began a final round of negotiations on Sunday that are expected to lead to the creation of the first legally ...
Egyptian appeals court orders Mubarak retrial
A Cairo appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the former Egyptian president for failing to prevent ...
Can Europe's markets climb through the slump?
The big worry a year ago was that Greece would collapse under its debts, upend Europe's markets and set off a global financial crisis. But the world's ...
Japan Airlines reports new fuel leak in Boeing 787
Japan Airlines has reported a fuel leak in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the second time in a week amid a U.S. safety review of the aircraft.
EU head: Egypt must guarantee freedom for recovery
The EU president has told Egypt's Islamist president that guarantees of freedoms of expression and religions are essential for attracting foreign ...
Rio slums: From no-go to must-buy
Five years ago, Rio de Janeiro's "favela" hillside slums had such a bad rap that they were virtual no-go zones, where drug lords laid down the law and ...
Ex-postal workers' union head Sombrotto dies at 89
Vincent R. Sombrotto, a labor leader who served as president of the National Association of Letter Carriers for 24 years, has died. He was 89.
Eugene Patterson, 89, voice on civil rights, dies
Eugene Patterson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and columnist whose impassioned words helped draw national attention to the civil rights movement ...
Ford CEO: Luxury market has room for Lincoln
Ford thinks the luxury car market is missing something. Luxury buyers sobered up during the recession, the company reckons, and they now find German ...
A snapshot of influenza activity in all 50 states
Here is a snapshot of flu activity in all 50 states and the District of Columbia: Alabama: Like many states, Alabama is having an earlier and busier ...
Mississippi rock blasting puts river in ship shape
Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi ...
Broncos, Ravens tied at 35 heading into OT
The Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens went into overtime in their AFC divisional playoff tied at 35 after Joe Flacco threw a 70-yard touchdown pass ...