UK studying claims HSBC accounts used by criminals
Britain's revenue and customs service is examining allegations that criminals may have used offshore accounts with HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, to ...
China's factory output rises in sign of recovery
China's auto sales, consumer spending and factory output improved in October in a new sign of economic recovery as the Communist Party prepared to ...
China's auto sales rebound in October
China's auto sales rebounded in October but Japanese brands suffered a sharp downturn amid a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, an ...

Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland
Who doesn't want a picture of Marilyn Monroe? Hundreds of photographs of the blonde bombshell and other celebrities, including famous ones of Monroe ...
Iran report hints US drone was in Iranian airspace
An Iranian news agency is indicating a U.S. drone violated Iran's airspace a week ago, when the Pentagon says it was fired on. The semiofficial FARS ...

Sri Lankan move to fire top judge stirs fears
When Shirani Bandaranayake was appointed Sri Lanka's chief justice, rights campaigners assailed her as a puppet of a government that was steamrolling ...

Manning, Luck succeed from 2 sides of spectrum
The numbers and the standings will change, but heading into this week's games, they were lined up too perfectly to ignore. Broncos quarterback Peyton ...
No. 8 Seminoles rally to beat Hokies 28-22
Florida State got to see the Virginia Tech it expected on Thursday night at Lane Stadium. When the eighth-ranked Seminoles were forced to validate ...

Aging Chinese leaders retain huge influence
When China's ranking communists file into the Great Hall of the People, you can spot the invited guests, the retired but still-influential men in ...

Villegas in good spirits, needs a good finish
Camilo Villegas felt like a lucky man, and it had nothing to do with his best round in nine months. At some point this year, when Villegas was missing ...

Luck runs for 2 TDS, Colts beat Jaguars 27-10
Another week, another win, another reason for the Indianapolis Colts to love Andrew Luck. Four days after setting a rookie record, Luck ran for two ...

Balkan asylum seekers come under suspicion
Azra Ajeti's fellow Gypsies have been buffeted by accusations of filing bogus asylum claims in the rich EU, but she says there's nothing phony about ...

Aging drivers present new transportation challenge
Baby boomers started driving at a young age and became more mobile than any generation before or since. They practically invented the two-car family ...

A year after lavish funeral, Savile myth in ruins
At Jimmy Savile's funeral, a year ago Friday, the priest delivering the homily was emphatic: the DJ and television host "can face eternal life with ...

Authorities detain official in Ghana disaster
Authorities in Ghana have detained a municipal works official accused of allowing a building that collapsed to be built without a construction permit.
AP Moller-Maersk's Q3 profit jumps 191 percent
Danish shipper and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says its third-quarter net profit is up 191 percent to 5.6 billion kroner ($957 million) as container ...
Japan to seek defense talks with US
Japan's defense minister says Tokyo is seeking talks with the United States to update their mutual defense guidelines and expressed concern over ...

Roger Waters plays with band of wounded veterans
Roger Waters honored wounded veterans in New York by performing with them at the annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit, Thursday night. The founding ...

Child rapes, killings terrify parents in Iraq
The brutal crimes struck a nerve, even in a country that has seen a horrific amount of bloodshed in the past decade: Young Iraqi girls kidnapped, ...
New Zealand won't sign 'Kyoto 2' climate treaty
New Zealand's government said Friday that it would not sign on for a second stage of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, a stance that angered ...

Durant helps Thunder edge Bulls 97-91
Oklahoma City went to Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter. Chicago was missing its best closer, so all the Bulls had to pitch in. Durant and Co.
Asian stocks sink on US fiscal cliff fears
Most Asian stock markets sank Friday, weighed down by fears over the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" that's seen as a big threat to the economic ...

'Next Bush' makes campaign filing in Texas
George P. Bush, a nephew of former President George W. Bush and son of one-time Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has made a campaign filing in Texas that is ...

Breastfeeding baby doll: creepy or groundbreaking?
We've got dolls that wet, crawl and talk. We've got dolls with perfect hourglass figures. We've got dolls with swagger. And we've got plenty that come ...

Texas lawyer pleads not guilty to aiding cartel
In public, Marco Antonio Delgado was a philanthropist, a prominent El Paso businessman and a trustee at Carnegie Mellon University. But secretly, ...