By ALAN CLENDENNING, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 55 minutes ago
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's president promised a thorough investigation Friday into a plane crash that killed 191 people and announced measures to improve air safety, incl...
By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer
26 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban militants threatened Friday to kill a group of abducted South Korean Christians, including 15 women, within 24 hours unless the Asian nation withdraws it...
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
42 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush breathed new life into the CIA's terror interrogation program Friday in an executive order that would allow harsh questioning of suspects, limited in p...
Fri Jul 13, 8:42 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Partners of private equity firm
Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX - news) may have devised a way to avoid
paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial
public offering last mo...
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Fri Jul 13, 12:46 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Retail sales posted their steepest
drop in nearly two years in June, according to government data
on Friday, indicating the housing market slump and soaring
gasoline co...