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...
Silva promises Brazil plane crash probe
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