AP - An index that tracks signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes rose in February from a record low a month earlier as buyers took advantage of deeply discounted prices and low interest rates.
AP - An index that tracks signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes rose in February from a record low a month earlier as buyers took advantage of deeply discounted prices and low interest rates.
AFP - World leaders wrangled Wednesday on how a London summit could fix the global economy as demonstrators attacked a bank in an anti-capitalist riot in the British capital.
AFP - World leaders wrangled Wednesday on how a London summit could fix the global economy as demonstrators attacked a bank in an anti-capitalist riot in the British capital.
AP - Up to 30 percent of the Sunni paramilitaries involved in last weekend's uprising in central Baghdad escaped with their weapons, an Iraqi police officer said Wednesday.
AP - Up to 30 percent of the Sunni paramilitaries involved in last weekend's uprising in central Baghdad escaped with their weapons, an Iraqi police officer said Wednesday.
AP - The rusting wreck of the first American vessel sunk during World War II has been found off Australia's southeastern coast, ocean researchers said Thursday.
AFP - The wreck of the first US ship sunk during World War II has been revealed in detail for the first time on the seabed off southeastern Australia, researchers said Wednesday.
AP - For a second straight day, desperate French workers facing steep layoffs at a Caterpillar factory held four of their bosses at the U.S. manufacturer's plant in the Alps, union officials said.
AP - A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles Wednesday at an alleged hide-out connected to a Taliban leader who has threatened to attack Washington, killing 12 people and wounding several others, officials said
AP - A nurse's assistant is devastated over allegations that her estranged husband shot seven patients and a fellow employee while she hid in a bathroom at the nursing home where she works, her mother said.
AP - LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points, Brandon Roy had 25 points and 11 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 125-104 on Tuesday night.
AP - After enduring weeks of criticism, President Alan Garcia reversed course Tuesday and accepted a donation from Germany for a museum honoring those killed in Peru's 20-year armed conflict with Maoist Shining Path guerrillas.
AFP - US envoy Scott Gration heads for Sudan on Wednesday as President Barack Obama turns up the heat on his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir to allow aid groups back into war-torn Darfur.
LeBron James made two crucial three-point plays down the stretch and finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds as the Cavs won their 13th straight game, 79-73 on Tuesday night over the Detroit Pistons, who gave the NBA's best home team all it could handle.
AFP - An April Fool's Day prank in Australia suggesting a Chinese firm wanted to buy naming rights for the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) sparked a furious online reaction Wednesday.
Reuters - Kathleen Sebelius, named as U.S. health secretary by President Barack Obama, became his latest nominee to reveal income tax issues, saying on Tuesday she paid nearly $8,000 to settle errors over three years.
AFP - World leaders including US President Barack Obama are set to gather in London on Wednesday for final talks on the eve of a G20 summit dogged by divisions on how to tackle the economic crisis.
"American Idol" finalists could choose their song from a large list of iTunes top downloads. That worked out well for Adam Lambert and his selection of a 1976 favorite, but others, including Lil Rounds, were criticized for their choices
AP - Hundreds of African, Asian and Middle Eastern migrants are feared dead after their overloaded, rickety boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya Friday. Here's a look at other incidents in which migrants have tried to make the perilous crossing:
Reuters - Iran offered help in combating the Afghan drugs trade on Tuesday, in a gesture to a U.S. call for regional support in Afghanistan that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described as promising.
AP - More heavy rain was forecast Tuesday for the already soggy Southeast, worrying residents still recovering from a weekend soaking that flooded hundreds of homes, washed out roads and forced evacuations.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI has taken the extraordinary step of ordering a Vatican investigation of the Legionaries of Christ, the influential, conservative religious order that has acknowledged that its founder fathered a child and molested seminarians.
AP - Authorities in Ohio say a man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool. Police in Newark, 30 miles east of Columbus, say when they responded to a report of a crash with injuries on March 4, they found a man who had wrecked a bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn mower.
AP - President Barack Obama embarked on his Europe trip Tuesday, with a hefty economic and national security agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago. The president and first lady Michelle Obama arrived in London Tuesday night local time.
OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Mar 30 (OneWorld.net) - Small-scale farmers from developing countries around the world are lending their expertise to people in the United Kingdom, who are increasingly growing their own fruits and vegetables to cope with rising prices.
AP - A Wisconsin judge has approved the release of a man who was found insane when he killed a Catholic priest and two others in a church nearly 30 years ago.
AFP - The US envoy for Sudan was due to leave Tuesday on his maiden trip to Khartoum and other regions, in order to persuade President Omar al-Beshir to allow aid groups back into war-torn Darfur.
AFP - US President Barack Obama's administration had its first direct contact with Iran Tuesday at a conference on Afghanistan's future where they found common cause on rebuilding the war-torn nation.
AP - The Illinois reform commission launched in response to the corruption scandal surrounding ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) has unveiled a sweeping blueprint for change that includes limits on campaign contributions.
AP - More than 1,000 retired military officers, including several who were top commanders, are urging President Barack Obama and Congress to maintain the law that bars gays from serving openly in the armed forces.
AP - More than a dozen men who spent a total of more than 200 years in prison for crimes they did not commit are asking Texas lawmakers to improve the state's criminal justice system.
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