Obama urges US corporate tax cut
2012-02-23 06:55:18
US President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday.
1 dead in US Wal-Mart shooting
2012-02-23 06:30:28
A woman was shot and wounded by a man who later killed himself when confronted by police on Wednesday at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center in the US state of Virginia.
Argentine train crash kills 49
2012-02-23 00:35:42
A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 others.
Train derailment injures 300 in Argentina
2012-02-22 21:24:26
The derailment of an inter-city train has resulted in the injury of at least 300 people in the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires early Wednesday, a local emergency rescue official announced.
11 abused children removed from Texas home
2012-02-22 09:47:28
Eleven abused children, some were tied up, had been removed from a crowded home in the US state of Texas where a registered sex offender lives, authorities said Tuesday.
Houston ranked as fattest city in US
2012-02-22 04:37:06
Houston has been ranked by a leading health magazine as the nation's fattest city, with 34 percent of its population being overweight.
Dow crosses 13,000 for first time since '08
2012-02-22 01:06:02
The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since before the 2008 financial crisis.
F-15
2012-02-21 12:48:23
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat.
Sex change ops for kids on the rise
2012-02-21 08:12:33
A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors.
'Artificial leaf' may yield power source
2012-02-21 08:12:33
Turbo-charging photosynthesis - by which plants and bacteria turn sunlight into food and energy - in an "artificial leaf" could yield a vast commercial power source.
Prison riot kills 44 in Mexico
2012-02-21 08:12:33
An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners, and the jail's director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained.
Obama, Karzai speak on strategic issues
2012-02-21 06:26:12
US President Barack Obama on Monday talked with President Karzai of Afghanistan over the phone on an array of strategic issues of mutual concern.