Naked performance art on Wall St. ends in arrests
2011-08-02 11:24:20
Some artists got naked on Wall Street during a performance art piece _ and then they got arrested.
Polygamist leader: God demands judge's removal
2011-08-02 11:11:32
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs made a third attempt Monday to remove the Texas judge overseeing his child sex assault case _ this time claiming God himself demands a change.
FBI files reveal more threats to late Sen. Kennedy
2011-08-02 10:52:30
Newly released FBI documents reveal that threats against the late Sen. Edward Kennedy continued long after the assassinations of his brothers.
New York wedding planners brace for same-sex boom
2011-08-02 10:45:25
New York City's event planners are gearing up for a surge in business after the Empire State embraced same-sex marriage and hundreds of couples rush to tie the knot.
US airport inspectors work without pay
2011-08-02 10:45:25
Republicans late Monday blocked a bipartisan US Senate plan to end the partial shutdown of the FAA.
US challenges tough Alabama immigration law
2011-08-02 10:05:30
Last year, the Justice Department obtained a preliminary injunction against a similarly stringent Arizona immigration law.
US House passes debt ceiling bill
2011-08-02 08:25:36
Emergency legislation to avoid an economy-rattling government default sped through the House Monday night, a scant day before the deadline for action.
Putin says US is 'parasite' on global economy
2011-08-02 06:45:55
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Monday of living beyond its means "like a parasite" on the global economy.
Clinton swears in new US envoy to China
2011-08-02 06:25:00
Former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has been sworn in as the new US ambassador to China, becoming the first Chinese-American to hold the post.
US lawmakers to vote on last-minute debt deal
2011-08-02 06:20:48
US congressional leaders scrambled to line up Republican and Democratic votes on Monday for a White House House-backed deal to raise the US borrowing limit and avert an unprecedented debt default.
'Potter' finale conjures up $1 billion worldwide
2011-08-01 09:35:24
Harry Potter has joined the billion-dollar club.
'Really close' to debt deal as deadline nears
2011-08-01 06:58:57
Obama and congressional leaders reached for a compromise to permit vital borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts.