MOSCOW - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans a major stumbling block to such an agreement.
LONDON - The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. But starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web at http://www.codexsinaiticus.org so scholars and other readers can get a closer look at what the British Library calls a "unique treasure."
When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation. But the benefit is hardly the "Government Issue," one-size-fits-all standard the name implies.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - An actress who starred on the hit television series "Three's Company" has been arrested in Southern California and cited for drunken driving. Police say Joyce DeWitt, who played the character Janet Wood on the popular show, was pulled over Saturday afternoon after she drove past a barricade near a park in El Segundo.
MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. - A father and son are facing almost $20,000 in fees and fines after New York authorities said they removed about 42 tons of trash from their property. Brookhaven Town officials said they took away tires, car parts, hoses and other trash about 85,000 pounds in all piled up on a residential lot in Mastic Beach on eastern Long Island.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police say the gun found at the scene where former NFL star Steve McNair died was bought by his girlfriend less than two days before the two were shot to death.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting President Barack Obama and Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms and a deal to let U.S. troops fly across Russia at the start of a trip intended to mend strained ties.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara died on Monday aged 93. He will be remembered most as the leading architect of America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California suffered a new setback in its financial crisis on Monday when Fitch Ratings cut its rating on the state's general obligation debt to just two notches above junk status.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer accused of stealing secret trading codes from the financial firm has been released from federal custody after posting bail, authorities said on Monday.
URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Chinese police dispersed 200 people gathering outside a mosque in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, the day after ethnic riots killed 156 in the capital of the Muslim Xinjiang region, state media said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a week of holiday barbecues and hometown parades, the U.S. Congress returned to work on Monday to face what could be the year's most severe test -- finding common ground on a huge and costly U.S. healthcare overhaul.
KABUL (Reuters) - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks across Afghanistan on Monday, including four in one bombing in the north, amid a spike in violence as the U.S. military pushed ahead with a big new offensive, officials said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A restructured General Motors Corp will get the remaining $20 billion in government bankruptcy financing over the rest of this year and could be ready to launch an initial public stock offering in early 2010, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian and US leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama on Monday announced agreements on Afghanistan and cutting their nuclear arsenals as they sought a new era in battered relations.
URUMQI, China (AFP) - China said Tuesday at least 156 people were killed when Muslim Uighurs rioted in the restive region of Xinjiang in some of the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the country in decades.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Robert McNamara, the US secretary of defense whose broad career as an industry leader and a global financial aid revolutionary was overshadowed by his role as key architect of the Vietnam war, died Monday aged 93.
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Global concern mounted Monday after two people died in clashes as Honduran coup leaders blocked ousted President Manuel Zelaya from flying home, while his supporters took to the streets once again.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A judge Monday removed Michael Jackson's mother as administrator of his estate as Los Angeles went into lockdown for a star-studded memorial service to which more than 1.5 million people were denied seats.
NEW YORK (AFP) - General Motors cleared a major hurdle toward a quick exit from bankruptcy as a judge approved a government-backed plan to sell the best assets of the ailing Detroit automaker to a "new GM."
FRANKFURT (AFP) - The German chemical giant BASF announced on Monday 3,700 job cuts by 2013 under a deep restructuring plan that follows its takeover of the Swiss group Ciba.
Today could be a day of liberation for millions of college graduates who are struggling with college loan payments. Thanks to the federal government's new Income Based Repayment Plan, which takes effect today, many debtors can cut their payments on their federal student loans to less than 15 percent of their incomes.
The vast majority of resumes I see read like a series of job descriptions, listing duties and responsibilities at each position the job applicant has held. But resumes that stand out do something very different. For each position, they answer the question: What did you accomplish in this job that someone else wouldn't have?
To say Americans are feeling lousy about their retirement prospects is a huge understatement. They're feeling downright hopeless. Only 13 percent of adults over 25 are certain they'll be able to live comfortably in their later years, according to a recent survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. That's the lowest level of confidence reported since the annual survey began in 1993. And who can blame these dejected retirement savers? The majority of would-be retirees have watched their nest eggs crumble in the market's undoing, and few have the cushion of a traditional pension. ...