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The skies over the White House were overcast Friday as President Obama and several prominent members of his economic team ent...

State apologizes for mistreatment of Italian residents during WWII Legislature passes resolution expressing 'deepest regret' for the wartime internment, curfews, conf...

422,000 Loans Modified Under U.S. Program, Data Shows By DAVID STREITFELD Published: August 20, 2010 Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints The Obama administration’s cen...

Single? You're not alone For every 100 single women in the United States, there are 88 unmarried men available, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. STORY HIGHLIGHTS96 million people in the United States have no spouse46 per...

CBC.caAhead of the Bell: Jobless ClaimsBusinessWeekNew applications for unemployment benefits likely dipped last week but not enough to signal aa major breakthrough in the job market. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect first-time claims for job...

Crackdown on Russia's lethal drink culture where vodka is country's number one killerIvan the Terrible ramped up its production, Mikhail Gorbachev banned it and Boris Yeltsin wandered the streets of Washington in his underpants after consuming too much of...

UberGizmo (blog)Xbox 360 Slim sales crush Nintendo and SonyT3Microsoft's new slimmer version of the Xbox 360 (now dubbed the 'S' by Microsoft) stormed to the top of US console sales for July with nearly half a million ...Week recap: PS3 Madden...

France24Europe's biggest balloon festival takes flightAFPBRISTOL, England — Europe's biggest balloon festival took off Thursday with weird and wonderful shapes filling the skies to mark the golden jubilee of modern hot air ballooning. More than ha...

Telegraph.co.ukThousands Flee as Pakistan Floods Sweep SouthVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP The worst floods to hit Pakistan in 80 years are flowing south, forcing more than a half million people to flee their homes. The nearly two-week disaster has affected at...

The GuardianPakistan floods 'hit 12m people'BBC NewsThe worst floods in Pakistan's history have now affected 12 million people, says the government relief agency. Nadeem Ahmed, of the National Disaster Management Authority, said that figure on...