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Obama pledges to tackle government spending: President-elect Obama says he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first. ›17:54
Obama pledges to tackle government spending: President-elect Obama says he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first. ›17:54
Apple cuts iTunes pricing, eases copy protection: Apple is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online music store to 69 cents and plans to begin selling all tracks without copy protection. ›18:19 6 Jan, Tue
The fall of green travel: Environmentally-conscious vacations are out of fashion. Travelers expect their next getaway to be green and theyre not willing to pay more for it. ›22:56 5 Jan, Mon
Despite actions, Fed sees downturn lasting: Federal Reserve officials feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time despite their decision to slash interest rates to a record low. ›21:34 6 Jan, Tue
China, U.S. praise 'pingpong diplomacy': A senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that relations with China would strengthen further, as the countries played a game of table tennis to commemorate 30 years of ties warmed by "pingpong diplomacy." ›17:50
Check out the latest batch of travel photos: Its A Snap! ›23:50 2 Jan, Fri
Gene that makes breast cancer spread is found: A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said. ›23:20 5 Jan, Mon
Dozens held over alleged Turkish coup plot: Turkish police detained more than 30 people including three retired generals in a widening probe into an alleged plot to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government, according to reports Wednesday. ›16:06
China milk scare in U.S.: Adopted kids tested: China's worst product-safety scandal in years has hit home for thousands of U.S. adoptive parents who are seeking answers about potential effects of melamine in tainted formula. ›21:01 2 Jan, Fri
Seasoned road warrior shares lessons learned: All the travel chaos this past year does have the proverbial silver lining: You learn stuff. Here are five things Joe Brancatelli of Portfolio.com learned this year. ›20:24 30 Dec, Tue
Unruly passenger delays Moscow-Atlanta flight: Delta Air Lines says a man aboard a flight from Moscow to Atlanta was so unruly that the plane had to make an unscheduled stop in Canada. ›16:24 5 Jan, Mon
U.S. tourist stabbed in Rome, in critical condition: An American tourist from California is in serious condition in a Rome hospital after being stabbed outside a bar in downtown Rome. ›12:41 5 Jan, Mon
Soap operas deliver safe-sex message: A federal study is using short videos to go beyond pamphlets on safe sex and deliver the message to women who might otherwise tune it out. ›20:51 3 Jan, Sat
Holes in health care mean teens face future ills: Many adolescents are falling through cracks in the health care system what a major new report calls missed opportunities to shape the next generations health. ›22:55 5 Jan, Mon
Cool ice-skating rinks in America: Enjoy the season with a dash of winter air at rinks around the country. ›16:16 5 Jan, Mon
Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire plan: Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach civilians, but also gave the military a green light to press ahead with its assault on Hamas. ›17:04
Airlines fly into new year with wave of fare sales: A wave of fare sales has spread across the airline industry in the early days of the new year as the weak economy continues to put pressure on carriers to fill seats even after they drastically reduced capacity and some expressed willingness to cut more. ›23:31 6 Jan, Tue
Ex-astronaut emerges as NASA prospect: Former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. is emerging as a lead candidate to head NASA in the Obama administration. ›21:15 6 Jan, Tue
L.A. water cops get muscle to fight drought: The green thumbs who keep lawns lush and flora flourishing in Los Angeles have found a new foe among the aphids, white flies and other yard pests the water police. ›22:47 6 Jan, Tue
Mars trip proposed for space shuttles: The co-founder of a rocket launch firm has proposed an audacious plan to send astronauts on a one-way trek to Mars using a pair of tethered U.S. space shuttles that would parachute to the Martian surface. ›01:33
Runaway stars go ballistic: New images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal 14 young, runaway stars plowing through regions of dense interstellar gas, creating brilliant arrowhead structures and trailing tails of glowing gas. ›17:55
Did Earth's twin cores spark plate tectonics?: It's a classic image from every youngster's science textbook: a cutaway image of Earth's interior. The brown crust is paper-thin; the warm mantle orange, the seething liquid of the outer core yellow, and at the center the core, a ball of solid, red-hot iron. Now a new theory aims to rewrite it all by proposing the seemingly impossible: Earth has not one but two inner cores. ›19:56 6 Jan, Tue
Lovesick teen's boyfriend jailed over murders: A 20-year-old man who helped kill a lovesick girl's family because the two were forbidden to date has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. ›10:01
