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A string of explosions hit a Baghdad market and the capital’s western outskirts on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and exposing the challenges still […]

At the start of the critical holiday shopping season, the economy received a dose of mixed news Wednesday.
Consumers barely increased their spending in October, and […]

Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has […]

Stocks finished about where they started Friday as investors balanced positive signs for the U.S. economy with a looming deadline for a deficit-cutting committee in […]

ATHENS, GREECE

The latest “Call of Duty” video game generated $400 million in sales in its first 24 hours in stores, breaking its own record set this […]

Property owners at the Lake of the Ozarks can breathe easier as the result of a decision today by federal regulators.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]

Advancing pools of filthy water threatened the Thai capital’s subway system Monday and surrounded the emergency headquarters set up to deal with flooding that has […]

Greece’s prime minister abandoned his explosive plan to put a European rescue deal to popular vote Thursday, keeping his government alive _ but passionate squabbling […]

For Americans planning for retirement, the past decade has been dreadful.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has lost an annualized 0.4 percent since 2000, compared […]