Oil could hit $150 a barrel soon if investment in the Middle East and North Africa fails to rise with demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. Prices have remained high throughout 2011, partly...
(AP) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Leaders of Alabama’s most populous county have voted to file an estimated $4.1 billion bankruptcy, the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The Birmingham News reports the Jefferson County Commission’s action...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Packing hurricane-force winds, an Alaskan storm of “epic proportions” slammed into coastal communities, sending some residents fleeing to higher ground as it tore roofs from homes and knocked out power. The...
ATHENS, Greece – Senior banker Lucas Papademos has been officially named as Greece’s new prime minister, after four days of intense talks to form a coalition government. The interim government aims to approve a...
A senior Foreign Office official says British government ministers have been told to expect Israeli military action in the wake of the UN watchdog report “as early as Christmas or very early in the...
It’s the moment the human trafficking unit with Spain’s Mossos d’Esquadra was waiting for: After months of exhaustive preparation and dozens of operations, it finally made the big bust. This time, investigators broke up...
Washington (CNN) — Problems were reported across the country during the first-ever nationwide test Wednesday of the Emergency Alert System, designed to allow the president to address the American people during a national emergency. Some...
CNN) — Rescue crews worked to reach dozens trapped beneath the rubble Thursday after a strong earthquake rocked eastern Turkey, killing at least seven people, officials said. More than 100 people are buried under the...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The number of foreclosures climbed in October, as mortgage lenders started to work through the paperwork problems that had delayed new filings for much of the last year. Foreclosure filings...
The Finnish cell of the Anonymous hacktivist collective has issued a statement claiming responsibility for “exposing” a parliamentary aid’s affiliation to an active neo-Nazi group. The attack and subsequent data release reported by Anonymous...
