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WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment is at a five-year high. Financial firms that withstood the Great Depression are failing. Congress and a lame-duck president are gridlocked. …

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ It is not the jury of O.J. Simpson’s dreams, but neither does it shape up to be his nightmare.

Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast. The world watched with wide open eyes in the days that followed as gross government …

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The performers pounded on animal-skin drums, the singer howled praise for Barack Obama, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the …

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical …

As Hurricane Gustav continued to batter the Gulf Coast states on Monday, Tropical Storm Hanna was upgraded to a hurricane.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki dug in his heels Monday on the future of the U.S. military in Iraq, insisting that all foreign …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose “Theme From Shaft” won both Academy …

NEW YORK (AP) — In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify …

  CHICAGO _ Actor and comedian Bernie Mac died Saturday morning due to complications from pneumonia in a Chicago hospital, according to several news organizations. …