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Kerry becomes all-around adviser to Obama  2009-10-22 12:59:49

Sen. John Kerry has ascended to the unofficial role of President Barack Obama's global adviser on key issues that could reshape the nation's image around the world.



US man accused of plot to kill US politicians  2009-10-22 12:50:57

A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent US politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls.



Man wields plastic knife to hijack plane  2009-10-22 11:21:56

Egyptian security agents on Wednesday arrested a Sudanese man who tried to hijack an airliner armed with a plastic knife, security sources said.



Abdullah, Afghanistan's comeback kid  2009-10-22 10:25:24

Three years after being axed as Afghan foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah has capped a startling political comeback by depriving his former boss Hamid Karzai of an easy re-election victory.



Switzerland, not US, initiated Polanski's detention  2009-10-22 08:59:51

Swiss officials tipped off the United States and set in motion the arrest of director Roman Polanski last month in his decades-old child sex case, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.



Man wanted in Europe found working at Neb. prison  2009-10-21 13:56:40

A man wanted in Europe has landed in a Nebraska prison for the state's most dangerous criminals...



Lawsuit details Madoff's bottom-bunk prison life  2009-10-21 13:43:58

Fallen financier Bernard Madoff has plunged from his Manhattan penthouse to the lower bunk of a cell he shares with a drug offender at a federal prison, where he eats pizza cooked by a child molester and hangs around with a mob boss and a convicted spy, according to legal papers filed Tuesday.



Berlusconi cleared over official jet use  2009-10-21 11:45:06

A special tribunal yesterday rejected a complaint against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for using his official plane to ferry guests to his private parties, media reports said.



Obama mocks critics of his bid for 2016 Olympics  2009-10-21 11:16:45

President Barack Obama is having some fun at the expense of those who criticized him for trying to help his Chicago hometown land the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.



Former nurse's aide in US becomes Ugandan king  2009-10-20 19:29:56

For years, Charles Wesley Mumbere worked as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick. No one there suspected that he had inherited a royal title in his African homeland when he was just 13.



Obama aides say Fox News is not news  2009-10-20 13:24:57

Jeans fetch Japan's first lady honor  2009-10-20 10:31:38

Coke found on 92-year-old  2009-10-20 10:28:07

No pay for Bank of America CEO in '09  2009-10-16 15:55:44





Elvis hair up for auction in Chicago  2009-10-13 11:52:28