Commerce Department says new homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000 units in May, a record low and an 18.3% drop from a year earlier...
An internal BP document released on Sunday showed that the company has estimated that oil could pour from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of 100,000barrels a day..
President Obama came into office as the heir to a great foreign policy legacy enjoyed by every recent U.S. president. Why? Because the United States stands on top of the power ladder, not necessarily as the dominant power...
Russia wants the ruble to be one of the world’s reserve currencies as President Dmitry Medvedev renews his push to reduce the dollar’s dominance and make Moscow a global financial hub...
The World Cup in South Africa is currently showcasing some of the finest soccer players on the planet, but another soccer competition featured a different kind of talent. Over the weekend, a sexy soccer showdown pitted Germany against Brazil. The contestants? Body painted porn stars. WARNING PICTURES CONTAIN NUDITY.
The UN Security Council has said it is "gravely concerned" for the future of peace on the Korean peninsula, following the sinking of a South Korean naval ship in March.
For decades after gunmen shot down his brothers , Sen. Edward Kennedy lived under constant assassination threats of his own, sometimes chillingly specific...
"This is clearly a throwback to an earlier time, and people wonder, how can we still be doing that?" asked Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C.
An Australian hedge fund manager said it has filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. seeking more than $1 billion in damages after losing money in troubled mortgage-linked securities.
The dollar slipped Thursday against most other major currencies after export data from China showed a continued rebound in global trade while claims slipped...
Why would Israel, in a deliberate and methodical operation planned over a week in advance - according to statements by senior Israeli military commanders made in Hebrew-language media days before the attack..
The book has abundant details of Lyndon Johnson's tax and financial shenanigans and how both Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon used the Internal Revenue Service to pursue their enemies....