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NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are tumbling as investors worry that Greece won't qualify for a new installment of emergency funds in time to avoid defaulting on its debt. Investors...

NEW YORK (AP) -- What are the odds? On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Sunday, horses wearing the numbers 9, 1 and 1 won the first...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the capital...

The American Legion National Convention returns to its roots in Minneapolis this year for the annual gathering of thousands of veterans and friends. And barely more than two weeks after...

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Irene's rains began reaching the U.S. East Coast on Friday ahead of a weekend of punishing weather from the Carolinas to as far north...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City...

DENVER (AP) -- The strongest earthquake to strike Colorado in more than 40 years shook awake hundreds of people, toppled groceries off shelves and caused minor damage to homes in...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Just when Wall Street seemed to have settled down, a barrage of bad economic reports collided with fresh worries about European banks Thursday and triggered a...

WASHINGTON -- Emergency legislation to avoid an economy-rattling government default sped through the House tonight, a scant day before the deadline for action -- the dramatic vote made all the...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Buoyant gay couples cheered by supporters began marrying today on the landmark day that New York became the sixth and largest state to recognize same-sex weddings...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A grim-faced President Barack Obama convened fresh talks today with congressional leaders aimed at averting a national financial default in just 10 days, shortly after the latest...