The pregame warm-up is over. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's urgent task now: Learn the lessons of a primary season peppered with tactical and communications errors that cost time and money while reinforcing doubts about him.
By Mahawish Rezvi and Chris Allbritton | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani airliner with 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad on Friday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors.
By Michael Vega Two of the oldest living Red Sox - Johnny Pesky (left) and Bobby Doerr - were comfortable in their front-row seats for the ceremonies commemorating Fenway Park's 100th anniversary.
By Dave Clark (AFP) - 1 hour ago PARIS - French presidential candidates marked a one day truce Saturday on the eve of voting in a first-round poll to whittle the ten-strong field down to two frontrunners.
By Ian Timberlake (AFP) - 43 minutes ago KHARTOUM, Sudan - South Sudanese forces were continuing a pullout from Sudan's main Heglig oilfield on Saturday, an official said, as US President Barack Obama called on both states to have the courage to resume ...
By BASSEM MROUE AP BEIRUT - Activists say fighting and government shelling has stopped in Syria's central city of Homs in advance of an expected visit by UN observers.
By Liam Stack Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to demand that generals relinquish the power they took after former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
Three key laboratories forming Defence Research and Development Organisation's missile complex at Hyderabad designed most parts, barring the launcher of the India's longest range ballistic missile, Agni-V, which was successfully flight-tested on ...
BANGKOK (AP) - The increasingly enthusiastic love affair between Burma and the West is about to heat up further with the European Union's expected announcement that it is easing sanctions on the Southeast Asian nation, also known as Myanmar.
The head of the US nuclear power watchdog on Friday refuted allegations that he bullies women colleagues in a controversy that involves several political subplots.
Heartbroken customers lined up for meal at a closing San Francisco institution - a 100-year-old Chinese restaurant once known for having "the world's rudest waiter.
April 20, 2012: Defendant Marcus Robinson, left, sits with his lawyers during the final day of his hearing under the Racial Justice Act at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Fayetteville, NCAP FAYETTEVILLE, NC - A condemned killer's trial was so ...
In this May 28, 2010 photo provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, inmate Jose A. Ramos is shown. Ramos was investigated for the 1979 disappearance of 6 year old Etan Patz, when the admitted child molester was dating Etan's babysitter.
WASHINGTON - Finance ministers and central bank governors hope a more than $430 billion increase in resources of the International Monetary Fund will be enough to handle any fresh crisis in the eurozone.
At least two Chesapeake Energy Corp. shareholders have asked a federal judge to shut down a program that lets CEO Aubrey McClendon buy a stake in all of the company's wells after a wire service reported McClendon had secured up to $1.1 billion in ...
By Paul Nussbaum American Airlines employees help passengers check in at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Dallas. US Airways has struck deals with labor unions at American Airlines to win their support for a possible merger that could save about 6200 jobs ...
KEVIN BEGOS, AP PITTSBURGH (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul got a spirited reception Friday from a capacity crowd of about 2300 people at the University of Pittsburgh.
Jeb Bush said he would consider being Mitt Romney's running mate, but doubts the presumed Republican presidential nominee would even ask him to join the ticket.
By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Apr 20, 2012 8:34 AM As refreshed iPhone is expected in October, as Apple is said to use a material called liquidmetal to differentiate itself from the competition, according to reports.
By Kevin McLaughlin, CRN As Microsoft prepares to stake its claim in the tablet market with Windows 8, the company is tweaking its software licensing to make it more expensive for organizations that remotely access virtual desktops using non-Windows ...
The exec had a rocky tenure at the film studio, with his greatest setback being the March box-office failure "John Carter." Rich Ross, who had enjoyed great success running Disney's cable channels but struggled in the top post at the film studio, ...
Colton Dixon, right, says goodbye to his fellow contestants after learning he had been eliminated Thursday on 'American Idol.' He will rejoin them on a summer tour in July.
The Nashville Predators celebrate after defeating the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series on Friday, April 20, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn.
Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal (11) draws a crowd of celebrating teammates after his second-period goal against the Flyers. (gene j. puskar/Associated Press) Associated Press / April 21, 2012 Marc-Andre Fleury restored order to his goal crease and his ...
Ex-Wolverine Manny Harris grabs the arm of JR Smith as he drives to the basket. Harris had 19 points and 12 boards. / PHIL MASTURZO/McClatchy-Tribune CLEVELAND -- Amare Stoudemire's return from a back injury didn't help the playoff-bound New York ...
Phillies win a strange one, continue domination in San Diego SAN DIEGO -- Two balks on their starting pitcher. Their leadoff man called out for hitting outside the batter's box.
A 2000-year-old box that is being lauded as the earliest Christian artifact ever found has been misconstrued, according to several scholars who were not involved in the box's discovery.
Polar bears, long thought to have branched off relatively recently from brown bears, developing their white coats, webbed paws and other adaptations over the last 150000 years or so to cope with life on Arctic Sea ice, are not descended from brown ...
By Gopal Sharma | KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A team of US scientists departed on Friday to conduct research on Mount Everest climbers in an effort to further knowledge of the cardiovascular system at extreme altitudes and help improve treatment for heart ...
A Field Notes column last Sunday (“Bridal Hunger Games”) reported on some diets that brides use to drop 15 or 20 pounds before their weddings: Weight Watchers and a personal fitness trainer, juice cleanses, the Dukan diet, diet pills, hormone shots and ...
