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General Motors Corp. plans to close as many as 13 factories, four more than it previously said, within the next four years if members of the United Auto Workers approve...

Eva Birath strolled along the boardwalk, past shops and stands selling pungent varieties of junk food that she would never allow herself to eat. Birath is a 5-foot-11 Swedish woman...

The number of violent civilian deaths in Iraq dropped in September compared with the previous month, an Iraqi government official and an independent monitoring group said Monday. The general downward...

A UN envoy to Myanmar met Sunday with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and with several members of the military junta that last week crushed a peaceful pro-democracy...

A UN envoy to Myanmar met Sunday with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and with several members of the military junta that last week crushed a peaceful pro-democracy...

As public and media attention refocused on the off-field life of O.J. Simpson, Kathleen McCarthy of Maple Springs, N.Y., thought it might be time to make some money off an...

When Tom Glavine, a star pitcher for the New York Mets, earned his milestone 300th victory on a hot and humid night last month, he had a secret weapon. It...

When Tara Ruotolo recruited far-flung pals and friends of friends to run the 197-mile Nike Hood to Coast relay race in northwest Oregon, she didn't choose her partners in grime...

A meat company on Saturday issued a nationwide recall for 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products after reports of up to 25 cases of illness caused by suspected E....

This is a short and shady tale about lamps. It starts with the lamp base. Sometimes we have the lamp base and we just "have" to replace the shade because...