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Abie Nathan, a maverick Israeli peace pioneer, an entrepreneur and a one-man humanitarian-aid organization, who went from playboy to intrepid "peace pilot," died Wednesday in Tel Aviv. He was 81....

They are a staple of consumer-complaint hot lines and Web sites: anguished tales about money stolen electronically from bank accounts, about unhelpful bank tellers and, finally, about unreimbursed losses. But...

As travelers continue to face sticker shock at the gas pump, more are turning to hybrid rental cars in search of savings. But with supply still limited and demand so...

Removing her ex-husband from more than a decade of memories may take a lifetime for Laura Horn, a police emergency dispatcher in Rochester, N.Y. But removing him from a dozen...

Zimbabwe lifted an almost 3-month-old ban on the work of aid groups Friday. The government had imposed the ban because it said some of the groups had been backing the...

On a sweltering morning this city's humidity turns visible in rivulets of sweat on the faces of the living. But as I stand in New Orleans' oldest extant cemetery, it...

The building at 32 Kartashov St. had had enough. It once served as home to a 19th Century merchant, a little log masterpiece with ornate doors and shutters carved like...

The U.S. military has secretly handed over more than 200 militants to the intelligence services of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries, nearly all in the past two years, as...

Sen. John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice Friday at a rally...

Israel is in the grip of a nightmarish tale of cross-generational infidelity, child abuse and murder. The story is blanketing the news media, while police detectives speak of never having...