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U.S. workers held in Haiti Ten U.S. Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday after trying to take 33 children out of Haiti at a time of growing...

Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron won the 2010 Miss America title Saturday night after strutting in a skintight dress, belting Beyonce's "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" and telling kids they should get outside...

From China, a backlash Military ties suspended over U.S.-Taiwan arms deal BEIJING -- China suspended military exchanges with the United States, threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies and warned...

Calif. to probe birth defects Schwarzenegger surprises poor town by stepping in FRESNO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered two state agencies to investigate a rash of birth defects...

A jury has decided in favor of U.S. and European shareholders who said the Vivendi media group lied to the public about its shaky finances. The company was found liable,...

Federal consumer safety regulators have announced the recall of "The Princess and The Frog" pendants because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium. The recall affects two products, about...

U.S. Bancorp has told the state that it plans to lay off 261 people at four Illinois facilities -- two in Chicago, one in Oak Park and one in Oakbrook...

Southwest Airlines finally has decided to wire its Boeing 737 fleet for wireless Internet service after dabbling with the concept for two years. The big question: Will the discounter offer...

Four men charged with trying to tamper with a senator's phones -- including a conservative activist known for targeting ACORN -- hoped to record embarrassing hidden camera footage to document...

- IndyCar star Danica Patrick (above) will compete in at least 12 NASCAR races this season and could make her debut in the season opener. Among her races is a...