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Bar-going Britons may soon be bidding goodbye to their country's all-you-can-drink deals -- as well as some of their more outlandish drinking games. The government said Tuesday it was banning...

American Airlines is raising its fees on checked bags for passengers buying tickets starting Feb. 1, joining other carriers. The company said it is raising the charge for the first...

Cubs pitcher and three-time All-Star Carlos Zambrano said he has big plans for his recently-launched Big Z Foundation, which assists underserved families in Chicago and developing countries. How big? "Next...

- Maria Sharapova tumbled out of the Australian Open on Monday in her worst performance at a Grand Slam event since 2003, falling 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 to Maria Kirilenko...

Final election push Democrat Martha Coakley rolled out an eleventh-hour TV ad featuring President Obama amid intense get-out-the-vote efforts by both parties on the eve of Tuesday's crucial Senate election...

The head of the IMF said developing Asian economies are leading a global recovery that is faster and stronger than expected, but warned that money rushing into emerging markets could...

A union representing British Airways cabin crew said Monday it will hold a strike vote in a dispute over pay, job security and working conditions. The Unite union said it...

Malawi puts 2 gay men on trial Government rejects outside criticism of criminal case BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Malawi's government said Monday that it is unmoved by international criticism of the...

Three Guantanamo Bay detainees whose deaths were ruled a suicide in 2006 apparently had been transported from their cells hours before their deaths to a secret site on the island,...

Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Monday it transferred part of its U.S. life insurance business to American investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for $1.27 billion to free up capital and...