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Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau officers decided Friday they will seek a meeting with a state official who has taken issue with its executive compensation practices. The officers hope to...

Two bomb blasts targeting a bus filled with Shiite Muslims and later a hospital killed at least 22 people in Karachi on Friday in the latest outbreak of violence plaguing...

Oil prices ended the week at the lowest level in nearly two months, weighed down by a stronger dollar and persistent doubts about the health of the global economy. Benchmark...

Michael Jackson's doctor wanted to seek his day in court Friday by surrendering before being charged in the singer's death, but prosecutors upstaged the plan by announcing that no case...

The Army is curtailing plans to cut what it spends on running its bases worldwide after concerns from soldiers and Congress that services for military families might suffer. Secretary of...

Ty Inc., the maker of Beanie Babies, has gone to court again to protect its famous trademark, this time taking on retailing giant Toys R Us. Westmont-based Ty claims in...

Ah, the ketchup packet. So messy. So small. So hard to open. After 40 years, change is coming to the condiment container we love to hate. H.J. Heinz Co. is...

Ten members of a U.S. missionary group who said they were trying to rescue 33 child victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake were charged Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association,...

Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub, while their pint glasses won't. The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government Thursday. Officials swore the...

The American military is rushing delivery of dozens of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq after accusations that widely-used mechanical devices are ineffective to pinpoint explosives at checkpoints and other search sites,...