Monday was unpacking day for the astronauts at the international space station. Among the top items to be hauled into the space station: a new toilet and a contraption that purifies urine and sweat into drinkable water at the orbiting outpost.
At a time when the economy is hitting immigrants especially hard, many are missing out on benefit programs, activists and government officials say. One reason: fear of arrest.�
Nine young actresses are featured on the latest cover of Vanity Fair. The magazine claims that they're all part of the new wave of Hollywood, but not one of them is a person of color.
Looking pale and drawn, an American missionary was on his way home after being freed by North Korea, which detained him for illegally crossing its border from China.
The Treasury says it will invest up to $1 billion in small banks that serve poor communities as part of the Obama administration's efforts to spur more lending to small businesses.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says Congress can recoup "outrageous" bonuses for AIG employees through a new bank fee in President Barack Obama's proposed budget.
China's indignant reaction to the announcement of U.S. plans to sell weapons to Taiwan appears to be in keeping with a new attitude that is worrying governments across the globe.
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