American Airlines Inc. acknowledged it will furlough 900 flight attendants this summer as part of its employee reduction plan announced in May. "These are difficult, but necessary changes given the unprecedented challenges we face with overcapacity in the industry," said
In a bastion of the religious right, Barack Obama urged Americans Wednesday to look past the "bustle and busyness" of their everyday lives to find a way to help make the American dream real not just for themselves, but for
A 14-year-old told authorities she helped Michael Jacques, BrookeBennett's uncle, take the missing 12-year-old to Jacques' Randolph Vermont home on June25 to be initiated into a sex ring called Breckinridge. Brooke has notbeen seen since that day.
Federal officials say fugitive hedge-fund swindler Samuel Israel has surrendered to authorities. Israel was supposed to report to federal prison June 9 after being convicted of bilking hedge-fund investors out of $450 million.
Washington authorities are investigating a suspicious package at the World Bank headquarters in the northwest part of the city. The bank says in a statement that a man approached a security officer with a suspicious package. Police were notified, and
Colombia's military says it has rescued 15 hostages, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors, from leftist rebels.
Frustrated Iraqis trying to tank up their cars faced miles-long gas lines in temperatures soaring above 100 degrees Tuesday — a stark reminder that a country with one of the world's largest oil reserves still has major challenges delivering fuel
Helmsley, who died last August, specified in a two-page "mission statement" that the entire trust, valued at $5 billion to $8 billion, be used for the care and welfare of dogs, according to two people who have seen the document
Just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, police say a slender man parked in front ofPhao's Ca Doa restaurant in Garland, Texas got out of the car and firedtwo rounds at the building. No one was injured.
State media reports that 18 miners have been killed in a mine-shaft collapse in northwest China. Twenty-eightminers were working underground when the accident happened Tuesday atthe state-owned Huisen Liangshuijing Coal Mine in Shaanxi province, theofficial Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
Secretive talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinesegovernment entered a second day Wednesday, with the goal of easingtensions following anti-government riots in Tibet in March.
Videos showing Leon police practicing torture techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the instruction of a U.S. adviser created an uproar Tuesday in Mexico, which has struggled to eliminate torture in law enforcement.
People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain. While many are still deciding who should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Obama than McCain to their summer cookout, according to
As crude soared to a new record, the head of the International Energy Agency declared that the world was in the grip of an "oil shock," and the president of OPEC acknowledged he could not say whether prices would flatten
Weary crews battling wildfires across northern and central California are going to get help from the National Guard, the first time the military has been called to ground-based firefighting duty since 1977.
