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The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday.

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Obama wins the White House. Sex scandals. Stock market crashes, rebounds and crashes again. Natural disasters. See the year's top news in photos.

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Monday was a big day for President-elect Barack Obama, with a major TV appearance scheduled to introduce his six-member national security team, including one of the biggest political rivals of his career.

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Gov. Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency as California faces $11.2B budget deficit.

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Chicago police take William Balfour into custody in connection with the murders of actress Jennifer Hudson's family.

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George Bush confessed he was "unprepared for war" and that the lowest point of his presidency was his administration's mistake on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

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Passengers of a luxury cruise ship were victims of some unexpected high seas drama, as their ocean liner came under attack from brazen Somali pirates.Two fishing boats commandeered by pirates attacked...

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Researchers have found a bag of marijuana weighing nearly two pounds buried in a tomb in a remote part of China. The grass, all 1.79 kilograms of it, was obviously "cultivated for psychoactive...

Dec 1, 2008

On Monday morning, parents dropped their children off at school and many shopkeepers opened their doors for the first time since the attacks ravaged Mumbai

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But the Giants receiver was led out of a police precinct in handcuffs Monday after surrendering on a weapons possession charge.

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Confirmation that the nation is in a recession and signs pointing to a prolonged downturn sent Wall Street plunging once again Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 700 points.

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“I'd like to live life without the limelight for a while,” Bush said in the first part of an interview with ABC aired on “Good Morning America.”

Dec 1, 2008

CHICAGO – When Sen. Hillary Clinton joins President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today for the rollout of his foreign policy team, with her as secretary of State, it will mark the latest evolution...

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The newest spy tools can turn the average person into a private eye.

Dec 1, 2008

Good morning. Last week, we announced our economic team, which is working as we speak to craft an Economic Recovery Program to create jobs and grow our struggling economy. Today, Vice President-elect Biden...

Dec 1, 2008 | 3 comments

He once begrudgingly called her "likable enough," she dismissed his foreign policy views as "irresponsible and frankly naive." So why is it that Barack Obama's is nominating Hillary Clinton to be his secretary...

Dec 1, 2008

Read this and you'll look smart. You don't have to be intelligent to impress people -- you just have to fake it...

Dec 1, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama will be presented with an attache case known as "the football" on Jan. 20 -- a case that is chock full of nuclear codes and secrets that only a select few have seen.

Nov 30, 2008 | 16 comments

Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all.

Nov 30, 2008 | 3 comments

Palin’s flash emergence on the national stage has left her as well positioned as any Republican to make a serious run for the GOP nomination in 2012, yet waning support from the political center may threaten...

Dec 1, 2008

A group of whales that became stranded on a remote coastline in southern Australia were battered to death on rocks before rescuers could save them.

Dec 1, 2008 | 1 comment

The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program has become permanent with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.

Dec 1, 2008 | 1 comment

President George W. Bush on Sunday dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to New Delhi in support of India following the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 200 people, including six American...

Dec 1, 2008

Cash-strapped adult developments across the nation are considering scrapping the age restriction that bar young whippersnappers from their communities in order to stay afloat.