ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The man in charge of the Gulf oil spill claims process is speaking at the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association's fall board meeting in Orlando. Ken Feinb..

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tests have found dangerous levels of the compound iodide in groundwater near where an agricultural pesticide that is pending approval in California had been appl..

MIAMI (AP) - Commodity wealth, long considered a trap to promoting sustainable growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, could be the foundation for future prosperity. That is the..

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is taking to the nation's airwaves once again, this time for an address to America's schoolchildren in which he will tell them nothing is b..

Spanish police early Tuesday arrested nine people for suspected links to the Basque separatist group ETA, the first such detentions since ETA declared a unilateral cease-fire earlier this month, an Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN.

New Zealand\'s air force has gone to the rescue of a sick American -- in Antarctica.

Rafael Nadal sealed a career Grand Slam with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over Serbia\'s Novak Djokovic in the final of the U.S. Open on Monday, making him the seventh player in tennis history to achieve this milestone.

When Japan\'s ruling party finishes its leadership vote, the Asian island nation could have its third prime minister in a year.

Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the man accused of trying to blow up a plane last Christmas, said in court Monday he no longer wants to be represented by federal defenders and would act as his own attorney.

The Obama administration is preparing to notify Congress of plans to sell $60 billion of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, according to a U.S. defense official.

Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran for more than a year, could be released as early as Monday once $500,000 is submitted to the Iranian judiciary.

NEW YORK (AP) - "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie is not a great fan of organized worship but believes an Islamic center and mosque should be permitted two blocks from gro..

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - Police said Monday they have arrested two robbers who set a clothing store ablaze, killing six young women in the normally tranquil capital of the Carib..

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pitt backup tailback Jason Douglas has been suspended from the team after police charged him with hitting a pedestrian while driving drunk. Douglas is a 19-year-o..

Cuba announced on Monday it would lay off \"at least\" half a million state workers over the next six months and simultaneously allow more jobs to be created in the private sector.

NEW YORK (AP) - A defense lawyer says a student accused of cutting a Muslim taxi driver's neck in New York City has post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic alcoholism. A Manhatt..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon plans to ask Congress soon for permission to sell up to $60 billion in advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia, in what could be the largest single U.S. arm..

HAVANA (AP) - Cuba says it will fire at least half a million state workers by mid-2011 and will free up private enterprise to help them find new work - radically remaking employmen..

Four Americans, accused of dispensing AIDS medication without a license, are expected to appear before a magistrate in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Monday, the U.S. Embassy in the country said.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A plane carrying 51 people crashed Monday in eastern Venezuela, and officials said at least 21 people survived. The French-built ATR-42 from the state air..