PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) - MasterCard is buying DataCash Group for $520 million in cash, a company that provides electronic payments and fraud prevention for customers buying goods onli..

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago storage facility is auctioning off seven vaults worth of files, photographs and other items that belong to former Gov. Rod Blagoje..

GARY, Ind. (AP) - The director of the Gary/Chicago International Airport is leaving for a similar job in Naples, Fla. Airport Director Chris Curry says he'll begin his new job over..

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The government now says the final plugging of BP's blown-out Gulf well will begin sometime after Labor Day. Jeffrey Carter, an aide to the goverment's spill chie..

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Four family members from Florida were among the 41 people killed in a bus crash in the northern Philippines. Family members identified the Florida victims..

An American teenager who visited North Korea in his quest to establish a \"children\'s peace forest\" in the demilitarized zone returned from his trip.

ATLANTA (AP) - An egg company is expanding its recall of potentially salmonella-tainted eggs. The Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, is recalling 380 million eggs. Hundreds of people..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - You've just got a few days left to claim that forgotten Rolex watch, gold bar salvaged from a ship wreck or platinum necklace with 214 diamonds. If no one ..

North Korean state media on Thursday confirmed the seizure of a South Korean fishing boat earlier this month with seven crew members aboard.

Aid workers have been ambushed, bombed, assassinated or taken hostage in growing numbers worldwide. But that dangerous reality hasn\'t deterred many from staying in their humanitarian jobs.

Pakistan is reeling from a natural disaster affecting 20 million people but relief groups say donors have been painfully slow in helping.

The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1.

Moscow authorities have cut the daily sales hours for beverages with more than 15 percent alcohol, making it illegal to buy such beverages in stores between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., according to Russian state-run news agency RIA-Novosti.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Services have begun in the funeral of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who died last week in a plane crash in southwest Alaska and was the longest-serving Rep..

NEW YORK -  New York Gov. David Paterson plans to meet with developers of the controversial ground zero mosque as early as this week to offer them state land - at another loca..

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Southwest airlines has added a new nonstop flight.Starting February 13th, there is going to be a nonstop flight from Ft. Myers to Nashville. Seasonal nonstop fli..

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Obama's brief visit to Miami Beach is bringing both cheers of support and signs of protest. Obama arrived at the landmark Fontainebleau hotel jus..

The Obama administration is preparing to announce new rules allowing some travel to Cuba, along with an expanded ability for Americans to send economic assistance, a senior U.S.official and congressional sources told CNN Wednesday.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A ban on miniskirts didn't last long in Chile, where a governor faced protests by women who otherwise share his conservative views. Coquimbo region Gov. Serg..

A Peruvian court Wednesday temporarily revoked the parole of American Lori Berenson, who was convicted of aiding terrorists in that country, a spokesman for Peru\'s Supreme Court told CNN.