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By Signal Editorial Staff | Feb. 11, 2009Poland condemned the apparent beheading of one its citizens by Pakistani militants as "bestial." The killing underscored the challenges facing a new ...
Read More »Poland condemned the apparent beheading of one its citizens by Pakistani militants as "bestial." The killing underscored the challenges facing a new ...
Read More »NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez admitted Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-2003, saying he did so because of the pressures of being ...
Read More »QUETTA, Pakistan - Authorities searched for an American U.N. worker kidnapped Monday in southwestern Pakistan in an attack that underscored the security ...
Read More »FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky's governor will ask President Barack Obama on Monday to speed up federal aid dollars as costs spiral past $45 million for emergency ...
Read More »An Israeli aircraft's missile struck a car traveling in the southern Gaza Strip, killing a Palestinian militant on Monday. A volcano near Tokyo erupted ...
Read More »Bolivian voters embraced a new constitution Sunday that promises more power for the long-suffering indigenous majority and grants leftist President Evo ...
Read More »SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Taking his defense to the airwaves rather than his impeachment trial, Gov. Rod Blagojevich lashed out at his accusers Monday ...
Read More »BAGHDAD (AP) - Two U.S. helicopters crashed Monday in northern Iraq, killing four American troops, the U.S. military said, in the deadliest single incident ...
Read More »JERUSALEM (AP) - Gaza's streets brimmed with energy Monday as people picked up the pieces of their lives, while Israeli officials said they planned to ...
Read More »The Russian state news agency reported Monday that Russia and Ukraine reached a deal to settle a gas dispute. A suicide car bomb attack killed five ...
Read More »ATLANTA (AP) - The inauguration of the first black U.S. president is a huge step toward realizing civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of ...
Read More »CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team headed by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bush administration ...
Read More »The stock market suffered one of its worst single days since the September financial meltdown Monday with the Dow industrials falling nearly 680 points ...
Read More »AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a ...
Read More »BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi lawmakers Monday began debate over a pact with the United States that will allow U.S. forces to remain for three more years, while ...
Read More »Citigroup Inc. is cutting approximately 53,000 more jobs in the coming quarters as the banking giant struggles to steady itself after suffering massive ...
Read More »DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) - Winds were calm Monday, allowing firefighters to make gains on two raging wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and forced ...
Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jubilation, pride and relief permeated pews and pulpits at predominantly black churches across the country on the first Sunday after ...
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) - On the first Sunday after a gay marriage ban passed in California, activists rallied in defiance, including hundreds of protesters ...
Read More »In a record bailout of a private company, on Monday the government provided a new $150 billion financial-rescue package to troubled insurance giant American ...
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