Europe moved ahead of the United States on Tuesday in advocating new measures to ban certain types of financial speculation, after concerns surfaced that traders used complex financial instruments to...

Without blushing, organizers call it "the Super Bowl of conventions." Don't look to Scott Beck, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, to diminish the claim, not after the...

A Continental Airlines jet lands at George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (Mark Lennihan/The Associated Pres) New York A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows,...

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out...

In this Feb. 7, 2010 photo, the tailends of unsold 2010 Toyota Prius sedans form a long line at a Toyota dealership in Lakewood, Colo. Toyota owners and stockholders have peppered the Japanese...

The revelation of a high error rate in absentee voting that came from the 2008-09 Coleman-Franken U.S. Senate recount wasn't for naught after all. With strong bipartisan votes on Monday, both the...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group...

The vote, which is an early step in the process of amending the Constitution, brought pandemonium to Parliament, as a small group of regional caste-based parties waged a fierce fight to block it,...

Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday. The Political Parties Registration Law, published in official newspapers,...

Filed at 9:08 p.m. ET CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's government seized temporary control of two sugar mills Tuesday, accusing managers of hoarding a basic good and violating the labor rights...

Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face money laundering charges. Chief prosecutor Amilcar Velasquez says the Mexican government approved extradition. The OK was needed under terms of Mexico's...

nuclear weapons or using force to destroy its nuclear capabilities -- are closer than they were a year ago, Israel's U.N. ambassador warned Tuesday. Gabriela Shalev told journalists at the U.N....

Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system. The...

Leslie Creed, center, tried to use the Death with Dignity law when she was diagnosed with the cancer lymphoma. She didn't want to be hooked up to a "drug machine," her son said. But when she asked...

Democrats aren’t ramming health-care reform through In his March 6 column, Charles Krauthammer tries to muddy the waters by airing the latest Republican talking points [“Ramming Obamacare...

Focusing on solar could alleviate problem Here we go again: Drought hits and Seattle City Light rates increase [“Warm weather downside: drought worries,” page one, March 3]. Like it or...

Want to know how well President Obama is doing on education reform? Check out who's angry with him. The president infuriated teachers nationwide by endorsing a Rhode Island school board's recent...

I SPENT three hours at a budget retreat for my son's elementary school. And then I went home and cried. I mean, really, is this the best we can do? Even fewer resources and bigger classrooms while...

Novell Inc. lied about owning the copyrights for the Unix computer operating system then collaborated with IBM to damage Unix owner The SCO Group, the latter's attorney told a federal court jury...

Mark McKenzie, of Roseville, Mich., views paperwork while attending a job fair in Detroit. Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, a sign that employers might be preparing to step up hiring....

Dick's Sporting Goods, which has two outlets in the Salt Lake Valley, reported that its earnings were up for both the fourth quarter 2009 and the full year. The Pittsburgh-based company's closing...

California's Gold Rush in the mid-1800s may offer a clue to how Utah can prosper in the fast-evolving world of digital media technology. Back then, the real money was not made by the 49ers who waded...

Sony's 3-D televisions are introduced as a model watches with its 3-D glasses included in the TV set in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D...

Ten Utah Chrysler dealers who lost their franchises as a result of the automaker's bankruptcy could have their businesses restored and be allowed to sue for damages under legislation headed to Gov....

New York » The Energy Department hasn't changed its mind about higher gasoline prices. It still expects pump prices to climb past $3 per gallon as more motorists hit the road in the spring and...

Greg Dement kisses his daughter Elicia, 15 months, while holding a Starbucks coffee drink and with a handgun strapped to his belt. Starbucks has been one of many retailers targeted by the...

Filed at 6:57 p.m. ET LONDON (AP) -- A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their...

David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem. The complaint with the Senate Select...

More Politics News WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road? Many of the same risky financial practices that now...

More Politics News The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally...

Portions of this 2,332-square-foot home date to the 1600s, when it was two separate cottages. The structures were combined around the turn of the 20th century. The house retains historic details like...

An electrician went to work on power cables in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. The country has come dangerously close to a major collapse in electricity generation because of falling water levels in...

JOHANNESBURG — Adam Levy was a teenager growing up in Melrose, a whites-only suburb in northern Johannesburg, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison 20 years ago. Today Mr. Levy —...

Portions of this 2,332-square-foot home date to the 1600s, when it was two separate cottages. The structures were combined around the turn of the 20th century. The house retains historic details like...

United Nations staff, according to a new Security Council report. The report, which has not yet been made public but was shown to The New York Times, outlines a host of problems so grave that it...

Afghanistan , told reporters after Mr. Gates had completed his quiet amble. “There was a security bubble that was out there.” Marines had cleared the area so thoroughly for Mr....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit. Thanks to GPS, scientists at Ohio State University and...

Afghanistan , told reporters after Mr. Gates had completed his quiet amble. “There was a security bubble that was out there.” Marines had cleared the area so thoroughly for Mr....

Filed at 5:12 p.m. ET LONDON (AP) -- A soldier in the British army in Afghanistan has described how he saved the lives of two comrades by picking up a...

More Politics News WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings -- those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give...

Filed at 5:55 p.m. ET DENVER (AP) -- A man charged with helping smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court. Oscar...

Filed at 5:44 p.m. ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The replacement for the New York State Police superintendent who retired amid the scandal enveloping...

Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed warships to sail...

Filed at 3:47 p.m. ET LONDON (AP) -- United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's...

Filed at 3:42 p.m. ET DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A traditional Islamic concept about protecting the faith and its followers has become a judicial weapon for Iran's rulers: charging...

Filed at 3:55 p.m. ET BOGOTA (AP) -- Evaristo Porras, a former high-flying Medellin cartel drug trafficker associated with Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, has died at age 62, reportedly in economic...

hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political prisoners has refused a Spanish offer of asylum, saying on Tuesday that he is determined to continue with his protest until he dies. Guillermo...

Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make...

Filed at 3:48 p.m. ET HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- An envelope containing a suspicious powder burst open Tuesday while being handled by state workers in a Montana government office. Three Department of...