Search results for

Later this month, an election will be held to select Hong Kong's next chief executive. The race has been tarnished with accusations of extramarital affairs and conflicts of interest. As the local press put it: Beijing has lost control of the puppet strings.

Severe storms have left at least a dozen people dead across the Midwest. The hardest hit area is Harrisburg, Illinois, where entire neighborhoods were destroyed.

There were 2,000 fewer first-time claims for unemployment last week than in the week before. Meanwhile, consumer spending rose 0.2 percent in January from December.

Kansas is the first state with a Republican presidential contest after this week's mixed results in Super Tuesday races. Mitt Romney is coming off a big win in the important swing state of Ohio. But Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are hoping they can pull off a victory in Saturday'ss caucuses to give their campaigns more momentum.

Fender is looking to raise some $200 million. The California-based company wants to pay down debt, and get into new markets like India and China. Fender was founded in 1946.

Days of fighting on the border between Israel and the Gaza strip cotinues. Israeli airstrikes killed three more people Monday in Gaza, the Palestinian-held area. Israelis have been bombing, Palestinians have been firing rockets into Israel.

Teachers often prepare their students in advance of standardized testing by getting them ready for what is expected to be on the exam. One school in Indiana has a course helping students learn how to take the test.

The No. 1 seeds in this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament are: Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina and Michigan State. Of the field of 68 teams, Kentucky is the overall top seeded

Once Persian-American reality meant escaping post revolutionary Iran. Now it also means being part of American reality TV culture. Ryan Seacrest has teamed up with Bravo to create Shahs of Sunset — a reality show about the affluent lifestyles of Persian Americans in Beverly Hills.

Decades ago, architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a home for Jim Berger's family in California. Berger, who was then 12, asked for a doghouse too. He said he'd pay for it with money from his paper route. It was designed at no charge, but the pet died before the doghouse could be built.