Jack Reader, who spent nearly 50 years in NFL officiating and worked two Super Bowls, has died. He was 82.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information...

A crowd of 1,000 people stormed a local Communist Party headquarters in northwest China, smashing cars and clashing with police following a land dispute, government...

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Authorities say someone must have information about the 1987 disappearance of a little Florida girl whose skeletal remains were found 10 months later. They’re...

The holiday outlook for the luxury world turned grimmer Tuesday, after Saks Inc. reported a wider-than-expected loss in the fiscal third quarter, and both it and...

A husband was charged Tuesday with killing his wife, more than a week after reporting she had disappeared while swimming, authorities said. Her body was found floating...

The Norwegian shipping group Odfjell SE has ordered its more than 90 tankers to sail all the way around Africa to avoid the risk of attack by Somali pirates, instead of...

The financial crisis is forcing European Union nations to reverse two decades of declining state subsidies for companies, the European Commission said Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of baby boomer women who think they’ve found an antidote to aging in cosmetic facial fillers must be better informed of possible risks,...

Hall of Fame Racing, the NASCAR team owned by Arizona Diamondbacks executives, will cut its staff even if it secures sponsorship to run a full 2009 season.

Iranian state radio says the parliament has chosen a close ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the new interior minister, after the predecessor was dismissed over...

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Angela are taking a wait-and-see posture on aid to the auto industries that power both economies, while closely...

The top U.S. military officer says the Taliban is doing well right now, and it’s no surprise that the militants would reject settlement talks with the Afghan...

British Treasury chief Alistair Darling warned on Tuesday that any attempts to renegotiate the government’s 37 billion pound ($55 billion) bailout of several...

The National Association of Home Builders says its housing market index plunged to another record low this month as the U.S. financial crisis, rising unemployment and...

The Clark County district attorney’s office in Nevada is seeking criminal charges against hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.

Italian authorities have seized assets worth euro700 million ($885 million) from a supermarket chain owner suspected of letting the Mafia use his businesses to launder...

A wireless affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp. has pulled its request that an Illinois judge block the planned spinoff of Sprint’s new broadband network.

Moscow prosecutors say they have warned the Russian-language edition of the Newsweek magazine for allegedly insulting Muslims.