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Workers have given their union the authority to call a strike if there's no contract by 12:01 AM on April 21.

Amtrak service between New York City and Boston was still suspended on Thursday. It's resumed--with delays--on Friday.

Theatres have made more than $228 million at the box office so far this year, compared to around $216 million this time last year, according to The New York Times.

The president says the rules should save 1.8 billion barrels of oil.

At least two people were killed in the blast.

The attack happened in Dagestan province, near the Chechnya border.

Included is a student loan system overhaul that makes the federal government, and not banks, the main lender to students.

PM Vladimir Putin says the law will catch those responsible.

At least 38 commuters died this morning in Moscow after two female suicide bombers attacked the city's busy Metro system.

President Barack Obama made an unexpected trip to Afghanistan on Sunday, his first trip there as president.

Many classical music fans thought the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra had made history this week by permanently hiring a female Concert Master into its ranks. If classical music's not y...

The president was in Iowa as the Senate and House approved the changes to his overhaul bill.

The BBC reports that the Vatican called the attacks "ignoble" and that there is no cover up.

Federal judges will consider bundling some 100 Class A lawsuits against Toyota into one case.

The flaws mean the bill will have to go back to the House for another vote after the Senate adopts it.

Villazon performed at the Vienna Staatsoper. He sung Nemorino in Donizetti's comedy "L'elisir d'amore" ("The Elixir of Love").

China tightened its Internet censorship rules today, following Google's announcement yesterday that it would close its Web site in mainland China and redirect users to a Hong Kong Google site.

Jewish-American Bingo Magnate Irving Moskowitz is funding the project.