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But under an agreement with China, he'll now be part of a panda breeding program there. In virtually all cases, babies born on US soil are American citizens, even when their parents are foreign. One exception is that of panda...

Gold eased back toward $1,200 an ounce in Europe on Friday as traders cashed in gains after the previous day's run-up to record highs, with the market taking a breather ahead of key US payrolls data later in the day....

Reid later backed off, however, and decided to not to include the provision in the Senate healthcare bill.   But other Democrats have set their sights on the profitable industry as lawmakers look for innovative ways to curb healthcare costs...

The U.S. labor market improved markedly in November, with the unemployment rate falling back to 10% and job losses shrinking to the lowest level in nearly two years, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls dropped by a seasonally adjusted...

New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose in October for the fifth time in the past six months, beating expectations, the U.S...New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose 0.6 percent to $360.5 billion, compared with a consensus expectation of 0.2...

Then, their job done, the CIA men drove home from the agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia – facing no hazards except for the area's notorious traffic. Taleban, using Hellfire missiles fired from Predator aircraft controlled from half a world away....

The president's remarks, at a one-day White House jobs summit, came amid increasing calls for a second economic stimulus program and other government measures to generate jobs and stem double-digit unemployment. "I am open to any demonstrably good idea," Mr....

We were rather bullish on it before, but a government-run insurance option is now dead in the water. This very brief and innocuous-sounding Roll Call story is basically its obit. Democratic moderates, uneasy with Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) choice...

While that indicates inflation is remaining under control, it also signals that workers’ wages are getting squeezed, raising doubts about the durability of the economic recovery. The Labor Department said Thursday productivity was rising at an annual rate of 8.1...

Surrounded by celebrity performers and characters from the North Pole, the Obama family on Thursday led a countdown and lighted the National Christmas Tree. First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha helped President Barack Obama press a button...