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Sen. Max Baucus, one of the most powerful members of Congress and a key figure in the health overhaul debate, recommended his girlfriend to serve as the U.S. attorney for his home state of Montana, a Baucus spokesman said Saturday....

Thousands of people calling for a deal on climate change at next week's United Nations conference in Copenhagen marched through central London on Saturday, encircling the Houses of Parliament in a human wave of blue-clad demonstrators. London's Metropolitan Police said...

The Lakers haven't had a meaningful fourth quarter since, uh, well, you know, but there they were against the Miami Heat, another home game in a seemingly endless string, though this wasn't another routine blowout. Kobe Bryant rarely fails to...

Follow Mark Yuasa this weekend as he hits Puget Sound in search of king salmon...New Zealand — Tiger Woods' caddie says he supports his boss while the world's No...He refused to discuss Woods' private life Saturday, although he said the...

21 Alessandro Diamanti takes a inswinging corner to the near post, Ryan Giggs makes a clearance...Unfair challenge on Herita Ilunga by Antonio Valencia results in a free kick...Guillermo Franco has an effort at goal from close range which goes wide...

Co-operation said on Saturday. "She has been stabilised and is recovering," spokesperson Saul Molobi said. The woman, whose identity was not being disclosed due to the "sensitivity" of the case, was still in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Molobi said...

The death toll from a fireworks-ignited blaze at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm climbed above 100 people Saturday, local investigators said. President Dmitry Medvedev, who said Monday would be a day of national mourning, blasted the club's...

Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points and made the game-winning shot late in overtime, as the Toronto Raptors snapped a five-game skid with a 109-107 victory over the Washington Wizards at Verizon Center. Turkoglu also grabbed nine rebounds for the Raptors,...

Greens Candidate Clive Hamilton campaigns at the Lloyd Street school polling booth. Photo: Justin McManus THE Liberal Party has comfortably retained its blue-ribbon seats of Higgins and Bradfield in what is a significant boost for new leader Tony Abbott and...

The Venezuelan government has seized control of three more banks that allegedly violated financial rules, officials say. Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Friday the government of President Hugo Chavez had taken over Baninvest, Banco Real and Central Banco for unspecified...