Officials: Pakistan group leaders linked to attack India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the three-day siege of the country's financial capital that killed at least 171 people, Indian officials said Thursday.
Thailand restores international air links Thailand's battered political parties tried to find a replacement for the ousted prime minister as airport authorities hurried Thursday to restore international air links severed by protesters who occupied Bangkok's two airports for a week.
Automakers plead with Congress; votes lacking Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring. The Senate's Democratic leader said there still weren't enough votes to tap the $700 billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three.
Lil Wayne leads Grammy noms with 8, Coldplay 7 Lil Wayne - the most prolific, ubiquitous and successful performer on today's music scene - was the most rewarded by the Recording Academy on Wednesday, receiving eight Grammy nominations including album of the year for "Tha Carter III."
Obama is delivering diversity, but some seek more Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. He added to the minority representation at the top of his administration Wednesday when he named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Hispanic, as Commerce Secretary.
Police: Shackled Calif. boy jumped fence to escape After being held captive for about a year, an emaciated and shackled 17-year-old boy climbed out a window in the home of his captors and walked into a nearby gym in search of help, police said Wednesday.
Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of U.S. Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province Wednesday, in a long-developing rift over the Bible that erupted when Episcopalians consecrated the first openly gay bishop.
Study illuminates star explosion from 16th century More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw.