Somalia's president has appointed a new prime minister, a businessman who worked as a government economist in the 1980s.

The bank says in a statement that a man approached a security officer at the 18th Street entrance at about 12:45 p.m. with a suspicious package. Police were notified, and the man was taken into custody.

With power and cable television knocked out for hundreds of thousands of residents, some are fretting about what to do if it's not back on by the 6 p.m. kickoff.

Shuttle Endeavour returns home to the Kennedy Space Center Sunday.

A sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a western Ohio trailer park has been shot and killed. The shooting suspect also is dead after a standoff.

With two days to go before the Super Bowl, it looks like Green Bay or Pittsburgh might have been better locations to host the big game.

On her initial application, Palin listed usage of the trademark for a website.

U.S.
investment and other business in Iraq has quadrupled this year despite
concerns over violence and sectarian rivalry as the last American troops
withdrew from Iraq.

A nurse faces trial next month on a charge that allegedly emerged from an emergency room question to a patient: "Ever killed anyone?"

Burkhart is suspected of setting more than 50 arson blazes that caused an estimated $3 million in damage.

Neel Kashkari, the Treasury's assistant secretary for international affairs, was selected Monday to be the interim head of Treasury's new Office of Financial Stability.

American Airlines is freezing nonflight hiring because of the U.S. economy and fuel costs.