HOUSTON (AP) — It's almost like a surprise stimulus check: Gas prices have fallen so fast that the nation has found itself with an extra $125 billion to spend. But don't expect the freed-up cash...

PARIS (AP) — Economic inequality is growing in the world's richest countries, particularly in the United States, jeopardizing the American Dream of social mobility just as the world tilts toward...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican John McCain told voters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday he was personally tested by the same kind of crisis that Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden warned...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence over energy...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama brushed aside Republican charges that his tax plan amounts to socialism on Wednesday, but acknowledged it involves "spreading around opportunity" so that...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A maritime official says armed pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo vessel with 13 crew members near Somalia. Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau says...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Scientists have better maps of distant Mars than the moon where astronauts have walked. But India hopes to change that with its first lunar mission. Chandrayaan-1 — which means...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that...

GREEN, Ohio (AP) — John McCain struck an anti-tax chord Wednesday in the state that launched him toward the Republican presidential nomination and in the home state of the plumber he hopes will help...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A vessel auditor said Monday the towing company involved in a major oil spill that shut down the Mississippi River for six days this summer had not been able to produce key safety...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in northern Mexico say at least 15 prisoners have died in a fight between inmates at a prison across the border from McAllen, Texas. The prison is located in the border...

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — The laid-off factory workers and slumping car sales indicated China's booming economy was not immune to the global meltdown. New figures confirm it: China's economy is still...