VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The just ended OPEC meeting was about more than what a barrel of oil can fetch on the open market as the global economic picture grows dim. Saudi Arabia gave a nod, at least...

HAVANA (AP) — The Cuba government is blaming Hurricane Ike for the first four deaths of the 2008 hurricane season.State television reported Monday that two men have been killed removing an antenna...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds appear in videos obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, lending weight...

(AP) — The first estimates of Hurricane Gustav's damage to Louisiana's crops is in, and it's substantial: $372 million.Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says that price tag is only expected to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will keep roughly the same number of U.S. forces in Iraq through the end of the year and pull about 8,000 troops home by February, a drawdown that's both slower and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and that next month's vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be...

MONROE, La. (AP) — A new five-parish economic development agency in northeast Louisiana has received $1.5 million in private funding commitments. Agency officials say the funding will be provided...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Really, all Britney Spears needed to do was show up to the MTV Video Music Awards without stumbling and her appearance would have been considered a rousing success.She did more...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Marsha Williams always hesitated when mail arrived from the government, but after Hurricane Katrina she began to fear the letters.One notice warned that her apartment building...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A man convicted of stabbing a plainclothes New Orleans policeman gets life in prison as a multiple offender, rather than his original 43-year sentence.Forty-two-year-old Willie...

WYCKOFF, N.J. (AP) – If only Goldilocks had a cockapoo.A 15-pound cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Pawlee scared off a mother bear and her two cubs Sunday morning after they strayed into his owners'...