MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's leading gay activist said Wednesday he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with a foe of gay rights during her trip to Russia and did not decry...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China's recent offer of aid to North Korea could undermine U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and help feed a cycle of failed negotiations aimed at ending the isolated country's...

(AP) — Power customers of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana will get a combined $16.6 million in one-time refunds on their November bills.The Public Service Commission approved...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Standing at the site of a highway project funded by his economic stimulus plan, President Obama said Wednesday he is committed to exploring all avenues to create jobs.Obama...

(AP) — State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek says he plans to offer financial incentives to trim the work force at the state Department of Education.Pastorek said Wednesday employee ranks...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — To try to reach young people around the world, the memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a page on Facebook, the social networking site usually home to news and photos about...

CANTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers.Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville...

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that President Barack Obama deserves his Nobel Peace Prize based on his achievements and the promise of an aggressive agenda that he's ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men "score" with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to...

ASAN, South Korea (AP) — It was his wedding day, but Choi In-seok admitted to a twinge of nervousness Wednesday about spending the rest of his life with the woman hand-picked for him by the Unification...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced legislation to legalize industrial hemp as a cash crop and a source for alternative fuels.Sen. Joey Pendleton, a Democrat from Hopkinsville...

AVONDALE (AP) — A warship built with 7 tons of steel from the World Trade Center site is heading to its namesake city.The USS New York left south Louisiana, where it was built, on Tuesday. The Navy...