MADRID (AP) - Spanish workers are forming boisterous picket lines outside wholesale markets, some TV stations have gne off the air and car factories are all but idled in the early stage of a general strike...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - An attorney for the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says his client suffered a traumatic incident in Iraq that triggered tremendous depression and anxiety. Lawyer...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea says it aims to estimate crop production and analyze natural resources when it launches a satellite on a long-range rocket next month. The United States and South...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Some workers in Sweden have found a rather offbeat way to spend their lunch hour. Actually, on-beat is more like it. Dripping with sweat and awash in disco lights, they dance away to pulsating...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four Louisiana cities are getting a total of $575,000 to help house homeless veterans. A news release Wednesday from U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu and Rep. Cedric Richmond said the money...

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) - Prosecutors who say an "obsessed" Kansas man killed a 14-year-old cheerleader and burned her body at an asphalt plant must prove aggravating circumstances, such as sexual assault,...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Students taking college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo IDs with their applications - a key security upgrade following recent allegations of widespread cheating...

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - At the beginning of the school year, gay pride events at a military academy with titles like "condom Olympics" and "queer prom" would have been unthinkable. This week, they're a...

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has postponed an open confrontation with the country's military rulers and other political players Tuesday when it delayed a decision about whether to field a candidate...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Speaking to the microphones intentionally this time, President Barack Obama on Tuesday assured he had no hidden agenda with Russia for a second term, seeking to contain a controversial...

TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Tuesday, but no damage was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency recorded a 6.4 preliminary magnitude. The...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Deaths from trauma of 11 primates at the New Iberia Research Center may indicate negligence, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture should investigate, an animal rights activist said...