After halting work to assess its efforts and bring in more materials, BP resumed pumping drilling mud into the Gulf well. The company insisted the top kill was progressing as planned but acknowledged drilling mud was escaping from the broken pipe along wi
Poland's president was killed in a plane crash in eastern Russia Saturday. Lech Kaczynski was a leading figure in Poland's Solidarity movement, which helped end the Soviet Union's communist hold over the country in 1990. Host Scott Simon gives us a brief
Lee Kun-hee resumed the chairmanship of Samsung Electronics, the world's largest technology company by sales, after less than two years on the sidelines because of a corruption scandal
<!--paging_filter--> "The farm fight begins," P.J. Hufstutter announced this morning. on the Los Angeles Times' Money & Company blog. The farm fight has been going on for a few years now (or, depending on your perspective, since before the founding of the
Police are investigating after three people died in a fall from a high-rise block of flats in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
Rodney Stuckey DETROIT -- Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey seems to be OK after collapsing on the bench Friday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. "He's doing well," Pistons strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander told The Associated Press on
PHOENIX - Jason Jennings and Brett Tomko agreed to minor league deals with the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, and less than 24 hours later Jennings was getting ready to play catch at A's camp. Also, Ben Sheets threw live batting practice for the first tim
German airline Lufthansa canceled flights worldwide after more than 4,000 pilots began a four-day walkout over job security. Lufthansa expects the strike could cost some $34 million a day.
Two city council members petition the mayor to sue social media sites because they allegedly don't do enough to monitor the organization of criminal activity.
