WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers….

A lot of people, especially in America, leave their pasts behind and the world of celebrities and showbiz is not always glitz and glamour.

Droning garbage trucks, busy council workers and a few all-night revellers offered the only activity in an otherwise desolate city this morning, as Sydneysiders slept off another New Year’s Day hangover.

Droning garbage trucks, busy council workers and a few all-night revellers offered the only activity in an otherwise desolate city this morning, as Sydneysiders slept off another New Year’s Day hangover.

Droning garbage trucks, busy council workers and a few all-night revellers offered the only activity in an otherwise desolate city this morning, as Sydneysiders slept off another New Year’s Day hangover.

Celebrations are underway in the Russian capital as we welcome not just a New Year, but also a new decade.

A man has been charged following the death of a two-year-old girl during a police chase through southwest Sydney.

The Russian aluminum giant’s initial public offering documents also offer a glimpse into the company and at billionaire Oleg Deripaska.

del.icio.us Burmese officials say the country will more than double the cost of local telephone calls in 2010. Unnamed officials say that starting January 1, the price of local landline calls will …

Asian stock markets ended mostly higher Thursday, but investors were finishing the year with more of a whimper than a bang, as activity was thin with many markets shut or on shortened trading sessions.