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VIDEO: John Travolta thanks EMT for trying to save Jett

Marcus Garvey, the chief of the Bahamian EMT crew that responded to the call from John Travolta's home, has given an interview about Jett Travolta's death. ...

HK shares reverse gains on China telco profit taking

China Mobile (0941.HK) fell 3.4 percent to HK$82.10 while smaller rival China Unicom (0762.HK) dropped 5.9 percent. Both stocks had rallied sharply in the ...

Defiant Burris Says Senate Seat Is His

Roland W. Burris talked to reporters at news conference at Midway Airport in Chicago on Monday before leaving for Washington. By KAREN ANN CULLOTTA and ...

New York Jets to interview Arizona Cardinals assistant coach Russ ...

by Dave Hutchinson/The Star-Ledger AP file photoArizona assistant coach Russ Grimm The Jets have asked for and received permission to speak with Arizona ...

World Briefing | Asia China: Father in Milk Case Is Detained

By AP The police have detained the father of a child sickened by tainted milk, apparently to prevent him and other parents from holding a news conference to ...

Madoff Chasers Dug for Years, to No Avail

SEC officials followed up on emails from a New York hedge fund that described Bernard Madoff's business practices as "highly unusual. ...

Travolta’s nannies defended

John Travolta’s 16-year-old son was well supervised before he was found collapsed at the family’s vacation home on Grand Bahama, an attorney for the actor ...

For Israel, Chance to Strike Before an Ally Departs

Aides to the president-elect say he has spoken with President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the situation in Gaza but they do not ...

Obama begins Hill meetings on economic recovery

By Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP By John Fritze and Mimi Hall, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama, on his first day back here, began meeting ...

Advice for Obama: Revive the ‘Gang of 14′

By Lanny Davis Barack Obama’s key philosophy and message in the campaign and during the transition has demonstrated just the new kind of politics that rises ...