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The United States will play its first World Cup warmup of 2010 against fellow qualifier Honduras on Jan. 23 in Carson, Calif.
The United States will face Iran, and Greece will take on Turkey in a pair of group games at the world basketball championship.
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States had no choice but to substantially increase its presence in Afghanistan because America would be "in real trouble" if the Karzai government fails.
Two trade programs allowing developing nations to sell their products duty-free in the United States would be extended for a year under legislation approved by the House Monday.
Al-Qaida's deputy leader said Barack Obama has deceived Arabs about his efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, and claimed in a message posted Monday that the American president has done nothing for the region so far.
With two months to go before the Vancouver Games, Mark Johnson is still trying to find the right mix.
Steven Holcomb of the United States drove to his third straight World Cup four-man bobsled victory of the season Sunday, further cementing himself as the Olympic favorite.
A weapons-laden cargo plane impounded in Bangkok has links to at least two men accused of global arms trafficking, including one fighting extradition to the U.S. from Thailand, an analyst said Tuesday.
Hannah Kearney of the United States won a freestyle World Cup event Saturday, while Jesper Bjornlund of Sweden edged American Bryon Wilson in a moguls event.
President Barack Obama says he'll know by the end of 2010 if his Afghan strategy is working, and pledges to change direction if the U.S. military is not on course "in terms of securing population centers" from Taliban militants.
The United States had been losing games like this for years.
Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday there are growing signs of religious freedom in Cuba and that there is an opportunity for reconciliation between the communist nation and the United States.
A group of lawmakers is questioning plans to try terror suspects in the United States and move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil.
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, set to start in 19 months, will be gradual and U.S. aid to that nation will last for years.
Before becoming a U.S. Olympic bobsled pilot, Todd Hays was a college football player and then an accomplished kickboxer, never one to shy away from contact sports.
A Washington-area Islamic leader says there were no early signs that five men who are believed to have been arrested in Pakistan had been radicalized in the United States.
In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on commitments to fight global warming and the top American envoy declared the U.S. would not change its offer on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
At first glance, there was little spectacular about American biathlon results at the Turin Olympics. The United States had failed yet again to win any medals, and none of its athletes even cracked the top five.
Russia and the United States are making "substantial progress" on negotiations for a successor to an expired nuclear weapons treaty, according to a Kremlin statement.
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, has evaded capture by the United States for more than a decade. And although his public utterances are few, his capture or death remains a top U.S. priority.
The rapid U.S. build up in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top U.S. general revealed on Wednesday.
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Tuesday he hopes the Copenhagen conference on climate change leads the United States to develop a green energy policy to grow the economy.
The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world's average, an economic group said Tuesday.
Russia and the United States will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Man Arrested in Kentucky After 20 Years on the Lam"A man who had been running from police for nearly 20 years was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Lexington" Kentucky on December 14, 2009.
Petraeus the Next Eisenhower?U.S. President Barack Obama has scaled back the scope of the Afghan war, now about to enter its ninth year, to a limited military objective: deny al-Qaida a safe haven.
Toy Program Helps Inmates Give BackInmates at the Federal Medical Center prison in Lexington, Kentucky make items for "disadvantaged people."
PAKISTAN: No Muslim involved in suicide attacks in countryKARACHI: Floating the idea of a change in the Pakistani society, Jamaat-e-Islami's top leadership at a congregation of the JI's workers unanimously blamed the United States' agencies for terrorism, chaos and anarchy in Pakistan.
Lion's share of Elite Force personnel deployed on VIP security detailLAHORE: Over 600 Elite Force personnel have either been deployed on VIP security detail, or as part of their protocol and just a over three hundred personnel are left to perform general duties.
The great Pledge of Allegiance to the United States has been under fire since it was created. There have been many issues regarding The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States.
ID Thief Tries to Get Witnesses WhackedPavel Valkovich of Sherman Oaks, CA has pleaded guilty to solicitation of murder, admitting that he attempted to hire hitmen to kill witnesses working with Federal authorities in their investigation of Valkovich's ID theft activities and subsequent crimes.
Congress: Would you please turn that TV ad down!Television viewers jarred by abrupt spikes in volume during commercial breaks may someday be able to give their mute buttons a rest.
US republican constitution accused of putting breaks on reform. That's right, republican states are conservative with a small C
Amazon Kindle for iPhone goes internationalAmazon on Monday announced that the iPhone companion app for its Kindle e-book reader is now available in more than 60 additional countries.
Indian Gangs Grow, Bringing Fear and Violence to ReservationGang activity on Indian reservations is up significantly in recent years.
Tiger Woods Update: Elin Nordegren's Swedish hideway offers privacy, but no running waterPerched on a tiny Swedish island shielded by miles of ice, Tiger Woods and his family have a new hideout that is virtually paparazzi-proof. Privacy comes at a cost: The millionaire and his family will have to give up indoor plumbing. In the Swedish winter.
In Shift, U.S. Talks to Russia on Internet SecurityThe United States has begun talks with Russia and a United Nations arms control committee about strengthening Internet security and limiting military use of cyberspace. (By John Markoff, Andrew E. Kramer)
Cone of silence over Blair evidenceLONDON - Key parts of Tony Blair's evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war will be given in secret, sources close to the hearings have revealed.
Muvico Unrepentant Over New Moon Camming ArrestAs it tries to repair the public relations disaster over the arrest of a 22 year-old woman who took photographs of her sister's birthday party while watching New Moon, theater chain Muvico digs itself a deeper, even more embarrassing hole.
Iranian Scientist Who Vanished 'Gave Nuclear Secrets' to UN Inspectors Sent to Qom Site"Shahram Amiri briefed United Nations nuclear monitors in a clandestine meeting at Frankfurt airport just hours before they flew to Iran to inspect a hidden uranium enrichment plant, according to French intelligence sources."
US games company sues British bloggerIn an internet defamation case that lawyers say could set an "extraordinary precedent", an American games company is suing a British blogger in the Australian courts.
FBI: Rogue antivirus scammers have made $150MThey're the scourge of the Internet right now and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says they've also raked in more than US$150 million for scammers. Security experts call them rogue antivirus programs.
The Missing Element | Foreign Policythe effects of a particular canadian nuclear reactor going down on american healthcare
US Lawmakers Want to Criminalize Whistleblower Sites Over TSA LeakAfter the embarrassing Transport Security Administration (TSA) leak where workers failed to properly redact documents related to screening procedures, three Republican lawmakers want to criminalize whistle blower sites that reposted the document.
Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US borderThe wonderful sf writer Peter Watts was beaten without provocation and arrested by US border guards on Tuesday. I heard about it early Wednesday morning in London and called Cindy Cohn, the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Homeless Couple Pulled From Roadside to Wedding ChapelCompassion from strangers enabled a homeless couple to get an apartment and schedule a wedding for December 12, 2009.
US woman, 98, accused of killing roommate, 100A 98-year-old woman has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge that alleges she strangled her 100-year-old nursing home roommate after making the victim's life "a living hell" because she thought the woman was "taking over the room".
Lakewood man faces 19 counts of sexual assaultTimothy Layne Martinez, 32, of Lakewood has been charged with 19 counts of sexual assault against two women. Authorities allege Martinez videotaped numerous assaults when the women were asleep or passed out.
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