AP: Feds ignored meltdown warnings
The Bush administration ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.
Canada's opposition moves to oust PM
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces two highly unpalatable choices after opposition parties signed an unprecedented deal on Monday to bring down his minority Conservative government.
Official: 3 die, 29 hurt in India blast
A bomb exploded in a train coach in India's insurgency-hit northeast on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring another 29, a state government official said.
Rice gives piano recital fit for a queen
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a piano recital for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
Gloom returns to world markets
Gloom and volatility returned to Asian and European markets Tuesday as investors dumped stocks following new of huge overnight losses on Wall Street and dismal U.S. economic reports.
Carbon monoxide kills 11 girls at China school
Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China's Shaanxi province, an education official said Tuesday evening. The girls had reportedly lit a fire to keep warm.
Texans put on a show in Monday night debut
Mario Williams, Steve Slaton and the Houston Texans put on quite a show in their Monday Night Football debut.
India to Pakistan: Give up terror suspects
India demanded that Pakistan hand over suspected terrorists believed to be living in the country as diplomatic wrangling between the rivals intensified Tuesday following the deadly Mumbai attacks.
Panel: Biological attack likely by 2013
The U.S. can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
Scoop: ‘Idol's' emotional focus will highlight Abdul
"American Idol" plans to give the show a more emotional focus, which will play to the strengths of judge Paula Abdul.
