Stocks were mixed in midday trading Friday despite a government report that the unemployment rate dropped in December to the lowest level in nearly three years. Concerns about the European debt crisis continued to weigh on the market. Italy's borrowing costs spiked to dangerously high levels and the euro fell to a 16-month low against the dollar. U.S. bank stocks fell on concerns that the debt crisis will spread through the financial industry. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 17 points to...
LONDON — The British government said on Friday that there was still not enough evidence to recommend routine removal of breast implants made by a now-defunct French company using dubious-quality silicone. But it said that it would allow some 3,000 women who received the implants under the...
LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for the commander of Libya's military council say he won't take part in Britain's inquiry into possible abuses during its pursuit of terrorism suspects. Abdel-Hakim Belhaj is already suing Britain and its security forces for their alleged role in his rendition to Libya in 2004....
Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot, 24, has confessed to a court in Peru that he killed 21-year-old business student Stephany Flores in Lima in 2010. He offered a "sincere confession", which could carry a lesser prison sentence than...
Wire Services Posted: 01/06/2012 12:15:49 PM PST Updated: 01/06/2012 12:16:22 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose today for the 15th...
