Bush signs bill providing extra jobless benefits
President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.
China IDs 19,000 of quake dead
A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday.
Afghanistan markets pomegranates
Afghanistan is telling the world that it has a trendy, new replacement for its dreaded poppy crop: sweet, juicy pomegranates.
Stocks seesaw after steep sell-off
Wall Street wavered Friday but took a break from the heavier selling of recent days as energy, utility and technology stocks showed some advances and bank stocks declined.
WaMu, BNY Mellon latest banks to shed jobs
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and Washington Mutual on Friday became the latest in a string of banks to announce layoffs.
Bush effigy burned at Iraq protest
Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President Bush in Baghdad as they protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact on Friday.
NBC: Obama to nominate Clinton for State
Transition and Democratic officials say the junior senator from New York will be nominated for secretary of state sometime after Thanksgiving, barring unforeseen issues.
Mukasey released from hospital after collapse
The attorney general was given 'a clean bill of health' and checked out of the hospital after extensive medical tests following his collapse, the Justice Department said Friday.
Sexism award goes to 'ugly ducklings' mayor
An Australian outback mayor's plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has won him the country's yearly award for outrageous sexism.
Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
A blast killed at least six mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwest Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said.
