Anxious freshmen meeting first on Facebook
Filled with going-to-college angst, many incoming freshmen spent plenty of time this summer soaking up campus life and getting to know their roomies and classmates first on Facebook.
Bill Clinton sets aside differences with Obama
Bill Clinton laid to rest any speculation Wednesday night that he would not enthusiastically back Barack Obama by making a forceful call for voters to elect Obama president.
Toyota lowers global sales target for 2009
Toyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 by 700,000 vehicles to 9.7 million Thursday, hurt by rising material costs, a slowing U.S. market and soaring gas prices.
Obama seeks to woo nation
On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech, Democrat Barack Obama was set to make history Thursday by becoming the first black person to accept a major party's nomination for president.
NYT: New hope 45 years after King's dream
Many veterans of the March on Washington will gather at televisions Thursday night and watch an event they would have considered impossible not just in 1963, but perhaps in 1983, or 1993.
Audit: China mismanaged $6.7 billion
China's central government misused or mismanaged more than $6.73 billion last year, including using disaster relief money to build government offices , the National Audit Office said .
Study: Life span tied to location
Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organization commission.
Gustav may raise gas 15 cents a gallon
Oil prices shot above $120 a barrel and then pulled back as traders bet the government would tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if Tropical Storm Gustav disrupts production.
Japanese women shy from dual mommy role
As Japan's birthrate keeps dropping, experts worry about women's growing willingness to do without children - or childish husbands.
Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific
Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land.
