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Obama critic D'Souza spared prison for violating election law

Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza avoided prison on Tuesday when a U.S. judge sentenced him to serve eight months in a community confinement center after he pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance law.

Sep 24, 2014 11:12 AM EDT

News

Exclusive: Oil company rewrites its history, may aid founder's divorce case

Oil driller Continental Resources Inc has been revising its corporate history in ways that diminish the publicly traded company’s accomplishments under CEO Harold Hamm, part of a legal strategy that might help Hamm avoid the largest divorce award in U.S. history.

World

High-profile Chinese official confesses to graft

The former deputy head of China's top planning agency confessed in court on Wednesday to extensive bribery involving several companies including a Toyota Motor Corp. joint venture, the court said.

Life

U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle Ebola waste

U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community at risk, biosafety experts said.

U.S. conducts five more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State

The United States military on Wednesday confirmed it had launched five more airstrikes targeting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in the latest round of attacks on the militant group.

Sep 24, 2014 10:54 AM EDT

Bullard says Fed needs to make rate guidance more data dependent

The U.S. central bank needs to change the way it communicates its view on the future path of interest rates, a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday, joining others inside the Fed who are calling for an overhaul of its policy statement.

Sep 23, 2014 11:54 AM EDT

'Lion King' musical is top-grossing box-office production of all time: Disney

The stage musical of "The Lion King" has generated the highest total box office of any production in any entertainment medium, with worldwide takings of more than $6.2 billion, a spokesman for Walt Disney Co said on Monday.

Sep 23, 2014 11:47 AM EDT

McDowell hints at fourballs break-up with pal McIlroy

Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell has given a strong hint that his Ryder Cup fourballs partnership with world number one Rory McIlroy is a thing of the past.

Sep 23, 2014 11:43 AM EDT

Ebola cases could reach between 550,000 and 1.4 million by late January: CDC

Between 550,000 and 1.4 million people in West Africa could be infected with the Ebola virus by January 20, 2015, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Sep 23, 2014 11:38 AM EDT

More Americans than ever have never married: survey

A record 20 percent of adult Americans, or 42 million people, have never married, marking a U.S. demographic and social shift, according to an analysis released on Wednesday.

Sep 23, 2014 11:33 AM EDT

Support for gay marriage dips below 50 percent in Pew study

Support for gay marriage among Americans has dipped slightly below 50 percent, the Pew Research Center found in a survey released on Monday, even as bans on same-sex marriage have been ruled unconstitutional in a number of states this year.

Sep 23, 2014 11:25 AM EDT

White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor

A decorated Iraq war veteran who scaled a fence on Friday night and got into the White House had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car and had been arrested in July with a sniper rifle and a map on which the executive mansion was marked, a federal prosecutor said on Monday.

Sep 23, 2014 11:19 AM EDT

High-profile New York event highlights Clinton's 'elite' image

When Hillary Clinton rubs shoulders with financial executives and philanthropic giants at the Clinton Global Initiative's meeting this week, it will underscore the tension between her elite connections and populist image likely to feature in her expected 2016 presidential campaign.

Sep 23, 2014 11:14 AM EDT

Israel says its troops kill Hamas men accused of slaying teens

Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday and the military said they were members of Hamas responsible for the killing of three Israeli youths in June, an attack that led to the Gaza war.

Sep 23, 2014 11:09 AM EDT

U.S. and Arab allies launch first strikes on fighters in Syria

The United States and its Arab allies bombed Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing scores of Islamic State fighters and members of a separate al Qaeda-linked group, opening a new front against militants by joining Syria's three-year-old civil war.

Sep 23, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

U.S. existing home sales fall, investors pulling back

U.S. home resales unexpectedly fell in August as investors stepped away from the market, but the decline probably does not signal renewed weakness in the housing sector.

Sep 22, 2014 11:42 AM EDT