Abbie Fentress Swanson

A series of coordinated attacks killed at least 127 people in Iraq today.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the Austrian conductor, turned 80 on Sunday.

A demonstration a year after the fatal police shooting of a teenager has grown violent today.

Security forces and militia clashed with thousands of protestors outside Tehran University today.

Obama will meet PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan today at the White House.

The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent last month from 10.2 percent in October as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began.

The mission deploys 1,000 Marines and Afghan troops to Helmand province.

Comcast is expected to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal this morning.

This year's Art Basel Miami Beach fair runs from December 3 - 6.

The Frick Collection received a $1 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today.

A broadcasters union is threatening to boycott the popular television special on NBC, "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" unless stalled contract talks are resumed.

President Barack Obama will deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan over the next six months.

The markets are back open in the Gulf today, after the Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock exchanges crashed last week.

New York Senator Charles Schumer wants the National Basketball Association (NBA) to pressure the world's second largest sporting goods retailer, Adidas, to stay in upstate New York.

New York Governor David Paterson says he's going to unilaterally move forward with $1.6 billion in emergency budget cuts, due to inaction by the State Senate.

Internet retailers offer free shipping and major deals for those who spend online today.

H.C. Robbins Landon, a Haydn and Mozart scholar, died Friday at age 83.