Oil above $112 ahead of Bernanke news conference (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:39 PM PDT AP - Oil prices hovered above $112 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as traders awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about U.S. interest rates and economic growth.  
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Thai-Cambodia border clash flares up again Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:23 PM PDT At least 14 people killed as fighting spreads in the disputed Dangrek mountains, home to several ancient temples.  
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AP Interview: UN diplomat works against Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:15 PM PDT AP - Libyan Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi objects to being called a rebel diplomat.  
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Chinese couple hold 'royal wedding' with horses (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:11 PM PDT AP - A Chinese couple have tied the knot with a procession inspired by the British royal wedding, donning ceremonial garb and riding in a horse-drawn carriage flanked by guards in scarlet uniforms.  
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Is An 850 Credit Score Possible? Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:32 PM PDT This post provided by SavingsAccounts.com. College students dream of the perfect GPA. Newlyweds migh  
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How Deficit Spending Works to Defeat a Liquidity Trap Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:31 PM PDT The mechanism used by society to permit money???being???saved to flow to borrowers stopped functioni  
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Taiwan opposition names Tsai to run for president (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:39 PM PDT AP - Taiwan's main opposition party says chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen has secured its presidential nomination after winning an island-wide telephone poll.  
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Travels Down Under With Alice, Age 88 Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:14 PM PDT When an 88 year old decides to travel, she won't let anything stop her. Alice's trip "down under" c  
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Why Foreign Automakers Are Launching China-Only Designs (Time.com) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT Time.com - Foreign automakers are trying to boost their competitiveness by launching new mid-priced brands for China, which overtook the U.S. to become the world's largest car market in 2009  
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China in no mood to listen in U.S. rights talks (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:23 PM PDT Reuters - China's increasingly tough line against dissent suggests it will be in no mood to bend to U.S. demands to soften its approach when the two begin talks on human rights on Wednesday.  
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Karzai Told to Dump U.S. Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:12 PM PDT Pakistan is lobbying Afghanistan's president against building a long-term strategic partnership with the U.S., urging him instead to look to Pakistan—and its Chinese ally—for help in striking a peace deal with the Taliban and rebuilding the economy.  
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Explosion rocks Egypt gas pipeline Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:32 PM PDT Security official blames armed gang for "attack" at terminal that supplies natural gas to Jordan and Israel.  
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VIDEO: Liam Fox: Progress in Misrata Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:58 PM PDT UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox has welcomed Washington's sanctioning of the deployment of armed Predator drones to attack ground targets in Libya.  
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Britain prepares for biggest royal wedding since Diana (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:11 PM PDT AFP - Britain is putting the crowning touches to the preparations for Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton as the world gets set to tune in for the biggest royal occasion for 30 years.  
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Egypt gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan attacked: source (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:56 PM PDT Reuters - Saboteurs blew up a pipeline running through Egypt's North Sinai on Wednesday that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, a security source told Reuters.  
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Thousands gather in India for Hindu guru's funeral (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:10 PM PDT AP - Thousands of tearful devotees, including top politicians, gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's best-known Hindu ascetics who was revered as a divine incarnation with miraculous healing powers.  
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The Unhappy Anniversary Of Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT A misguided law championed by conservatives makes it harder to hire workers.  
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Fleecing The Facebook Generation Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT The youth in this country have signed up to pay for my retirement.  
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Investor Sues T.J. Maloney And His $1.8 Billion Private Equity Firm Alleging Bogus Fees Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:41 PM PDT The New York City buyout shop is accused of "broad-based looting."  
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Egypt gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan attacked: source Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:56 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Saboteurs blew up a pipeline running through Egypt's North Sinai on Wednesday that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, a security source told Reuters.  
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