Libyan authorities Tuesday released three top leaders of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, successfully concluding a three-year peace process that has produced an alliance against al Qaeda.
Three Guantanamo Bay prison detainees have been flown to the nation of Georgia and handed over to the Tblisi government, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. U.S. officials did not identify those released, or say whether they expected the three men to be released by Georgian authorities.
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held more than two hours of talks Tuesday evening amid a dispute over Israel's decision to build new Jewish housing on disputed land in East Jerusalem.
Oprah Winfrey has settled a lawsuit filed against her by the former head of the girls' school in Africa she founded in 2007, attorneys for Winfrey and Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane said.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is running for governor in that state, has filed documents with the court to prevent Dr. Conrad Murray from practicing medicine until criminal proceedings regarding his actions around singer Michael Jackson's death are complete.
The Merida Initiative, a U.S. anti-narcotics aid program to Mexico, will emphasize social and economic development in addition to security aid, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on a visit to Mexico City on Tuesday.
The Federal Reserve announced final rules for gift cards Tuesday that the central bank says will help protect consumers from unexpected costs.
The rules, which go into effect in August, limit the fees that issuers are allowed to charge on gift cards, including inactivity, dormancy and other service fees. Issuers will also be required to clearly state the terms and conditions associated with gift cards.
Don't mess with Texas! Cities in the Lone Star State were among the fastest growing places in 2009.
Dallas-Forth Worth and Houston gained the most new residents of any city - netting more than 140,000 each - according to the Census Bureau's annual metropolitan area population estimates released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, music center Austin posted the second highest growth rate among top cities - 3.1 percent - just behind Raleigh, N.C.
Federal aviation regulators said Tuesday they are proposing a $1.45 million civil penalty against Northwest Airlines for operating nearly three dozen of its Boeing 757 planes without proper windshield wiring inspections.
Stocks surge to 18-month highs
Stocks rallied Tuesday, with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 ending at new 18-month highs following the release of a better-than-expected existing home sales report that suggests a slow economic rebound.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 103 points, or 1 percent, according to early tallies, ending at 10,888.83, the highest close since 11,143.13 on September 26, 2008.
[Updated, 5:02 p.m.]Â In his 12-page order, U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson denied a motion for an injunction filed by Constance McMillen, a senior at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi, against the Itawamba County School District's superintendent, the school's principal and its assistant principal.
In his order, Davidson ruled that McMillen failed to show that granting the injunction would serve the public interest.
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[Posted, 4:44 p.m.] A federal judge on Tuesday said he would not order a school district to hold a prom that it had canceled after an openly lesbian student asked to attend with her girlfriend.
Six men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being involved in an insider-trading ring, the Financial Services Authority said.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on March 8 announcing the nomination of Robert Harding, left, to head the TSA.
Here's a look at some of tomorrow's news events:
TSA nominee's ties to Abu Ghraib?
Senators plan to question President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration on Capitol Hill during a second round of confirmation hearing.  The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members are expected to ask retired Maj. Gen. Robert Harding about whether his contracting business worked at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. That facility run by the U.S. military became infamous in 2004 after photos emerged showing prisoner abuse.
Four militants were killed and several were injured Tuesday night in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, two Pakistani intelligence officials and a local government official told CNN.
After more than 30 years of searching, authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged murders of five teenagers who were reported missing in Newark in 1978.
Hijackers seized two cargo ships Tuesday in waters near Somalia, the epicenter of the piracy industry.
There are "compelling reasons" to believe the Israeli government was responsible for forging British passports used in a plot to kill a Hamas leader in the United Arab Emirates earlier this year, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Tuesday.
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