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Electric cars will not be dramatically cleaner than autos powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from conventional coal-fired power plants, scientists said on Monday.

U.S. financial regulators and federal prosecutors unveiled their biggest-ever insider case involving a hedge fund last week and similar cases may be announced in coming months, sources said on Monday.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday that at least one pig has tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

At shops in Shanghai's bustling Xinyang market, fake Apple iPhones and Bose speakers sit neatly alongside bootleg copies of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system, a week before its official launch.

The Aussie dollar opened Monday a nervous note with local investors unsure if the week ahead could see the beginning of a reversal of the recent strong run higher.

A Colombian mayor canceled a Calle 13 concert on Monday after the lead singer for the Puerto Rican rappers wore a T-shirt appearing to link President Alvaro Uribe to illegal paramilitaries.

U.S. stocks rose to fresh 12-month highs on Monday as optimistic investors rode a wave of solid quarterly earnings, which continued after the session's close when Apple Inc's shares jumped on its results.

Apple Inc. reports a 46 percent increase in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings as the company posts higher revenue than a year ago led by better-than-expected sales of iPhones, Mac computers and iPods

The office of the Georgian president had a new occupant Monday as U.S. actor Andy Garcia took on the role of Mikheil Saakashvili in a film based on last year's war with Russia.

A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.

U.S. pop star Beyonce has postponed a planned concert in Malaysia after the nation's opposition Islamist party raised concerns about her performance, citing moral issues, concert organizers said.

U.S. stocks rose to fresh 12-month highs on Monday as optimistic investors rode a wave of solid quarterly earnings, which continued after the session's close when Apple Inc's shares jumped on its results.

United States First Lady Michelle Obama is set to appear on The Jay Leno Show on Friday, NBC announced on Monday, according to the Associated Press.

American International Group Inc, the insurer bailed out by the U.S. government, has extended $2 billion in credit to its aircraft leasing arm, allowing the lessor to meet debt obligations due last week, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.

Apple Beats Wall St; Gold Gaining on U.S. Policy; Housing Preview

The Obama administration on Monday launched a program to help the depressed U.S. housing market by effectively allowing state and local housing finance agencies to borrow from the U.S. Treasury.

U.S. stocks rose to fresh 12-month highs on Monday as optimistic investors rode a wave of solid quarterly results.

Talks between Iran and world powers on a deal to allay concerns about Tehran's nuclear drive started well on Monday, the U.N. atomic agency chief said, despite Iran's reported refusal to negotiate with France.

Gasoline differentials in markets east of the Rockies are expected to hold unseasonal strong levels this week, after last week's surprise drawdown in inventories, as disciplined refiners hold the line on production, industry sources said on Monday.

Will a decline in home sales in one of the most recent reports be a temporary dip in the U.S. real estate market or possibly a new downward trend with implications for the entire U.S. economy?

Shares in Motorola Inc rose over 8 percent on Monday on investor anticipation that its second phone powered by Google Inc's Android system would be a hit at Verizon Wireless.