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Ford Motor Co expects its U.S. sales for June to be down 10 percent to 20 percent from a year earlier, giving it a higher share of the largest auto market amid early signs demand has begun to stabilize, an executive said on Monday.

June 30 will mark one month since the deadly Air France 447 crash and also the day when the signals emitted from the crashed jet's data recorders start to fade out making it increasingly difficult for investigators to locate them.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs is back at work following a near 6-month medical leave, although he will work at least initially from home for a few days a week, the company said on Monday.

Like the fish don't see the water they swim in, people don't often see how their conversations are infused with manipulation. One of the goals in our work is making the manipulation

The Problem: Steven's original résumé did little to present him for his career of choice-historian or history teacher-and instead simply presented descriptions of tasks performed

Stocks rose on Monday as higher oil prices lifted shares of energy companies and investors bought shares to improve their holdings on the day before the second quarter draws to a close.

Some hotels are renowned for their views or for their service. Others are famed for the outrageous, flamboyant or destructive behavior of their guests.

The creators of the popular BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay have turned their sights to a new market - streaming video - with a new website that is already billed as a rival to YouTube and Hulu.

Vancouver is the eighth largest city in Canada with a population of 578,000 (2006 census) and has one of the mildest climates in Canada with temperatures averaging around 3 degrees celsius in January and 18 degrees celsius in July.

The American tourists insisted I must try their new discovery – a “fantastic” soup that the waiter had recommended the previous day.

Ford Motor Co expects its U.S. sales for June will decline by less than 20 percent, giving it a higher share of the largest auto market amid early signs that demand has begun to stabilize, an executive said on Monday.

The Los Angeles coroner's office on Monday dismissed as inaccurate a British newspaper report that said Michael Jackson was emaciated and almost bald when he died suddenly last week.

Congress is eyeing ways to make sure speculative trading helps commodity markets rather than distorting pricing signals, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a Reuters Television interview Monday.There are concerns, Vilsack said, noting he has spoken about the issue with Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.I suspect that there will probably be an effort to make...

The economic crisis is turning more Asian women into CFOs, or chief family officers, according to a new survey, juggling work and childcare as they try to boost the family income.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment allowed for what the judge called extraordinarily evil crimes.Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge handed down the penalty, apparently unconvinced that Madoff h...

Small businesses, or at least the trade organizations that purport to represent them, tend to be politically conservative.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment for what the judge called an extraordinarily evil crime.Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge handed down the penalty.Madoff, 71, stood passively with his hands c...

Fans of King of Pop Michael Jackson held a candlelight vigil on Sunday night to remember his life and legacy at the original home of Motown Records in Detroit.

Hong Kong's H1N1 tally has reached726 with 130 new cases conformed within three days, the Department of Health (DH) said on Monday, which is only three lesser than the 729 cases of mainland China.

The King of Pop Michael Jackson once wished his funeral to be greatest show on earth.

Sunsets are one of the most fascinating light displays that Mother Nature has to offer. The colours of the sky and the landscape can change dramatically with the sun casting its bright light in a different angle.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it rejected an appeal by film studios and television networks of a ruling allowing a new digital video recorder service by New York cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp.The justices refused to review a ruling by a U.S. Court of Appeals in New York that Cablevision's proposed new service would not directly infringe the copyrights of the media companies that...

Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Monday it is introducing a wireless service for subscribers to access the Web beyond their homes anywhere within the United States.The so-called fourth-generation (4G) wireless service, is the first execution of a partnership between Comcast, Clearwire Corp and other companies that use the emerging WiMax high-speed mobile technology.Many consu...

Child pornography was downloaded from a Swiss hip-hop music website to around 2,300 computers in 78 countries, Swiss police said on Monday.

Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Monday it is introducing a wireless service for subscribers to access the Web beyond their homes anywhere within the United States.The so-called fourth-generation (4G) wireless service, is the first execution of a partnership between Comcast, Clearwire Corp and other companies that use the emerging WiMax high-speed mobile technology.Many consu...

China is very likely to have a regional outbreak of the A (H1N1) influenza and its first death from the virus in the foreseeable future, as the number of the flu cases rises in the country, a Chinese health ministry official said on Monday.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for a judicial probe into the suspicious death of a young Iranian woman who has become an icon of opposition protests against a disputed election which he officially won.

Iran's top legislative body confirmed Monday the results of a disputed June 12 election which was won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

Celebrities and hip adults aren't the only people flocking to Twitter, the social-networking site. Even centenarians have learned to tweet.Three percent of U.S. centenarians questioned in a new survey said they use the service that allows users to send short text messages, or tweets, of up to 140 characters at least once a week to keep in touch with their friends and family.Another 10 percent sen...