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Residents of a city in Alaska may soon by paying $9 for a gallon of gas -- making for an expensive winter.

Widespread Santa Ana winds, the strongest in five to ten years, pounded Southern California Wednesday night into Thursday, causing power outages for thousands and delays in the Los Angeles area.

One of Newt Gingrich's former Republican colleagues called the current GOP presidential frontrunner an evil person on Tuesday. Do his previous policy positions and statements support that characterization?

If the reports are to be believed, Premiership champions Manchester United are preparing themselves to face a shocking £70-million offer from La Liga giants Real Madrid for the English club's most celebrated and star striker Wayne Rooney.

Enbridge Inc's proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.3 billion) pipeline to British Columbia poses a raft of environmental risks, according to a new report that signals the project will become the next battleground over the future of Canada's oil sands.

Justin Bieber will not perform live at Rockefeller Center on Wednesday.

Following the wave of pro-democracy demonstrations across the Middle East that have led to free and fair elections, Morocco's King Mohammed VI appointed the leader of an Islamist party to be the country's new head of government Tuesday.

In a scene of anger that looked like a replay of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, dozens of hard-line Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, tearing down the Union Jack flag and flinging documents out of windows.

Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's former doctor found guilty earlier this month of involuntary manslaughter, will learn his fate today as he faces a possible four year prison sentence.

Egyptians weathered a unexpected rainstorm and lines sometimes eight hours long to cast their vote in the first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.

West Africa-focused miner Randgold Resources has cut its 2011 production target for the second time this year after a perfect storm of difficult mining conditions, work stoppages and a mill breakdown at its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast.

U.S. investors came to the Thanksgiving holiday table on Thursday mostly thankful that the week was a short one because, otherwise, market losses could have been larger.

The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has sent high-resolution images, which includes those of a 'monstrous-giant storm,' which stayed alive for 200 days on the northern part of Saturn.

This year's Thanksgiving travel forecast: stormy weather!

As winter chills set in, it's time to dust off the skis and head to the hill! But before you do, check out this guide to the best of the Rockies. This ski season preview has you covered for season dates, best runs, and directions to the top resorts.

Think before you say next time Double Bag It during shopping - for it could cost you more than what you think. If San Francisco's Board of Supervisors have its way, a legislation would soon be enforced that would expand the city's restriction on checkout bags to include all retail stores and restaurants and customers would have to pay for each bag the business establishment provides.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Tuesday following the previous session's sharp losses, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.49 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.21 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.17 percent at 0831 GMT.

Grant said the tabloid press lives in a funny cocoon of self-importance

Worries about out-of-control government debt on both sides of the Atlantic swept across financial markets again on Monday, knocking stocks sharply lower and pushing up prices of bonds deemed to be safe havens.

Asian shares fell on Monday as uncertainty remained over how euro zone leaders would respond to mounting funding difficulties for European banks, and an apparent failure by U.S. politicians to agree on deficit reduction hurt sentiment.

When Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed in September 2008 and shattered the belief that U.S. money-market funds would never break the buck, Washington rushed to limit the damage.