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The euro fell to its lowest levels since January following the news Greece would have to hold a new round of elections, making the prospect of the dissolution of the euro zone economic union significantly more compelling.

The latest crisis in Air India, India's state-owned airliner, began a week ago when striking pilots suddenly reported sick in huge numbers. The crisis has entered its eighth day Tuesday with the carrier cancelling 24 more flights even as no indication of a solution is seen on the horizon.

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said he will petition to Supreme Court to keep in state custody an accused murderer facing federal charges, to avoid the death penalty, which the governor opposes.

Law-enforcement officers who track the locations of people via their cell phones may be operating outside the bounds of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said Thursday.

About 250 AI pilots remain on strike, having called in sick since Monday.

The national Republican star and oft-mentioned vice presidential candidate vetoed a bill to set up a health insurance marketplace mandated under the Affordable Care Act.

All bookings on flights to the United States, Canada and Europe until May 15 have been put on hold.

President Barack Obama made a historic announcement of his support of gays and lesbians marrying, but stopped short of calling it a civil right.

President Barack Obama's support for legalizing same-sex marriage was both a huge victory for gay rights groups as well as a political risk during an election year.

Democrats are seeing shades of 2010 in the Indiana Senate race, contending that Republican Richard Mourdock's primary win over longtime incumbent senator Dick Lugar gives them an opening.

Same-sex marriage advocates are confident that the nation is moving gradually towards marriage equality, but they will need to contend with a majority of states -- North Carolina among them -- that restrict marriage to a man and a woman.

On Tuesday, India?s Supreme Court directed the central government to slowly eliminate its Hajj subsidy program, which partially covers travel costs for Indian Muslims? sacred pilgrimages to Mecca.

Treyarch recently announced their next venture into the ?Call of Duty? franchise, confirming rumors that the game will be a sequel to their 2010 title. ?Black Ops 2? is slated for a November 2012 release, and fans are gearing up for the Los Angeles-based Cold War shooter. However, Activision could be facing some legal troubles over the new game?s setting.

Richard Lugar, the six-term senator from Indiana struggling to beat back a Tea Party-backed rival in Tuesday's Republican primary, made a last minute appeal for votes by saying his challenger will lose to a Democrat in November.

India has delayed for a year the implementation of controversial rules, first announced in mid-March, to combat tax-avoidance, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told lawmakers in New Delhi on Monday.

The in-laws of Sahar Gul, a 15-year-old Afghan girl, were Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for the unsavory and barbaric treatment they inflicted on her after she had refused to enter prostitution.

Hacktivist members of the online collective called Anonymous targeted the websites of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and the CIA on Friday, responding to efforts by both governments to stifle internet freedom. Anonymous has named its new campaign to fight online censorship Operation The Pirate Bay (TPR) and Operation Trial At Home.

A survey of three swing states -- Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- show more voters want the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the health care law.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Montana Supreme Court's decision to uphold a state law banning corporate involvement in elections flies in the face of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

How do you make people like Obamacare? A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presentation offers a model.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Jose Padilla's lawsuit against Bush administration counsel and torture memo author John Yoo.