Moves are part of a policy to acknowledge China's emergence as a world power but to also lay down markers when it is infringing on U.S. interests.


China - United States - Google - Shopping - Business

Brothers, who have spent millions funding GOP campaigns, violated securities laws, SEC says.


Business - Law - Fraud - Allegedly Unethical Firms - Sterling Software

Efforts to reach settlement fall short, setting up a potentially historic trial for N.Y. congressman.


New York - United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - United States - Ethics - Philosophy

The near-constitutional right to pick up and move to a better job becomes a victim of the recession.


Recession - United States - Home - Business and Economy - Employment

Instead of helping small businesses, U.S. program enriched Afghanistan's traditional power brokers.


Afghanistan - United States - War in Afghanistan - Asia - United States armed forces

With ruling, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has became one of nation's most divisive figures.


United States federal judge - Susan Ritchie Bolton - Immigration - Law - Arizona

Stubbornly high rates of crime, including rape and sexual assault, on reservations are targeted.


Crime - Sexual assault - Rape - Violence and Abuse - Sexual Abuse and Assault

The U.S. economy is out of the ditch. But is there enough gas left to reach highway speed?

Illiterate, hashish-growing former warlord is U.S. troops' most reliable friend in Kandahar province.


Taliban - Kandahar Province - Afghanistan - Asia - Politics

Obama administration wants to add "electronic communication transactional records" to list of items FBI may demand without judge's approval.


Federal Bureau of Investigation - United States - Telecommunication - Government - Barack Obama

In some places, good news from the water has meant bad news in the air.


Water - Oil - Environment - Business - Alternative

Democratic leaders seek to link GOP to some of the most extreme elements of "tea party" movement.


Republican - United States - Politics - Parties - Democratic

The government braces for an increasing demand for services from female veterans.


Government - United States - Veteran - Military - Business

Spill from blowout is degrading rapidly in warm waters, becoming tougher to find, director says.


Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment - Spill Containment and Remediation

Chamber appears poised to approve spending $37B on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.


War in Afghanistan - Iraq - Iraq War - Afghanistan - Warfare and Conflict

Investigators will focus on at least three companies and examine whether cozy relations with federal regulators contributed to the oil disaster.


BP - Business - Oil spill - Security - Investigation

Agency blames 2009 Metro accident on chronic track circuit failures, negligent safety attitude.


National Transportation Safety Board - Red Line - United States - Technology - Safety Engineering

Former Pakistani spy chief says U.S. coordinated release to help legitimize early American exit.


United States - Asia - War in Afghanistan - Wikileaks - Pakistan

RELIABLE SOURCE | Unlike many celebvocates, ESPN sportscaster, who was on the Hill Tuesday, has raw, first-hand experience.


ESPN - Sports commentator - Stalking - Erin Andrews - Crime

Source says chief executive will take a job with the company's joint venture in Russia, TNK-BP.


Tony Hayward - BP - Oil spill - Environment - Energy