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New England head coach Stuart Lancaster says he wants his players to play with pride as he plans for the 2015 World Cup.

By James Freeman The two powers in ObamaCare that the Supreme Court is considering would allow the government to force people to buy all kinds of things outside of health-care financing.

A senior Chinese politician calls for foreign companies to "pay more attention" to workers as Apple chief executive Tim Cook visits a supplier.

Brothers Thomas and Raymond Kwok, who control Hong Kong's biggest property development company, Sun Hung Kai, were arrested for suspected corruption, authorities said Thursday.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Five African presidents seeking to restore Mali's elected government were forced to make a mid-air U-turn and head to Ivory Coast to hold their meeting, after demonstrators supporting the military junta took over the tarmac to stop the jets from landing, officials said....

A coroner's court hears how it took emergency crews three days to find the body of a Derbyshire woman whose house caught fire due to the amount of rubbish she had hoarded.

A Missouri school district has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union over student access to pro-gay websites.

The Camdenton R-III School District in central Missouri will ensure that nonsexual websites on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues will be put on a customized ...

Liam Byrne is expected to announce he will resign from the shadow cabinet in May, if Birmingham votes for an elected mayor.

Declaring that the American oil industry is "booming," President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation will be watching to see where Congress stands on his push to end tax breaks for the major oil companies.

The leader of the Michigan-based Hutaree militia, David Stone, and his son, plead guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun.

The man in charge of ensuring the safety of miners at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch coal mine pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he helped conceal hazardous conditions from federal inspectors.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A former militant leader in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta is linked to a private security company that signed a $103 million deal with the government to patrol the West African nation's waterways against pirates, officials have told The Associated Press....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A former militant leader in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta is linked to a private security company that signed a $103 million deal with the government to patrol the West African nation's waterways against pirates, officials have told The Associated Press....

DETROIT (AP) -- A Michigan militia leader and his son each pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally possessing a machine gun, ending a six-week trial that took a dramatic turn this week when a judge dismissed more serious charges of conspiring to rebel against the government....

Petrol stations in Dorset have been asked to close if queuing cars cause problems as an increase in demand for fuel is seen across much of England.

Queues form at petrol stations as demand for fuel shoots up after ministers call for people to top up in case of a tanker drivers' strike.

LONDON (AP) -- Fears of a slowdown in the U.S. and China, the world's two biggest economies, and renewed concerns over Spain's debt hurt markets on Thursday, driving investors to book gains at the end of an otherwise profitable quarter....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are ready to ram through the House an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget that showcases their deficit-cutting plan for revamping Medicare and slicing everything from food stamps to transportation while rejecting President Barack Obama's call to raise taxes on the rich....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are ready to ram through the House an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget that showcases their deficit-cutting plan for revamping Medicare and slicing everything from food stamps to transportation while rejecting President Barack Obama's call to raise taxes on the rich....