Make no mistake about it, change is coming in President Bush's Iraq policy. After stubbornly pursuing a stay-the-course policy into a fourth year of war, Bush is being told it's time for a new direction _ by everyone from U.S. voters and a blue-ribbon panel to his own national security adviser and ousted defense secretary. more
Fiji's military commander said Tuesday that he had seized control of the country, dismissed the elected prime minister and appointed an interim replacement. more
Three members of a San Francisco family missing for more than a week were found alive Monday along a snowy, treacherous roadway in southwestern Oregon, police said. A search continued for the father. more
Through tough times in Cleveland and Detroit, Jeff Garcia wondered if he'd ever be a significant contributor in the NFL again. A three-time Pro Bowl quarterback when he was guiding San Francisco to playoff berths, Garcia found out Monday night just how important he is to the Philadelphia Eagles _ as important as Donovan McNabb. more
William Polk Carey, chairman and founder of real estate company W. P. Carey & Co., has donated $50 million to Johns Hopkins University, which the college will use to establish business and education schools, the university announced late Monday. more
President Felipe Calderon assured investors Monday his administration would work to provide a safe business climate, battling crime and corruption while improving the nation's infrastructure. more
Wells Fargo & Co. is launching a new program to help mortgage borrowers with poor credit records improve their plight _ and help the bank shake off years of accusations depicting it as a predatory lender. more
Comedian Jackie Mason on Monday dropped a lawsuit in which he claimed the missionary group Jews for Jesus damaged him when it used his name and likeness in a pamphlet. more
Eyewitnesses said actor Lane Garrison of TV's "Prison Break" showed signs he may have been drinking the night the car he was driving crashed into a tree, killing a teenage passenger and injuring two others, police said Monday. more
Paul McCartney's lyrics. Jimi Hendrix's guitar. A John Lennon interview. Memorabilia from some of the most influential musicians of the 20th century hit the auction block Monday. more
An E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 22 people _ two of them seriously _ was linked by health investigators Monday to three Taco Bell restaurants in New Jersey. Investigators also were examining whether an outbreak of 14 cases on Long Island was connected to the fast-food chain. more
Health nuts, food lovers and the worldwide restaurant industry are closely watching the Big Apple, where the board of health is poised to approve the nation's first ban on trans fats. more
In a rare federal prosecution, a leading government Alzheimer's researcher was charged Monday with a criminal conflict of interest for performing lucrative private drug company work that overlapped his official duties. more
Pfizer Inc.'s new experimental heart drug is dead, but the dual approach the company was testing _ boosting good cholesterol while lowering the bad _ is very much alive, specialists said Monday. more
The Department of Veterans Affairs did not spend all of the extra $300 million it budgeted to increase mental health services and failed to keep track of how some of the money was used, a government report says. more
A Japanese entertainment group has asked the popular video-sharing site YouTube Inc. to implement a system to prevent users from uploading videos that would infringe copyrights, a group spokesman said Tuesday. more
Veteran audio engineer Tony Bongiovi, who once worked with Jimi Hendrix, has been disappointed for decades that the equipment most people used to listen to music couldn't replicate the high-quality sound heard in the studio. more
CNBC relaunched its Web site Monday with more video and newsmaker interviews as the financial news cable channel formally ended a five-year agreement with Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Money. more
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea's largest corporation, joined Microsoft Corp. on Monday in launching the first mobile phone in Asia and Europe to use high-speed HSDPA wireless technology. more
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