Reuters - Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.

By Steve Marcus, Reuters By Bob Velin, USA TODAY His brittle right hand, to be exact, the one that has kept breaking on the hard heads and other body parts of Malignaggi's foes throughout his boxing career.

AFP - Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.

Colombo, Sri Lanka (AHN) - Sri Lankan troops broke a major defense line of Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday while other government forces captured a clandestine air strip used by the separatists to launch air strikes.

Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, his transition team said Thursday.

An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.

Two US astronauts of space shuttle Endeavour's crew have finished the second of four planned spacewalks of the mission on Thursday, continuing the repair job for the International Space Station's right-side solar array joint, NASA TV broadcast.

NYT: The business holdings and connections that made Penny Pritzker a key to the Obama presidential campaign’s fundraising may have kept her from a job as commerce secretary.

Bolt: Animated feature. Voiced by John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman and Mark Walton. Directed by Byron Howard and Chris Williams (PG.

Dell's earnings are expected to drop nearly 20% when it reports third-quarter results late Thursday. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expect the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker to report earnings of $615.99 million, or 31 cents a ... (Read More)