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Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:31 PM PST
Esperanza Casco who's home in Long Beach was recently foreclosed, speaks at a "Faces of LA's Foreclosure Crisis'' rally in Los Angeles in late October.Across the country people claim — some in lawsuits — that banks didn't live up to their end of the deal when they agreed to trial mortgage modifications.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:02 PM PST
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wave to the media at the airport in New Delhi, India, on Sunday.President Barack Obama says the political cost of overhauling the health care system turned out to be higher than he had expected. And he admits that he gets discouraged at times when dealing with the economy.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 02:59 PM PST
Australian airline Qantas is keeping its Airbus A380 fleet grounded beyond an initial 48-hour deadline as it has found potential issues with three engines on two aircraft, a spokesman said on Monday.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:44 PM PST
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson scores a touchdown early in the second quarter.Brett Favre rallied the Vikings from 14 points down to tie it with 27 seconds to play, then drove Minnesota into position for Ryan Longwell's 35-yard game-winning field goal for a 27-24 overtime victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:42 AM PST
TCU's Bart Johnson (6) and Andy Dalton (14) celebrate a touchdown pass during their victory over Utah.TCU's impressive victory over the weekend not only lifted the Horned Frogs to No. 3 in The Associated Press poll, it caused Auburn to move up behind top-ranked Oregon and Boise State to fall two spots to No. 4.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:20 PM PST
If you're already confused about what drives the stock market, try mulling this one over: The major indexes have climbed back to their spring highs, while we've grown more pessimistic.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:01 PM PST
Browns running back Peyton Hillis (40) slips a tackle by Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo on a 35-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.Rookie quarterback Colt McCoy scrambled for a touchdown, Peyton Hillis hammered for a career-high 184 yards and two scores and the Cleveland Browns pounded the New England Patriots 34-14 on Sunday.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PST
President Barack Obama's relationship with the business community has soured despite an auspicious beginning.It seemed like the beginning of a beautiful friendship -- or at the very least a functional relationship.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:09 AM PST
Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia has won the men's title at the New York City Marathon in his debut at the distance.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:20 AM PST
The discovery of a militant training camp in Indonesia, along with persistent terrorist attacks there, have increased U.S. concerns that extremists are regrouping and eyeing Western targets in a country long viewed as a counterterrorism success story.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:32 AM PST
Iran has proposed that a new round of international talks on its nuclear program be held in Turkey, an ally that also has close ties to the West and has sought to mediate in the standoff.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:22 AM PST
Anti-nuclear activists stand in front of the German riot police during clashes near Leitstade on Sunday. A transport of atomic waste from the French reprocessing plant La Hague to the nuclear depot in Gorleben was expected in Gorleben on Sunday.Activists rappelled down from a high bridge, broke through police lines and chained themselves to German train tracks Sunday, trying to halt a shipment of nuclear waste as they protested Chancellor Angela Merkel's plans to keep using nuclear energy.

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:17 AM PST
The protest was prompted by Under Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov's reforms; under them, as many as 200,000 officers have lost their jobs and nine of every 10 army units have been disbanded.  More than 1,000 Russian military veterans and active servicemen rallied Sunday to demand the ouster of the defense minister, a civilian who is carrying out a radical reform of Russia's armed forces.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:55 AM PST
You can "like" the U.K.'s queen beginning Monday, but you can't be "friends" with her, according to media reports ahead of the launch of the British Monarchy Facebook page.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:11 PM PST
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2010 file photo a cross is seen next to the Vastra Skravlingevagen Street in Malmo, Sweden, marking the place where 20-year old Trez West Persson was shot to death and her male friend was seriously injured in October 2009. Swedish police have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of the murder of Tres Persson and of shooting at people with immigrant backgrounds in a yearlong terror spree in southern Sweden, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Johan Nilsson/SCANPIX, File) ** SWEDEN OUT **Lang Conteh thought the two loud cracks were fireworks from the nightclub. He was in high spirits, stepping out of a taxi with two friends to join the summer party.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST
People follow a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, seen on the large live screen, at center, at the La Monumental bullring in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. The Pope is visiting the city of Barcelona to consecrate La Sagrada Familia church. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn Sunday, directly attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier access to abortions as he dedicated Barcelona's iconic basilica, the Sagrada Familia.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:43 PM PST
Panicked residents who live near the base of Mount Merapi — which has claimed 138 lives in two weeks — crammed into trains and buses to seek temporary refuge with family and friends elsewhere.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:13 AM PDT
An AirTran Airways flight carrying 65 people from New Orleans to Milwaukee had to make an emergency landing in Tennessee when smoke and an odor was reported onboard.