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AP - 'Arctic Drift' (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 515 pages, $27.95), by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler: Everything you've heard about global warming is true, and it may already be too late to save humanity from mortal peril. The world is on a crash program to curtail its greenhouse gas emissions, driving gasoline prices through the roof. And Canada is about to declare war on the united states.

Former President Bill Clinton's international business dealings, global foundation and penchant for going off script could present a significant obstacle to Hillary Clinton becoming secretary of state, observers say. Two officials with President-elect barack obama's transition team confirm to CNN that it is investigating Bill Clinton's post-presidential dealings.

A patch of mud and brown grass in Washington is more than the home of what is believed to be the first all-black high school rugby union team in the united states. It is also where a growing number of students have been exposed to a sport they once knew nothing about and to parts of society that once seemed closed to them.

Utah's recent emphasis on attracting South Korean tourists received a boost Monday.Residents of the Asian nation and six other countries no longer will have to get visas if they want to spend up to 90 days in the united states for business or pleasure.

An Arizona State guy running Lute Olson's team? Jeff Goodman looks at how Russ Pennell's unlikely job came to pass.

In a new lawsuit, Microsoft asks a San Francisco court to declare invalid several patents assigned to an online transactions company in hopes of defending customers who have been sued by the patent holder, WebXchange.WebXchange earlier this year filed lawsuits against Dell, Allstate and FedEx in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, charging patent infringement. The suits, filed on the same day in March, say that the companies violate WebXchange patents in some of their online services. In the FedEx suit, for example, WebXchange alleges that FedEx violates three of its patents in an online system that lets people send print jobs to Kinko's stores.[ Keep up on the latest tech news headlines at InfoWorld News, or subscribe to the Today's Headlines newsletter. ]Microsoft is not mentioned in any of the three complaints. However, in the suit that Microsoft filed against WebXchange, it says that the charges relate to the companies' use of Microsoft's Visual St

The International Olympic Committee can't put a Band-Aid on this financial cut: Johnson & Johnson won't be renewing its lucrative global sponsorship deal.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica » Costa Rica is finally ready to join the Central American Free Trade Agreement.The country signed the accord in 2004 along with the rest of Central america, the united states and the Dominican Republic.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People trying to sell tickets to barack obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the united states may face a fine of up to $100,000 or a year in prison, if a U.S. senator has her way.

In Utah, Citigroup employs about 1,000 people, mostly at a call center in Layton. The bank also has several Citifinancial lending offices in the state.