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Oil prices hovered above $53 a barrel Monday in Asia as investors looked to U.S. bank stress test results and April unemployment data this week for signs the worst of the recession is over. Benchmark crude for June delivery was up 11 cents to $53.31 a barrel...

The show explores the power of clothing, fashion photography and models to project images of beauty over the years, its curators said at a preview for the media....

Berkshire Hathaway is ready to make a deal at the right price, but it has nothing in its shopping cart right now, CEO Warren Buffett said Sunday.

The two-month old stock market rally looks to extend its legs in the week ahead, provided Wall Street can surmount a few big hurdles.

Berkshire Hathaway is ready to make a deal at the right price, but it has nothing in its shopping cart right now, CEO Warren Buffett said Sunday.

After scoring three runs in the 13th, the A's were looking at a series victory at Safeco Field. In the bottom of the inning, however, the Mariners loaded the bases against Gio Gonzalez and the lefty, who'd pitched three scoreless innings to that point,...

It's a delicate matter in New York. While the Yankees choose to avoid A-Rod as the topic of conversation, they are more than ready to have his big bat back in the lineup, Danny Knobler says.

City planners from across the country got a chance last week for a behind-the-scenes look at how and where Target plants its bull's-eye.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wanted: Supreme Court justice. Judicial experience not required....

Official says participation would kick-start peace process with militants fighting Hamid Karzai's western-backed governmentThe top UN official in Afghanistan today called for the Taliban to participate in the August presidential election as a way to kick-start a peace process with the militants who are fighting to overthrow the western-backed government in Kabul.Kai Eide, the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, said the militants should participate in a campaign that formally starts on Thursday and which looks increasingly likely to be won by Hamid Karzai, the hugely unpopular incumbent.'Call it reconciliation, or the peace process, whatever you want, but I believe that the opposition should know that those who want to take part in the election and respect the constitution should have an option to do that,' Eide said.Although Taliban spokesmen have said they oppose the election, hopes that some of them might be drawn into the political process have been raised by the lack of attacks