China: 69 dams in danger after earthquake (AP)

Death toll from China earthquake now exceeds 51,000 (AP)
AP - China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to...

Rivals sign power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe (AP)
AP - President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders signed a deal Monday under which Zimbabwe's president of nearly three decades will cede some...

Powerful earthquake rattles northeastern Indonesia (AP)
AP - A powerful earthquake rattled northeastern Indonesia on Thursday, triggering a tsunami alert and sending panicked residents fleeing from their...

Rising prices beat down consumer spending in June (AP)
AP - Consumer spending, after adjusting for inflation, fell in June as shoppers were hit with the biggest increase in prices in nearly three decades.

In a switch, governors now await running-mate call (AP)
AP - For more than three decades, the National Governors' Association has assembled on presidential election years as one of its members made a bid...