New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras began trying to put together a government after a Greek election that raised fresh questions about the country’s euro membership and triggered the biggest stock-market rout in four years. Samaras was given three days from today to put together a coalition from an assembly split down the middle on whether [...]

It was no pleasure to see Hollie Cavanagh go home on “American Idol” Thursday night, just shy of earning a slot in the top three and a hero’s homecoming. Despite giving uneven performances all the way through – a few rousing numbers (“The Climb,” which she reprised as her goodbye song, and, just this week, [...]

REUTERS – Tens of thousands of people marched Tuesday in the south of Europe to protest against austerity measures at the first-Mai, who took this year a particular turn to days of elections in Greece and France. In France, five days before the second round of the presidential election between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, [...]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S. ambassador to the former pariah state in 22 years to reward it for democratic reforms. Both Republican and Democrat senators welcomed the administration’s move, but human rights activists said it [...]

Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $ 1.5 billion over allegations that it promoted the anti-seizure drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration The case includes a criminal fine and forfeiture of $ 700 million and civil settlements with the federal government and states totaling [...]