Everyone knew Republicans would try to defund President Obama's signature health-care overhaul. They've made that clear since taking over the House majority.

Matt Sayles/AP Keep up with the latest news, on the court and off, with The Times's basketball blog. Knicks fans have apparently become so starved for success that OK is great and mediocre is the accepted norm.

IDF source says that as long as the ships, as expected, stay outside Israel's territorial waters and make no aggressive moves, there will be no confrontation.

Aaron Baddeley carded a final round of 3-under-par 69 and won the Northern Trust Open by two-strokes over Vijay Singh. Two players, Aaron Baddeley and Fred Couples, broke away from the field and were in a head-to-head match for the opening holes.

Photo: AP Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, wearing hat at left, stands in a queue as he waits with other voters to place his ballot in Kiruhura district, which is Museveni's home area, at a Polling station about 300 Kms (200 miles) west of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - One hundred and fifty years and one day later, the South did it again. People gathered for the Confederate Heritage Rally in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

JERUSALEM Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The decision by the United States to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction, was met with a sigh of relief by Israel but with anger among Palestinians.

By Scott Mendelson HollywoodNews.com: It was a crowded weekend at the box office for the second weekend in a row, as three major openers squared off against a surprisingly resilient animated feature from the week before.

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TUNIS, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia's interim government has asked Saudi Arabia whether former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who obtained asylum in the Gulf kingdom was still alive, in case demanding his extradition following "new charges against ...

AP WASHINGTON -- The NFL and its players' union met before a federal mediator for the third consecutive day on Sunday, trying to find common ground for a new labor deal before the current one expires.

FEARFUL THE wave of change sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East could undermine the position of the Communist Party, Chinese security forces took to the streets of 13 major cities yesterday to squash any displays of dissent after a ...

Weather: Sunny with highs near 80 degrees and winds from the NE in the afternoon at 5-10 mph. • Bernhard Langer, the three-time Champions Tour Player of the Year, carded a final-round 66 to easily win his first event ...

Google's upgrade of its Social Search feature was quickly outdone by Microsoft Bing, which released a revamped Bing Bar with deeper integration with Facebook.

WASHINGTON Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday it was deeply concerned by credible reports of hundreds of deaths and injuries during protests in Libya, and urged the government to allow demonstrators to ...

A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York during the morning commute, January 18, 2011. By Emily Kaiser WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street and the US government statisticians seem to have very different views on the state of the economy.

People chanted during a protest march in Rabat, Morocco's capital, on Sunday. Between 3000 and 5000 people demonstrated. By STEVEN ERLANGER CASABLANCA, Morocco - For Morocco, a kingdom on the western edge of North Africa, the calls for change sweeping ...

Motivated by recent shows of political strength by neighbors in Egypt, demonstrators are taking to the streets of many capital cities to rally for change.