TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Ireland is being pressed to take a bailout and ease investors' concerns about its financial situation before the prospect that the markets will force it to do so, weekend media reports say.

The pressure is on to get the treaty OKd in the Senate's lame duck session, before Republicans swell their ranks in the chamber next year.

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's still seven more weeks before the Republicans' dream election becomes a reality, but change already is in the air as lawmakers return Monday for a postelection session of Congress.

Photo: AP APEC leaders take part in a group photo at the APEC summit in Yokohama, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Leaders of the 21-nation Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have concluded their summit in Yokohama, Japan pledging to move forward ...

I'm a Heisman voter. If my vote were due today, Auburn quarterback Cam Newton wouldn't be on my ballot -- even though he's arguably the most outstanding college football player in the country this year.

Rahm Emanuel has star power. I watched it at work in August when he flew into town. It was a month before Mayor Daley announced he wasn't running again.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller is watching absentee ballots from military voters as he takes his next steps in Alaska's still-undecided Senate race.

The official death count is around 800, but many fatalities are likely going unrecorded in mountainous areas that are far from hospitals.

The star's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, says Gabor is back home and has the assistance of two nurses, according to the Associated Press.

AP / November 14, 2010 Jeff Maehl caught a 29-yard touchdown pass for the Ducks' only offensive touchdown, and Oregon got a stellar effort from its defense and a huge break on a missed field goal to beat California, 15-13, last night in Berkeley.

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1' features a much-older Daniel Radcliffe (l.), Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Alessandro Siciliano was just 7 when he fell under Harry Potter's spell.

PARIS—French President Nicolas Sarkozy reappointed François Fillon as prime minister and asked him to form a new cabinet, the Élysée presidential palace said Sunday.

Cisco has hired the man responsible for Apple's famed "Antennagate" issues—Mark Papermaster, 49, has joined the company as vice president of Cisco's Silicon Switching Technology Group, which oversees the various chips that the company develops for its ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF "Proposal going through formulation process between teams on both sides," PM says at start of weekly cabinet meeting; Likud MK Elkin says majority of Likud MKs will oppose proposal; Yishai: J'lem building must resume immediately.

Arriving with an entirely appropriate bombastic marketing campaign last week, Black Ops, the latest instalment of the Call of Duty series, has more of an air of the blockbuster film sequel or much-awaited follow-up album about it.

After losing three of its past four games -- including two at home -- the Heat finished strong in the fourth quarter against the Raptors.

SATURDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- People who have a first-degree relative with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk themselves for the potentially deadly heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds.

By AP Leave a comment WASHINGTON - Fresh off big victories on Election Day, Republicans in Congress feel empowered enough to extend tax cuts that expire in January.