BEIRUT (AP) - Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (Sou... [Full Article]
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - A main opposition group in Bahrain says police have searched the home of the Gulf nation's most senior Shiite cleric, who has strongly sided with anti-government protesters. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors nudged the stock market to all-time highs Wednesday despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illic... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc , mired in a battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and co-founder Michael Dell over its future, said it will report quarterly results on Thursday, May 16, five days ahead of schedule. Dell, in a statement on T... [Full Article]
The end of the Facebook phone is nearing. Five weeks after Facebook debuted the HTC First - and four days after AT&T dropped the price on the phone to less than a dollar (with contract) - the joint venture appears to be unraveling. Tech blog BGR ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is falling in early trading to begin a week full of hints about the health of the nation's retailers. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail could fall into foreign hands if trade unions continue to fight plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of shares on the London Stock Exchange, Britain's Observer newspaper reported. In an in... [Full Article]
The Wall Street Journal says that Amazon is expanding its hardware offerings with a whole new line of gadgets, including a lame-sounding "audio streaming device" and a pair of next gen smartphones. We're going to be super honest. While... [Full Article]
Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they're encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled ... (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]