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Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile this morning, just as the country was swearing in a new president.

Superintendent John Covington called for the closing or consolidation of almost half of the schools in the Kansas City, Missouri, school district.

Congress has stripped the jobs bill of the reinvestment in America's infrastructure that would put people back to work and make the country more prosperous in the long run.

Colleen LaRose, the U.S. woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted suicide in 2005, police said.

Parts of Arkansas were under a tornado watch until early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.

Iraq's election commission is expected Thursday to announce partial results of last week's vote.

Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, according to both his manager and closest friend.

Photos of the nude and decapitated body of a murdered hiker, sought by a writer on assignment for Hustler magazine, will not be released, a judge in Georgia ordered Wednesday.

A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges related to terrorism.

For five days, Alexis Moore carefully planned how she would take her own life. She's not a violent person, so she knew handguns were out. She settled on vodka instead, to be followed by a bottle of Xanax.

Heavy fighting flared in the Somali capital Thursday, a day after a battle between government forces and Al-Shabaab rebels left 29 dead and at least 80 people wounded.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Thursday morning near Libertador, Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins of the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says it is difficult to have any negotiations with Israel unless it revokes plans to build new homes on disputed land in Jerusalem, Abbas' top negotiator said Thursday.

Iraq's election commission is expected Thursday to announce partial results of last week's vote.

A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges related to terrorism.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted Wednesday that this week's explosion of violence that claimed at least 200 lives is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims -- but by ethnic, social, and economic problems.

Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.

Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.

The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S. sanctions.

Steve Hildebrand, one of the top advisers who helped put President Obama in office, has a stark warning for his old friends at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

A tornado watch was lifted for Arkansas early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.

Federal authorities have charged a trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant with serving whale meat -- an investigation that was spurred by the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, "The Cove."

Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, according to both his manager and closest friend.

The superintendent calls it the "Right-Size" plan," but many Kansas City, Missouri, residents say it's plain wrong.

When former in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from his top post at Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his nearly $4 million severance package.

Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, his manager and closest friend said Wednesday.

The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.

Some 65 years after their service, a group of female former civilian pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II were honored Wednesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Flying in and out of New York -- which is usually no picnic -- is likely to get worse this spring and summer. A new nationwide rule on tarmac delays, possible exemptions to that rule and a runway closure may create a perfect storm for air travelers when bad weather is added to the mix.

Pink Floyd won a legal battle Thursday against EMI that prevents the band's long-time record label from selling individual songs online.

A key Senate banking panel is poised to release and start working on its financial overhaul bill next week, despite a lack of consensus on some key issues.

The international airline business is improving, said an industry group Thursday, and while losses are still expected for 2010, they should be half the size previously forecast.

Stocks inched lower Thursday morning as investors weighed a drop in weekly jobless claims, a narrower-than-expected U.S. deficit and sliding commodity prices.

Those beating the global warming drum have sure taken a few lumps lately.

Oil prices fell Thursday, amid higher continuing jobless claims.

I like myself pretty well. I've done okay as me. But it came to my attention recently that I was up for a redesign. These things are scary at first, but as they go along, they start to get exciting. Businesspeople are like sharks, not just because we're gray and slightly oily, or because our teeth trail the innards of those we have eviscerated, but because we must move forward or die.

Chris and Janie Peterson have an enviable life. They own a lovely 3½-bedroom ranch house just outside Minneapolis and have work schedules flexible enough to allow them lots of time with their children, Reece, 10, Cecily, 9, and Georgio, 7.

It's dawning on people that getting a handle on burgeoning U.S. debt will be a long and hard process.

The number of Americans filing continuing claims for unemployment insurance spiked last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as sluggish hiring continues to drag on the labor market's recovery.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday that traffic fatalities in 2009 reached their lowest level since 1954.

The dollar was mixed against other currencies Thursday, down against the pound and flat against the euro and yen, ahead of U.S. economic data.

The embarrassment suffered by Toyota is likely to have a bracing effect on other automakers causing a potential tsunami of recalls, industry sources say.

Experts have long counseled against using financial planners who charge commissions, given their incentive to simply sell products that pad their paychecks.

Gregg Fairbrothers wasn't born to business. He grew up in an academic household. "I didn't know a debit from a credit," he admits. Fairbrothers studied earth sciences at Dartmouth in the '70s, got his master's at Rutgers, and eventually moved to Tulsa, where he joined Samson, a gas driller, and earned his chops at the right hand of the company's "hard-nosed founder." He picked up an MBA, but that was "just to get the toolkit," he says. "I learned my business on the job."

Long left for dead, the U.S. nuclear power industry appears poised for a comeback.

The big talk on Capitol Hill may be about health-care reform, but as part of this massive undertaking, the Democrats are quietly reshaping the tax system too. Tucked inside President Obama's latest health-care proposal is a major change to the Medicare tax.

U.S. stocks were set for a weak open Thursday as investors digests reports about the number of people filing for unemployment and the trade balance.

Question: I'm 65, retired and have about 50% of my portfolio in a bond index fund. I'm thinking of switching to a short-term bond fund. Do you think that's a good idea? --Judy, Flowery Branch, Georgia

Turns out booze isn't recession-proof.

Steve Hildebrand, one of the top advisers who helped put President Obama in office, has a stark warning for his old friends at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says it is difficult to have any negotiations with Israel unless it revokes plans to build new homes on disputed land in Jerusalem, Abbas' top negotiator said Thursday.

President Obama will announce Thursday new details of his free trade agenda that is intended to grow the economy, a White House official said.

House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.

President Obama is set to turn up the heat on private health insurers again Wednesday, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to the political battleground state of Missouri.

Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at this year's State of the Union address "very troubling."

Aside from a moral obligation, improving the health of people in other nations is smart foreign policy, former President Clinton said Wednesday.

President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.

It's a grass-roots protest movement composed of the newly politicized and people distrustful of hierarchy. So how is it possible to be an illegitimate Tea Party member?

Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II are honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.

The Irish thrived without Luke Harangody. They're better with him. Sticking with their "slow burn" offense, writes Stewart Mandel, ND stifled Seton Hall and likely clinched an NCAA bid.

Just what the Mets need: another medical misunderstanding. The mystery surrounding Jose Reyes is just the latest in a series of weird things to happen to the Mets, says Joe Posnanski.

DALLAS(AP) Top scorer Dirk Nowitzki was struggling, and the Dallas Mavericks needed points from other sources.

PHOENIX (AP) -- Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter insists he meant no harm toward Latino players when he referred to them as "impostors" while discussing the number of African-Americans in the major leagues.