Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee.

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she shouldn't have suggested in a newspaper interview that Barack Obama was having trouble winning over "hardworking ... white Americans."

Chinese troops rushed to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from Dujiangyan an earthquake-hit town, state media said Thursday.

The Red Cross on Wednesday boosted its estimate of the cyclone death toll in Myanmar to as many as 128,000 — a much higher figure than the government tally.

Citing shrinking Arctic sea ice, the Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species. But activists were quick to criticize the ruling, saying it was full of loopholes.

General Electric Co. plans to auction off its appliances business, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

This latest loss for the GOP makes the House 236 Democrats to 199 Republicans.  Can cash and campaigning stop the bleeding come November?

Authorities arrested a man they say was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods Wednesday in this Atlantic coast town, where several homes have been gutted by wildfires this week.

FDA approval of generic drugs to treat restless legs syndrome could cool marketing hype for the controversial twitching condition.

The blogosphere has been abuzz about audio of a luncheon with former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld that provides insight into the relationship of media military analysts to the Pentagon.

After privacy complaints, Google is beginning to automatically blur faces of people captured in the street photos taken for its Internet map program. Rolling it out will take several months, however.

Chicago has repealed a two-year-old ban on foie gras.

More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year.

In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft complimented the Boston Herald on Wednesday for apologizing for a story that said his team videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl.