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The Saskatchewan communities of Radisson, Borden and Maidstone have declared states of emergency as residents work to cope with flooding. More...

By Niluksi Koswanage KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (Reuters) - The island of Borneo may be all that stands between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and an unprecedented election defeat within weeks for his ruling coalition. Borneo's two Malaysian states -- Sabah and Sarawak -- have been a bastion...

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - New Chinese leader Xi Jinping's appointment of two top diplomats last week displays a desire to repair relations with long-time rival Japan after months of disruption, while keeping the United States and its strategic pivot to Asia at bay. Yang Jiechi, a...

What's advertised as the smallest town in the United States goes up for auction next month. More...

AP - In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a person with knowledge of the negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang told The Associated Press on Thursday. More...

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned. More...

AP - The United States appears to be out of answers on what to do with Syria. More...

Megavideo/Megaupload is dead! The states are yet again stepping outside their jurisdiction. Shutting down servers and websites that aren't even in their own country. SOPA and PIPA are American bills and should NOT be applied to websites hosted on servers outside the united states. the internet...

AP - At first glance, it seems like business as usual: North Korea issues an indignant statement taking aim at the United States over a proposal to donate food in return for nuclear disarmament. More...

AP - Texting while driving increased 50 percent last year and two out of 10 drivers say they've sent text messages or emails while behind the wheel despite a rush by states to ban the practice, the National Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday More...

AP - Nevada Republicans have shifted their presidential caucuses to early February, a move that ends an increasingly bitter standoff among rival states and for the first time clarifies the path to the Republican presidential nomination. More...

The ACLU has asked law enforcement agencies in 31 states to detail how they are using mobile phone location data. More...

The European Commission has started legal action against 20 European Union member states which have failed to take measures to implement new rules protecting consumers’ data online. More...

Washington (CNN) -- As the House of Representatives debated about possibly cutting funding for the U.S. military's role in support of the NATO campaign in Libya, American warplanes, manned and unmanned, continue to attack targets inside the north African nation, the Pentagon said Friday. Just...

The death toll from a monster tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, rose to 125 on Wednesday after an overnight search turned up more bodies but no new survivors, authorities said. In nearby states, meanwhile, the toll from tornadoes that struck late on Tuesday and early on Wednesday rose to 10...

WASHINGTON, -- The Homeland Security Department said Tuesday refugees who came to the United States after an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010 can stay another 18 months. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a release the temporary protected status extension will run...

Eddie Izzard says he'll never abandon stand-up, but he's looking for more than laughs as an actor. Izzard decided to guest star in a multi-episode arc on Showtime's "United States of Tara" this season, because of the show's complexity. "I normally try not to do comedies, but it's a dramatic...

- A two-year decline in the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States has leveled off, at least for now, a Pew Hispanic Center report released Tuesday found. The leveling off of what had been a statistically significant decline from a peak in 2007 coincides with a slight...

-- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned to his crisis-plagued homeland Friday, pledging his cooperation in the forming of a new government. "We will cooperate with the president to the utmost degree to achieve forming a government that commits to national consensus needs and creates an...

Daniel Greenside hasn't been seen since Dec. 16. The car was towed to Regina for forensic analysis, police said Police in Ontario are looking for a missing man who may have recently been in Saskatchewan. Daniel Murray Greenside, 50, was last seen on Dec. 16 at his cottage at Grand Bend...