MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country. Campaigning in Ohio for his boss, President Barack Obama, Biden said a company U...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic torch has passed to London. Hundreds of Greeks huddled beneath umbrellas and sat on the stone steps of the ancient stadium in Athens on Thursday to watch the ceremonial handover of the Olympic flame to the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics. They cheered...

GREENSBORO, N. C. (AP) — A prosecutor used John Edwards' own stump speech against him in closing arguments at his corruption trial Thursday, saying the presidential candidate violated campaign finance laws meant to protect "the two Americas" in order to cover up a lurid sex scandal. Edwards...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On his home turf, President Barack Obama will find his leverage tested at two summits beginning Friday. Europe's economic mess remains its own problem to fix even as it threatens the U. S. recovery and Obama's re-election bid. And the world is hardly brimming with cash and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U. S. unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting modest but steady gains in the job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the same level as a...