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South Korea said Thursday it has accepted a North Korean proposal to hold high-level defense talks a day after the leaders of the U.S. and China called for better communication between the two Koreas.
The FBI says most of the arrests were made Thursday morning throughout New York City, in New Jersey and New England. Charges include murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking.
A writer's chance encounter with Vyacheslav Molotov's personal library leads to an encompassing, poetic and creative portrait of Russia's history and present.
At the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, museum goers can literally dive into the art. As Alex Schmidt reports, if you can stand the chilly water and the weirdness of being in your bathing suit in a museum, CC4 Nocagions is a pretty cool experience.
Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, adding to evidence that hiring will pick up this year. The number of people seeking benefits fell by 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 404,000. The decline suggested that an unexpected rise in applications a week earlier was the result of post-holiday layoffs.
Boeing sites declining orders as a reason it is cutting 900 jobs from an aircraft factory in Southern California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Those jobs are about a quarter of the workforce at the Long Beach planet, where C-17 military cargo planes are made.
Senator Joe Lieberman announced on Wednesday that he wouldn't be seeking re-election for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. John B. Judis of The New Republic argues that, even if he didn't agree with many of Lieberman's policies, he'll be sad to see the senator go.
Other news of the day: The battle over health care; Tunisia's struggles continue; the cases against Guantanamo detainees.
AP - President Barack Obama is looking to assure Americans that they should not fear China's economic rise, using Chinese President Hu Jintao's high-profile state visit to announce job-creating business deals worth billions of dollars to U.S. companies.
AP - Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, adding to evidence that hiring will pick up this year.
