AFP - After ravaging the Turks and Caicos Islands, Hurricane Ike headed toward the Bahamas, Cuba and the US Gulf Coast, as Tropical Storm Hanna continued to batter the US East Coast.

Chance to sneak ahead while US and Russia squabble A Chinese state media agency has reported today that the country will launch a three-man spaceflight this month and all systems are already in final preparation.…

US officials will outline plans for mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which are expected to be put under federal control.

Minna Ninova: The closing of Rent on Broadway marks the end of an era, but the failures of US housing policy are more salient than ever

AP - Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something Saturday he hadn't in quite a while. He was playing exactly like that guy named Roger Federer.