Senators participate in mock swearing-in ceremony in Washington
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) (L) participates in the re-enactment of his swearing-in with Vice President Dick Cheney in the Old Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 6, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Cyberattacks targeting the United States pose a direct threat to economic and national security interests, a bipartisan group of senators said.
Thousands of flights a day could be delayed or canceled at 13 major U.S. airports starting this weekend because of federal spending cuts, U.S. officials said.
Carnival Corp. says it will pay back the U.S. government for costs related to fires that crippled two of its cruise ships.
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Few U.S. senators say they'll give up part of their congressional pay during the federal budget sequester but most aren't saying what they'll do, The Hill said.
Of all the new cars and concepts unveiled at the North American Auto Show in Detroit only a handful are all-electric or hybrids.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Friday wrapped up a week of meetings on gun control, saying there is no "silver bullet" to resolve the issue.
Jay Rockefeller, who arrived in West Virginia almost 50 years ago as a VISTA volunteer, announced Friday he will not run for a sixth term in the U.S. Senate.
As the burials of 20 first graders and six of their teachers and caretakers sadly play out in grief-stricken Newtown, Conn., some powerful voices are calling for a look at a possible connection between the violent video games favored by young males and violent acts. But the chances of courtroom survival for any laws trying to curb such games are not good.
Corporations and other businesses in the United States and elsewhere are coming under increasing pressure to own up to cybercrime attacks they are often suspected of hiding to protect brand identity and shareholder interests.
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