Tue Dec 7, 2010 9:02am EST
* Euro stronger, dollar slips, lifts oil
* European/U.S. cold weather boosts oil
* Coming up: API oil data, 4:30 p.m. EST Tuesday
NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures prices
rose sharply on Tuesday, pushing above $90 a barrel for the
first time in 26 months as cold weather boosting fuel demand...
FILE: Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban fighters from Afghanistan's Herat province have surrendered to government troops in Herat, west of the capital city of Kabul. After an amnesty launched by President Hamid Karzai in November...
One of the women that is accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
James D. Catlin, a lawyer who recently represented Assange, said the sex assault investigation into the WikiLeaks founder is based on claims he didn't use condoms...
President Obama spoke of the need for sacrifice last week when he announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees.
But feds won't be too terribly deprived in 2011 and 2012. Despite the freeze, some 1.1 million employees will receive more than $2.5 billion in raises during that period.
Congress is expected to approve Obama's proposal,...
