CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. -- Today is the last Friday of April and that means today is Arbor Day for most parts of the country, including New York and Massachusetts. The goal is to get people out planting trees.

MEXICO CITY -Mexico shut down schools, museums, libraries and state-run theaters across its overcrowded capital Friday in hopes of containing a swine flu outbreak that authorities say killed at least 20 people --

Former CIA Official Says Former Colleagues 'Don't Believe They Have Cover Anymore' The Obama administration announced that the Pentagon would turn over 44 photographs showing detainee abuse of prisoners..

CEO Lars G Josefsson of Swedish coal giant Vattenfall was reported to the Stockholm police today, Friday 24 in the afternoon. The action group Klimax in Sweden maintains that he is guilty of deliberately devastating the earth's atmosphere jeopardizi...

Most GOP Governors Support Obama Stimulus Plan...State Treasuries Drained... Palin, Others In Washington Lobbying For Bill... States facing unprecedented budget crunches and mounting healthcare, education, and transportation costs support the idea of...

First-of-Its Kind Study: Medicare for All (Single-Payer) Reform Would Be Major Stimulus for Economy 2.6 Million New Jobs,$317 Billion in Business Revenue, $100 Billion in Wages

Palin said she simply could not make it to the retreat because pressing state business made it impossible for her to leave Alaska this weekend. So where is Palin this weekend? She's in Washington, D.C., attending the super-elite Alfalfa Dinner. "Sh

Just weeks after Citigroup averted total collapse with a $45 billion shot in the arm of taxpayer cash, Sandy Weill, 75, hopped aboard the tanking bank's Bombardier BD 700 Global Expres with his wife and daughter, son-in-law nd grandkids .. TO MEXICO!

The dozen banks now receiving the biggest rescue packages, totaling more than $150 billion, requested visas for more than 21,800 foreign workers over the past six years for positions that included senior vice presidents, corporate lawyers.....

The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are firing live ammunition...