By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RYAN J. FOLEY

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) – Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other [...]

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U.S. President Barack Obama

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U.S. President Barack Obama.

U.S. President Barack Obama. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney [...]

View full sizeAristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerIn Short Hills, Ina Drew and husband Howard maintain a stately home that stands out even from its well-heeled surroundings.

In one week, Ina Drew has found herself in a position no investment banker wants to be in.

Out of a job.

In the public eye.

Facing the [...]

INDIANAPOLIS — Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has consistently downplayed how sore his left knee had been in recent weeks and continued after Sunday’s game to say he wouldn’t use any injuries as an excuse for his performance. But multiple sources close to Wade and the team told ESPN.com Sunday night that he [...]

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Staying the Course in Afghanistan Tests U.S. Influence in NATO

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Supporters of the ‘Stop the war’ coalition and ‘Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’ demonstrate outside the American Embassy in central London on May 19, 2012. As the 28 [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000.

The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in six [...]

LeBron James finished with 40 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists and Dwyane Wade had 30 points as the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 101-93 Sunday to level their NBA playoff series.

Wade also nine rebounds and six assists for the Heat, who rebounded from a disappointing loss in game three in which [...]

Why did Facebook go public?

They couldn’t figure out the privacy settings either.

This was the best of the Wall Street jokes about last week’s $100 billion-plus valuation for Facebook. The punch line is a reminder that the company’s business model relies on 900 million people continuing to share personal [...]

The trickiest part about Facebook’s IPO is deciding when to buy some shares. Consider what happened after last year’s IPO of LinkedIn, an online professional networking service that is probably the closest thing Wall Street has seen to Facebook’s social network.

LinkedIn’s shares rocketed from $45 in its IPO pricing to $122.70 within the [...]