Washington  - When thousands gather on the White House lawn Wednesday morning to greet Pope Benedict XVI, it will be just the second time that a pontiff has visited the presidential residence.

Washington  - Pope Benedict XVI's arrival inthe United States may be a blessing to American Catholics, but Washington commuters may find it more of a nightmare.

San Francisco  - Intel reported income and earnings in line with Wall Street expectations Tuesday, calming investor jitters about how the global slowdown would affect the world's biggest semiconduc

New York  - Two regional banking firms reported profits Tuesday that beat expectations, shoring up confidence in the financial services industry, and higher oil prices spurred buying in petroleum s

New York - Tuesday called for Cambodia's courts to deliver a verdict on the mass killings in the 1970s by the country's Khmer Rouge government, whose leader Pol Pot died 10 years ago.

Pol Pot led communist troops to topple the US-backed government in Phnom Penh in April, 1975, and launched a country-wide sweep to wipe pout the middle class and intellectuals, resulting in more than 2 million deaths from forced labour and extermination.