Warren Buffett's firm buys 10 million-share stake in GM
Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry.
His company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a new 10 million-share stake in General Motors Co. in the first quarter.
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California family wakes to find Lexus in their pool
The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.
The Southern California family tells the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (http://bit.ly/L0zjqa) that drivers navigating the tric
Hyundai car probed after air bag cuts owner's ear
Federal safety regulators are investigating a complaint that a car owner's ear was cut in half when a side air bag inflated in a Hyundai Elantra.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Canon eyes robot-only production
Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs a key change being played out across Japan, a world leader in robotics.
If successful, counting on ma
Libyans want answers over deadly NATO airstrikes
Mohammed al-Gherari lost five family members, including a young niece and nephew, when NATO accidentally struck their compound in the Libyan capital as they slept.
Nearly a year later, his grief is c
Egypt funeral turns happy after dead man awakes
The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead.
Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from th
Official: Top Joseph Kony commander captured
A Ugandan army official says Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border.
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FBI agent missing, possibly armed, suicidal
Law enforcement officers in Southern California have launched a massive search in rugged mountain terrain for a missing FBI agent who was said to be despondent and possibly suicidal.
About 100 FBI ag
Being in politics means having to say you're sorry
It's a sorry list. This week's apologies from Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are just the latest in a colorful history of politicians regretting personal lapses large and small. A few recent notables:
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Around world, Obama's presidency a disappointment
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there's disappointment that he hasn't kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo