US shares swung higher at the open today as investors sifted for bargains after a punishing three-day market rout and shook off more bleak economic and corporate news
WORLD leaders called today for religious tolerance at a UN conference sponsored by Saudi Arabia, a country where only a strict form of Islam is allowed
A FORMER contestant on hit US television show American Idol was found dead outside the Los Angeles home of Paula Abdul, the singer who stars as a judge on the series, a report said today
DEFEATED Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin returns to the national stage here today for what could be the first stop of her 2012 presidential bid, with a starring role at a conference for Republican governors
US Vice President Dick Cheney will welcome vice-president elect Joe Biden at his official Naval Observatory residence tomorrow, Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said