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DETROIT, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Authorities in Detroit said an airline passenger accused of Smuggling $50,000 worth of Heroin into the country said the drugs were for his ailing grandmother. Federal investigators said Stevan Patong Thao, 53, of Oklahoma…

Asian Stock Markets drifted in a narrow range in early trading Wednesday, but their gains were limited on disappointing U.S. economic data. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose 6.94 points, or 0.1 percent, to 10,299.57. South Korea's Ko…

LONDON (AP) - An unexpected decline in a closely-watched gauge of U.S. Consumer Confidence weighed on stocks Tuesday even though it did little to dampen expectations that the U.S. Economic Recovery is picking up steam. The Conference Board report…

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top planning agency, says prices of farm products must remain stable during upcoming holidays. The agency issued a notice Friday to officials involved in pricing pol…

A strong Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck in the Pacific off southern Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a Tsunami warning from the quake, which occurred about 130 kilometers (80.6 miles) off the Chichi Island…

WASHINGTON — If government estimates hold true, the closely watched 2010 Census will show America’s once-torrid Population Growth dropping to its Lowest Level in seven decades. In Congress, the steady migration to the South and West sh…

NY Times economic reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin made the front page of the Japan Times yesterday morning by putting the U-S economic crisis in terms that hit home in Tokyo: He predicted that we're at risk of a "Lost Decade" similar to the one Japan …