Hurricane Paloma, heading toward Cuba, is packing sustained winds of 135 mph and has been upgraded to Category 4 status, meteorologists said Saturday.

The computer systems of US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were targeted by hackers this summer from an unknown 'foreign entity,' Newsweek magazine reported on Thursday.

The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women's group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles.

WASHINGTON: President Bush has often had a contentious relationship with the press. But through his two terms there was never any reports of anyone needing medical attention after White House meetings. Until today, that is

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient grave of an elderly woman believed to have been a magical healer 12,000 years ago.

Rahm Emanuel, Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, was once upset with a Democratic pollster during a long-ago congressional race, so he mailed him a big dead fish. Such is the style of the man nicknamed "Rahmbo."

Lew Bryson's beer and whiskey blog asks which president you'd rather knock back a brewsky with. Fun stuff.

According to United Nations Agency research, world economic crisis could threaten 20 million jobs. It's a record global unemployment. According to UN Agency estimate, construction, financial services, and the auto sector are most likely to be hit

Deep global rate cuts show that policymakers are worried about deflation, regardless of their brave words. Forget about inflation. The opposite threat - deflation - is what has policymakers sweating now.

President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House.