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Besides seeing a favorite store close its doors for good, consumers may be left with worthless gift cards, warranties and service contracts. What happens if you've got an item on layaway at a bankrupt store or put down a deposit...

Docherty , credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97. Docherty died on Thanksgiving at his home in central Pennsylvania , according to his wife, Sue Docherty...

Festus Gontebanye Mogae, who stepped down as president of Botswana this year, tonight accepted a multi-million dollar prize awarded by the foundation of Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim. At the awards ceremony in the Bibliotheca Alexandria in Egypt, Ibrahim called Festus...

Diabetes Diabetes is a global problem with devastating human, social and economic impact, World Health Organization (WHO) said. Friday, read, "Today more than 250 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, rising from 180 million in 2005."...The World Health Organization...

Among international outrages, depriving citizens of personalized maps seems far down on the list. Still, that was the condition put on the introduction of Apple's 3G iPhone in Egypt. The government demanded that Apple disable the phone's Global Positioning System,...

Internet and telephone services hit the Gulf Arab region when marine cables were cut causing communications disruption with Europe, the Middle East, and Asia on Wednesday. This will disrupt regional economics and could last for some time.