King Obama

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Dallas Cowboys have long been known as 'America's team' but the New Orleans Saints, who triumphed as underdogs in Sunday's Super Bowl, can now make a good claim to that title. […]

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official met North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. […]

TEHRAN (Reuters) - International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced more moves to expand nuclear fuel production and enrichment plants, heightening Western fears it wants to make atom bombs. […]

BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal investigators headed to Connecticut on Monday to determine the cause of an explosion at an unfinished power plant that killed at least five workers and hospitalized dozens of others. […]

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich pressed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat on Monday after a narrow victory in a presidential election that could tilt the ex-Soviet state back toward Moscow. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Democratic Governor David Paterson is not planning to resign, his spokeswoman said on Monday, calling blog reports "entirely fabricated." […]

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp said it was preparing a global recall of its new Prius model, risking a fresh dent to its battered reputation for quality and reliability. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups, witnesses said. […]

TORONTO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The euro and growth-linked currencies fell on Monday as investors unwound risky trades amid growing worries about eurozone's debt problems, dismissing assurances from European finance ministers at the weekend. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he will hold a meeting with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss ways to move forward on legislation to overhaul the healthcare system. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had not ruled out putting the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks on trial in New York City but logistical issues and local opposition made it difficult. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser on Sunday lashed out at U.S. lawmakers, accusing them of using national security issues as a "political football" for their own gains. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the economy has turned the corner and resumed growth. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said on Sunday that she was open to a possible White House run in 2012 but has not made up her mind. […]

ROME (Reuters) - The United States called on world powers to work together to put more pressure on the Iranian government to curb its nuclear program. […]

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Sarah Palin tried to rally conservatives on Saturday night at a national convention of the "Tea Party" movement, taking aim at President Barack Obama on everything from big government to teleprompters. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told fellow Democrats on Saturday this is no time to "lick our wounds and try to hang on" and vowed instead to press ahead with financial regulatory and healthcare reforms. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is open to a bipartisan congressional proposal for a payroll tax holiday for employers who hire people who have been out of work for some time, a top White House aide said. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday appealed to fellow Democrats and rival Republicans to back a plan to use $30 billion in bank bailout funds to help small businesses. […]