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HP's profit up 14 pct despite sales drop

The Associated Press | Today at 3:54 p.m.

Hewlett-Packard Co. says cost cutting helped its profit jump 14 percent in the latest quarter despite an 8 percent revenue decline.

  • Charges against 8 in missing Somali case unsealed

    By PATRICK CONDON, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    Federal prosecutors have announced charges against eight more people as part of a long-running investigation of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia.

  • SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws

    By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, whose tryst with an Argentine lover blossomed into a wide-ranging scandal, is accused of breaking ethics laws by using taxpayer money for pricey airline seats, taking state planes for personal and political trips and occasionally tapping his campaign chest to reimburse himself for travel.

  • Kansas still No. 1 in AP poll; Syracuse No. 10

    By JIM O'CONNELL, AP Basketball Writer | Today at 3 p.m.

    Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the best entrances ever into The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

  • Japanese engineer released by Yemeni tribesmen

    By AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    A Japanese engineer seized by Yemeni tribesmen seeking to swap him for a prisoner with al-Qaida links was released Monday after a week in captivity.

  • San Diego State cracks Top 25; UConn still No. 1

    By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer | Today at 2:55 p.m.

    San Diego State cracked the AP women's basketball Top 25 for the first time in 14 years, while Connecticut remained a unanimous No. 1 for the 18th consecutive poll.

  • 4 UK lawmakers could face charges over expenses

    By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer | Today at 1:09 p.m.

    Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials.

  • Agriculture futures slide on the Chicago BOT

    The Associated Press | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    Agriculture futures fell Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

  • Obama calls security meeting on Afghanistan

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:54 p.m.

    President Barack Obama called his war council together Monday as he moves toward a decision on whether to add more U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

  • Kansas Congressman Moore won't seek re-election

    The Associated Press | Today at 10:02 a.m.

    Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore won't seek re-election next year.

  • Amended Iraqi election law still angers Sunnis

    By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer | Today at 1:09 p.m.

    Iraq's parliament amended the country's vetoed election law on Monday with a version that failed to appease Sunni Arabs, who fear they are being marginalized.

  • More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported

    By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:34 p.m.

    Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday.

  • Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits

    By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.

  • Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

    By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer | Today at 3 p.m.

    A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

  • Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier

    By JOSEF FEDERMAN and DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writers | Today at 3:44 p.m.

    Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamic militant group for more than three years.

  • Sri Lanka president calls for early election

    By BHARATHA MALLWARACHI, Associated Press Writer | Today at 9:12 a.m.

    Sri Lanka's president signed a decree Monday calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his popularity after ending the country's 25-year civil war to win a new six-year term.

  • Weak dollar, home sales data carry stocks higher

    By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writers | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    Investors halted a three-day losing streak on the stock market Monday, sending prices broadly higher on a weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers.

  • Attack on election convoy kills 21 Filipinos

    By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer | Today at 9:31 a.m.

    Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.

  • Bombings, shooting kill 12 around Afghanistan

    By ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:54 p.m.

    Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama convened his war council again Monday to fine-tune a strategy to respond to the intransigent violence.

  • Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election

    By ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.

    A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.

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