The Washington Post / By Zachary A. Goldfarb, Updated: Friday, August 5, 8:33 PM Standard & Poor’s announced Friday night that it has downgraded the U.S. sterling credit rating for the first time. The move came even though the Treasury Depa… more »

Haaretz.com By Yanir Yagna, Gili Cohen and Natasha Mozgovaya Grad rockets were fired at the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva on Wednesday, several hours after the Israel Defense Forces fired at a group of militants on the Gaza border, wounding 11… more »

  This year's winter solstice — an event that will occur next Tuesday — will coincide with a full lunar eclipse in a union Montreal Gazette By Rebecca Lindel OTTAWA — This year's winter solstice — an event that will occur next Tuesday — will… more »

A statue of Albert Gallatin, a long-serving U.S. secretary of the Treasury, stands in front of he U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. Photographer: David Rogowski/Bloomberg Bloomberg By Cordell Eddings and Daniel Kruger The Treasury sold… more »

 Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- The oil has stopped. For now. After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons, BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental catastrophes Thursday by placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway gey… more »