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Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable service provider, announced Wednesday that earnings were up. The company says it lost some basic cable subscribers, but that the decline was offset by new digital subscribers. One non-profit group is urging Congress to investigate whether Comcast and other cable companies are trying to profit from the upcoming transition from analog broadcast TV to digital.

Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest peak on Sunday for the 26th time. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.

Most rap fans would name RZA as the head of the Wu-Tang Clan. But Wu purists know that GZA, or The Genius, is the crew's unspoken elder statesman.

Soldiers from Niger's presidential guard have blockaded the presidential palace, and regional African leaders condemned the move as an "attempted coup."

Just 48 hours after the Republican midterm victory, conservatives were debating whether it's better to try to change the law in the next Congress or lay the groundwork for 2012 when they could pursue a takeover of the Senate and White House.

To boost enrollment in high-risk plans, the federal government will pay insurance agents a commission to sell the policies. Premiums will be cut up to 40 percent, too

House Speaker Mike Johnson's temporary spending plan has already been met with opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.

With Israel's military poised to stage a land, sea and air invasion of Gaza, we hear from a Palestinian journalist who has already fled northern Gaza with her family.

BBC staff are on the first of two 48-hour strikes to protest pension changes. The walkout has disrupted many of the state-funded organization's broadcasts.

The court ruled unanimously that compulsory sterilization surgery for people who seek to legally change their gender is unconstitutional.