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Advanced economies are doing OK, but a sharp slowdown is plaguing much of the developing world, the IMF's latest report says.

After a terrible day in the markets, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called an emergency meeting to move on reforms aimed at keeping the country from a full-blown debt crisis.

Almost like a movie, the FBI says the videos show Russian spies trading bags at train stations and exchanging information wirelessly while shopping at a department store.

Last year, for the first time in U.S. history, slightly more than half of the babies born were Hispanic, black, Asian or from another minority.

With the latest campaign dollar totals officially on the FEC books, at least one thing is certain: President Obama will not have the huge spending advantage this November that he did four years ago. What is less certain: whether some big political donors can remain anonymous.

The credit rating agency said the country will likely need anywhere from 40 billion euros to 100 billion euros to recapitalize its banking sector.

GOP front-runner Mitt Romney is matching President Obama's appearance in the key swing state of Ohio while intensifying his rhetoric, attacking the president's record on the economy. And for the second day in a row, Romney is using his location on the campaign trail to convey a message.

Lamb prices are at an all-time high, but American sheep farmers are worried. They say they need more farmers to raise sheep. And they want existing sheep farmers to increase the size of their flocks to meet growing demand.

Health costs rose 3.9 percent last year, the second-slowest rate since the government started keeping track. The previous record low was 3.8 percent in 2009.

Lawmakers in Washington are still at odds over how to put some more money into the coffers of the stretched-thin Federal Emergency Management Agency. If the dispute isn't settled by the end of the week, part of the government might have to shut down.