Sept 26 (Reuters) - The United States is grappling with a banking meltdown that has been described as the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Four years ago, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu caused a spluttering avalanche of indignation when he expressed fears about the situation developing in South Africa as a result of growing gaps between the rich and the poor.

Deborah Orr has got it all wrong ("I'm all for gay rights. I'm also for the right to use London's parks," 27 September). The people doing most public sex these days are young heterosexual men and women. They call it dogging – group sex in car parks

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Georgia man has been indicted on multiple counts of aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. U.S. Attorney Alice Martin in Birmingham announced the charges against 54-year-old Joseph Dewitt Crocker of Woodstock on Wednesday

The United States passed a painful yet historic milestone this week as the national average price per gallon of regular gasoline surpassed $4 for the first time on Sunday, June 8. As rising fuel costs continue to put the breaks on the overall economy, som