North Korea and Japan have agreed terms for a new investigation into Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese people in the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese media reported, opening the way for Tokyo to lift some travel sanctions.

The water level in southwest China's "quake lake" was still rising "dangerously" on Sunday, a day after the opening of a hastily-dug channel meant to drain it, state media reported.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Only a few weeks after being cited by John McCain in his final debate with Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber became so inundated with media attention that he was forced to hire a publicist.

Some executives hope that the ability to connect actions on news sites to social networks will keep visitors on their sites longer and make them more appealing to advertisers.

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