US economy hopes support global markets

LONDON (AP) — Stock markets rose Tuesday on hopes that improvements in the U.S. economy will make up for the continued gloom in the eurozone, where the unemployment rate hit a new record high.

The big US budget cuts: Will the bite match the bark?

WASHINGTON: Delays of four hours or more at airports. Exasperating wait times for people, and goods, crossing America's borders. Reduced paychecks for thousands of civilians employed by the Pentagon.