A large majority of Americans disapprove of a new strategic partnership with Afghanistan that will keep US troops on Afghan soil beyond 2014, according to a Monitor/TIPP poll. A large majority of Americans do not favor the new strategic?partnership with Afghanistan signed during a surprise visit to Kabul?last week by President Obama. Skip to next [...]

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A federal criminal complaint alleges that JetBlue captain Clayton Osbon told his first officer, “we need to take a leap of faith.” NBC’s Tom Costello reports. By NBC News services A federal criminal complaint against Clayton Osbon, the 49-year-old JetBlue captain who had a mid-air meltdown on Tuesday, suggests he was acting strangely as Flight [...]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? An American firm will help Bangladesh design and launch the South Asian country’s first satellite. Officials say Space Partnership International signed a $10 million consultancy deal with the state-run Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in Dhaka on Thursday. SPI Managing Director Bruce D. Kraselsky says his Maryland-based company will design the satellite [...]

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly four years last week, according to a government report that showed ongoing healing in the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 357,000, the lowest [...]