• Insight: Lessons for U.S. from Canada's "basket case" moment
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Finance officials bit their nails and nervously watched the clock. There were 30 minutes left in a bond auction aimed at funding the deficit and there was not a single bid. Sounds l
• USDA targets stores in food stamp trafficking
  A criminal swindle of the nation's $64.7 billion food stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood stores around the country, where thousands of retailers are suspected of trading deals with cus
• Official: Dems reject latest GOP deficit offer
  A congressional official says Democrats on the deficit-cutting supercommittee have rejected a last-ditch offer from the Republicans that would curb deficits by $545 billion over the next decade.
• Canada moves to strip thousands of citizenship
  Canada is investigating 6,500 people from more than 100 countries for fraudulently attempting to gain citizenship or permanent residency, the immigration minister announced Friday.
• 9 killed in gas explosion at Chinese coal mine
  A gas explosion at a mine in central China has killed nine workers.