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In Stockholm, an invitation to a dinner hosted by a government minister went to the wrong address. Meant for a former deputy prime minister, it went instead to a woman with the same name. She showed up and they seated her anyway.

Top stories include: Charles Taylor, the former leader of Liberia is convicted of war crimes; TSA agents working security lines at Los Angeles International Airport are accused of accepting bribes from drug couriers to overlook contraband.

Tourism is seen as one of the economic underpinnings of the North Country.But a highly touted program designed to boost tourism is running low on funds…

There were 388,000 first-time claims for jobless benefits last week, down just 1,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration says.

Vice President Joe Biden delivered a foreign policy speech at New York University on Thursday.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted on 11 counts of crimes against humanity. The charges stemmed from Sierra Leone's brutal 11 year civil war and Taylor's role in it.

China has long dominated the sport of table tennis, winning almost every Olympic medal since 1992. That's not likely to change at this year's Summer Olympics, but one young American athlete may be on her way to giving China a run for its money.

The International Energy Agency warned energy ministers around the world that they are falling behind in their efforts to wean the world from dirty sources of energy. Nations are nowhere near being on track to avert significant climate change in the coming decade, and just about everything is conspiring to make it harder to clean up the world's energy supply.

Sen. John Gallus, who has represented the North Country in the Senate for about a decade, is retiring.“I’ve been in the legislature going on 13 years and…

A president seeking re-election against a backdrop of a lackluster economy would be remiss if he didn't stress his unique roles as the nation's top policymaker for international relations and the military's commander-in-chief. President Obama and his campaign clearly intend to exploit those credentials for all they're worth while pointing out Mitt Romney's lack of them.