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  • In this Feb. 8, 2011 photo, singer-songwriter Josh Kelley poses for photos at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Donn Jones)

    Josh Kelley gets personal on debut country album

    Josh Kelley is out with his first country album _10 years after he set out to make one.


  • Trade groups say U.S. falling behind

    The White House's better-late-than-never approach to three trade agreements doesn't cut it for trade groups that say American businesses are quickly losing ground to global competitors.


  • Two Koreas agree on rare volcano talks next week

    South Korea says scientists from the two Koreas will meet next week to discuss joint research into an active volcano extolled in the North as the sacred birthplace of leader Kim Jong Il.


  • Illustration: Tariffs

    RAHN: Ignorance makes us poorer

    @-Text.rag.dropcap:Last week, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, again came out against the pending trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, claiming they would cost U.S. jobs. Yet every respectable economist, from Adam Smith way back in 1776 until the present, has argued the virtues of free trade. Those in the Obama administration continue to waffle on these agreements by catering to the ignorance or deliberate know-nothing stance of their labor and other left-wing supporters. Many of the anti-free-trade types also argue for sourcing things locally. Does any of this make sense?


  • 'Uncle' named best film at Asian Film Awards

    The Thai film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" has been named best picture at Hong Kong's Asian Film Awards, a year after triumphing at the Cannes Film Festival.


  • World Scene

    North Korea told a Russian envoy it is willing to discuss a recently disclosed uranium enrichment program if long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks resume, state media reported Tuesday.


  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, gives two thumbs up while addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Obama pressed on trade pacts

    The Obama administration is under growing pressure from both parties on Capitol Hill to wrap up work on a package of long-delayed, Bush-era trade pacts, with lawmakers saying the United States continues to lose market share to China, Canada and others without the deals.


  • **FILE** A warship launches a missile during a military drill in July 2010 of the South China Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army's navy in the South China Sea. (Xinhua News Agency via Associated Press)

    China challenges U.S. edge in Asia-Pacific

    When China launched threatening war games off Taiwan 15 years ago on the eve of an election on the self-governing island, the U.S. deployed two aircraft carriers, and China quickly backed down.


  • In this March 6, 2011 photo, Yoshiki, a member of Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, poses during the Asia Girls Explosion fashion event in Tokyo. Everywhere he goes, he is trailed by screaming fans. But that's just being big in Japan. And Yoshiki, 45, has his eyes on bigger horizons, fame in the global music industry. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

    Yoshiki seeks global rock glory for X Japan

    Yoshiki has sold more than 30 million records. Concerts by his heavy metal band X Japan pack stadiums. Everywhere he goes, he is trailed by screaming fans. But that's just being big in Japan.


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