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Last year's earthquake in Pakistan may have led investigators to leaders of the London bomb plot. A charity in Pakistan that provided millions to victims of the quake also appears to have transferred more than $150,000 to the London plotters. Authorities followed the money trail.

After more than a century of focusing predominantly across the Atlantic, the Pentagon is shifting its strategy for the future. Military experts are building up U.S. forces in the Pacific again, as future conflicts may arise over Taiwan or North Korea.

A federal judge sided with the insurance industry in a high-profile test case on flood damage from Hurricane Katrina. The couple who filed the case argued that wind caused most of the damage to their home. But the judge ruled the bulk of destruction was caused by flooding, and their policy didn't cover flood damage.

From the Lebanese city of Tyre, Matthew McAllister, a journalist for New York Newsday, discusses the "violent spasm" on the last day before the cease-fire cost of the conflict.

The Transportation Security Administration modifies some of its air-travel safety rules regarding liquids and other carry-on items over the weekend.

A decade ago, Basement Jaxx couldn't get a record label interested in releasing the group's first EP. Fast forward to 2005: Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, the producers behind the Jaxx sound, are a global phenomenon in the dance music scene.

It's day two of a clampdown at U.S. airports following reports of a foiled terrorism plot in the U.K. How are things going at Boston's Logan Airport? Are travelers prepared?

While much of the world's attention is focused on North Korea's failed test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, some analysts say a bigger threat is posed by the country's short- and medium-range missiles. The smaller missiles can reach Japan.

The British government says the country's terror-threat level is taking a step down from "critical" to "severe." The slight improvement comes days after more than 20 people were arrested for an alleged terror plot against airlines. London continues to suffer flight cancellations related to the increased security.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds serious shortcomings in how the Iraq war is being handled, and estimates the costs at about $3 billion per week. The report adds fuel to a rancorous Capitol Hill debate over Iraq.