Cutting the number of MPs by 10% could help fund political parties, the Conservative Party says.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN) - DuPont Co. will close four plants in Europe, as well as cut 1,500 jobs in its continued restructuring effort. DuPont officials maintain that the effort will take almost 18 months to complete, and will help cut costs at the...

AFP - Austrian President Heinz Fischer said the European Union would seek the "advice" of leader Mahmud Abbas on cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority following Hamas' election victory.

AP - Instead of pain for Memphis guard Darius Washington on this Selection Sunday, there was joy.

Australia considers cutting welfare payments for Aborigines if they do not send their children to school.

AP - Off-price retailer TJX Cos. said Wednesday it is cutting pay for its top 12 executives by 10 percent and eliminating 250 administrative jobs, moves that follow recent sales disappointments at TJX and the resignation of the company's top executive.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer London, England (AHN) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has rejected the idea of cutting production to ease world gas prices. With oil hovering around $60 a barrel in the United States, OPEC says that a surplus will only help insure...

AP - With many Republicans nervous about cutting popular programs in an election year, a key Senate panel is prepared to drop President Bush's proposals for politically painful cuts to Medicare, farm subsidies and food stamps.

AP - In his final state of the state address Tuesday, Gov. Jeb Bush proposed cutting $1.5 billion in taxes and spending millions to prepare the state for future hurricanes.

This past Saturday morning I found myself in a five-car caravan cutting across the Kansas plains with about 30 religious protesters. In the back of a truck, there were signs that read "Thank God for IED's" and "Thank God for Dead Soldiers." I was with the Phelps family. They've launched a disturbing campaign to tarnish the funerals of fallen soldiers.

This past Saturday morning I found myself in a five-car caravan cutting across the Kansas plains with about 30 religious protesters. In the back of a truck, there were signs that read "Thank God for IED's" and "Thank God for Dead Soldiers." I was with the Phelps family. They've launched a disturbing campaign to tarnish the funerals of fallen soldiers.

Liverpool's lack of a cutting edge is again exposed as Charlton hold them at Anfield.

AP - "American Idol" said goodbye to four more contestants Thursday night, cutting loose two guys and two gals.

Reuters - A spike in violence in Iraq that has heightened worries about civil war has the Pentagon discussing the wisdom of further cutting American forces there, defense officials said on Wednesday.

Supermarkets adopt portable scanners that let shoppers total their purchases themselves -- and foil Italian elbow queens who have mastered cutting in line. By Nicole Martinelli.

AFP - General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz warned that the US auto giant could not rule out more cost cutting in the wake of massive job cuts in Europe and the United States in the past two years.

The M1 battery promises to take power tools and home appliances off the grid. Packing more power than a 110-outlet with a 5-minute recharge time, the new workhorses could electrify lawnmowers and military drones, not to mention your car. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine.

AP - At least tens of thousands of veterans with non-critical medical issues could suffer delayed or even denied care in coming years to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half — if the White House is serious about its proposed budget.

AP - At least tens of thousands of veterans with non-critical medical issues could suffer delayed or even denied care in coming years to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half — if the White House is serious about its proposed budget.