The group lawsuit, which claims to represent U.S. customers, alleged that AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. conspired in charging consumers to pay artificially inflated prices since 2005, according to Bloomberg.

The Republic vice presidential candidate said the additional clean-air fee on containerized cargo moving through California ports, would hike transport costs and would adversely impact the cost of moving goods throughout the supply chain in the U.S. West Coast.

While, the president and chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Scott Caron, is hoping to resume talks in couple of weeks and that the company may resolve the dispute with the workers within a month.

Corey King was charged with four counts of murder Friday in connection with the killings of Sonya Evette Durfield, a 43-year-old mother of six, and three of her daughters, Ebony, 14, Melinda, 12, and Kayla, 9.

Officials have announced that the engineer of the Metrolink passenger train, whose name has not been released, missed a red light that would have signaled the train to stop.

The agency, established in 1961 by John F. Kennedy, currently has a budget of $330.8 million, but expects to see an $18-million dollar deficiency over the next couple of years.

The news on his funds was announced days after reports suggested his campaign was struggling to raise ambitious election fundraising amount.

Still, many are unaware, uninformed, or uninterested in the reinstatement of their right to vote, as only 9,000 of 112,000 have registered to vote, according to Orlando Sentinel.

Tolls on the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross bridges had a $1 increase from $3 to $4. Tolls for trucks and buses also increased. The toll hikes are its first in seven years.

Ike raked downtown Houston and left a large area of Texas coast under water with millions of people living without electicity or water and some possibly homeless.

DEAUVILLE, France (AFP) - "The Visitor", a social drama written and directed by Tom McCarthy, won the grand prize at the Deauville American Film Festival Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States is mired in a "once-in-a century" financial crisis which is now more than likely to spark a recession, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said Sunday.

LONDON (AFP) - US investment giant Lehman Brothers was heading for possible liquidation late Sunday after the front-runner to bail-out the embattled firm, Barclays, pulled out of negotiations.

GALVESTON, Texas (AFP) - Rescuers Sunday searched Hurricane Ike's trail of destruction and floods for survivors, with fears mounting of a gasoline crunch after the monster storm hammered the US oil hub and left millions without power.

PERM, Russia (AFP) - An Aeroflot jet which crashed Sunday near Perm in Russia's Ural mountains killing all 88 people on board was an accident, Russian transport minister Igor Levitin said.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian police hunted Sunday for Muslim militants behind coordinated bomb attacks against busy shopping areas in the nation's capital that left 20 dead and close to 100 injured.

LOURDES, France (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday celebrated mass before 150,000 faithful in the shrine town of Lourdes before urging French bishops to defend church doctrine on marriage and divorce.

Officials announced that a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew would begin Sunday night and last until Saturday.

The campaign said it raised the money with the help of more than a half million, first-time donors. By comparison, Republican presidential nominee John McCain raised $47-million in August, a personal best for his campaign as well. The monthly figures

The crash on the outskirts of Perm scorched a section of railroad track and scattered paper, clothing, life preservers and engine parts for several hundred yards. Sections of the plane's fuselage reading "Aeroflot" and "Boeing" lay askew on the rails.