Renaissance artist Raphael's works are shown together for the first time after Vatican loans tapestries to V&A The Renaissance artist Raphael may just have lived long enough to see the series of tapestries he designed for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. He died a few months after they arrived ...

AP - Private mortgage insurer Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. said Friday it added $1.2 billion in new primary insurance coverage in August and the number of delinquent loans it insures declined.

Miguel, 3, clings to his father, Miguel, an illegal immigrant, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in San Juan, Texas. Miguel and his wife, who remain in the U.S. as illegal immigrants, have two children born in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the ...

Miguel, 3, clings to his father, Miguel, an illegal immigrant, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in San Juan, Texas. Miguel and his wife, who remain in the U.S. as illegal immigrants, have two children born in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the ...

U.S. News & World Report - Nearly three years after the recession began, President Obama wants to pass a jobs bill. It's not his first jobs bill, but the others--including the big $800 stimulus plan from 2009--haven't quite done the trick. So Obama is pushing for new tax breaks and cheap, government-backed ...

I have about 56,000 in private student loans from Citibank. They are at a variable interest rate. The interest rate right now is, of course, very low. When interest rates inevitably go back up, these loans are going to get very expensive. I have been unable to find anyone who will ...

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish banks posted an aggregate profit of TRY 13.5 billion in July 2010, up 6.5 percent from the same month a year earlier, Turkey's Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) said on Friday. According to BDDK statistics, size of assets grew 18.4 percent year-on-year to TRY 900.3 ...

The International Monetary Fund is to give Pakistan US$450 million in immediate emergency funding while the World Bank has topped up its aid to the flood-stricken country to $1 billion. Yet to be decided by the IMF is if and when it will release more than $1 billion in loans agreed to in 2008. ...

'Dr. Weevil' is an alumnus of St. John's College (Annapolis) and the University of Virginia, and teaches high school Latin in the Shenandoah Valley. He moved to Staunton, Virginia, two years ago mostly so he could go to the Blackfriars Playhouse every week. He blogs under his real name on classical ...

When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.