By Karey Wutkowski and Juan Lagorio - Analysis WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. credit card companies are expected to use a White House meeting to put their best foot forward, despite an avalanche of negative publicity, aiming to blunt a congressional push for tougher regulations. Fees and interest rates will be topics at the meeting set for Thursday between 14 credit card company executives, President Barack Obama, National Economic Council...

LOS ANGELES — Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia 76ers left the Magic stunned and the home fans silenced. Iguodala made a 22-foot jumper with 2.2 seconds remaining, and the 76ers rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat Orlando 100-98 in Game 1 of their opening-round playoff series Sunday. Iguodala had 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Louis Williams scored 18 to help the 76ers beat the Magic for the first time in four tries this season -- and when itAi...

MOGADISHU, April 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Navy special forces freed an American ship's captain by killing three Somali pirates who held him hostage in a lifeboat, ending a five-day standoff but risking more confrontations in violence off the waters of east Africa. The life of cargo ship captain Richard Phillips was in danger when Navy snipers aboard a U.S. destroyer shot at his Somali captors on Sunday, freeing him unharmed and killing Jordan 3.5 shoes t...

The UN Security Council has been debating whether North Korea should be punished for the launch. The US, Japan and key European powers say the launch was a ballistic test in clear violation of a UN resolution. China and Russia have been more cautious, saying they are yet to be convinced Pyongyang broke the rules. Pyongyang says the test of the three-stage Jordan 16 shoesTaepodong-2 rocket was a success, putting a satellite into orbit which is now transmitting...

(Reuters) - Israel's new foreign minister, ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman, said Wednesday that Israel was not bound by commitments, made at a U.S.-sponsored conference, to work for the creation of a Palestinian state. The following joint statement was issued at the conference in Annapolis, Maryland, which was hosted by then-U.S. President George W. Bush, in November 2007: "The representatives of the Government of the State of Israel a...