Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 3)

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clung to power on Saturday as thousands of protesters took to the streets again to demand that he quit.

Source: Egyptians defy curfew, return to streets

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Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV company, has acquired a majority stake in NBC Universal, the owner of the fourth-ranked NBC broadcast network, a bevy of cable channels and the Universal Pictures movie studio.

Source: Comcast takes control of NBC Universal

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The thousands of protesters who have thrown Egypt's 30-year-old regime into tumult range from conservative Muslims and Christians, yuppies and the unemployed, young and old.

Source: Egypt's uprising unites society in rage

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The U.S. Embassy advised Americans Sunday to consider leaving Egypt as soon as possible amid the continuing pro-democracy demonstrations and an outbreak of mass looting.

Source: Americans advised to leave Egypt amid protests

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The American Embassy in Cairo said Sunday it is making arrangements to begin flying Americans out of Egypt on Monday, as an outbreak of mass looting added new dangers to a nation rocked by protests.

Source: U.S. making plans to fly Americans out of Egypt

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Egypt's most prominent democracy advocate took up a bullhorn Sunday and called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign, speaking to thousands of protesters who defied a curfew for a third night.

Source: Egypt reform leader calls for Mubarak to resign

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The nation's midsection was bracing for a massive winter storm that was expected to bring snow and ice to much of the Plains and Midwest early this week.

Source: Snow storm enters Midwest, then to hit East

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A monster winter storm had the central U.S. gearing up its defenses on Monday against a potentially deadly mix of sleet, snow and ice that could affect 100 million people.

Source: 'Freaking out' over Midwest megastorm

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A monster storm was bearing down Tuesday, with freezing rain and sleet pelting several states from Texas through Ohio ahead of blizzard conditions expected overnight.

Source: Blizzards, 2 feet of snow in Chicago on radar

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Blizzard conditions that hit Oklahoma earlier Tuesday were moving into the Chicago area, with snow falling at 1-2 inches an hour in a storm whose reach is expected to extend 2,100 miles.

Source: Blizzard hits Chicago; mass outages feared