President Barack Obama makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan, telling President Hamid Karzai and his cabinet that they must do more to rein in rampant corruption.
Helped by a lightened debt load, Ford Motor Co. posted a surprise second-quarter profit of $2.8 billion Thursday, following the worst loss in company history a year earlier.
The Los Angeles Clippers selected Blake Griffin with the No. 1 pick Thursday night, grabbing the only player considered a sure thing in a draft full of question marks.