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Governments Still Looking at Leveraging Assets
When the nation's economy slumped, so did a high-profile plan for Chicago to make money by privatizing one of its airports. The $2.5 billion deal never got off the ground. But at the same time, a sma...
Pentagon Releases Recidivism Numbers On Gitmo
Five percent of Guantanamo Bay detainees have participated in terrorist activities since their release from the U.S. navy prison, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle
The vote was barely 24 hours away when President Bush's aides held an emergency conference call at 10:45 p.m. last Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had sent a letter that could sink a U.S.-led free trade agreement up for referendum in...
Miami International Merchandise Mart faces foreclosure
Miami-based Republic Federal Bank has filed a foreclosure action against the owner of the Miami International Merchandise Mart, South Florida’s largest wholesale trading center. The $7.6 millio...
Three US soldiers killed in Iraq
US military officials have confirmed the death of three soldiers, killed in fighting in Anbar province in western Iraq.
A look at the United Airlines fleet
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS United has said it is asking Airbus and Boeing for proposals to replace its largest planes. Here's a look at its current fleet, seat count, and average age: Airbus A319, 55...
Police: 7 teens shot near Detroit school
(AP)
AP - Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding at least seven including two who were in critical condition, authorities said.
Paulina Porizkova say she was fired by 'Top Model'
(AP)
AP - Paulina Porizkova got a pink slip from "America's Next Top Model." That's what the model-actress said Tuesday night on CBS' "The Late Late Show," dropping this bombshell to host Craig Ferguson: "Do you know why I'm in Los Angeles, besides seeing you? ... Because I'm looking for a job. Because I was fired by `America's Next Top Model' on my birthday."
UAW says GM talks to intensify as jobs issue looms
(Reuters)
Reuters - The United Auto Workers union expects a crucial round of restructuring talks with General Motors Corp "to intensify this coming week" ahead of an end-of-May deadline set by the Obama administration.
Find the spirit of Raymond Chandler alive in the nooks and crannies of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - The thought would have hit gumshoe Philip Marlowe as soon as the bus pulled up: "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the cou...
Military: Gitmo detainee dies of apparent suicide
(AP)
AP - A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials announced Tuesday. The Joint Task Force that runs the U.S. prison in Cuba said guards found Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih unresponsive and not breathing in his cell Monday night.
Air France jet debris recovered
Brazilian ships start recovering debris from the Air France plane lost over the Atlantic three days ago, an official says.
New laws prod police, protect kids, push tax cuts
(AP)
AP - Government records will be more open in South Dakota, Florida is cracking down on illicit prescription drug sales and downing a cold one at the corner bar will be easier in Utah.
White House to issue new Wall Street pay curbs
WASHINGTON - Nearly three months after American International Group bonuses provoked an angry reaction in Congress, the Obama administration is ready to issue new regulations limiting the compensation...
"Night at the Museum" sequel beats "Terminator" at N. American box office
LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Comedian Ben Stiller beat action hero Christian Bale in North American movie theaters so far over this U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to box office figure...
Norman Welton, former AP photo editor, dies at 81
This July 21, 1983 photo shows retired Associated Press photo editor Norman Welton. Welton, who worked at the Associated Press for 44 years until his March 1992 retirement, died of cancer in Hawley, P...
Death of Somali teen a mystery to Minnesota family
(AP Photo/Courtesy of Family)In this undated photo released by the family at a news conference in December 2008, Burhan Hassan is seen. Hassan was one of many young Somali men who went missing from Mi...
Telescope finds space blobs are pubescent galaxies
(AP)
AP - Mysterious space blobs aren't infant galaxies as astronomers once thought. Scientists say they mostly consist of galaxies going through puberty, all hot and bothered. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other space and ground telescopes comes up with an explanation for these high-energy glowing blobs that have been observed for about a decade.
Iran Accuses US Of Role In Election Crisis
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ― Iran directly accused the United States of meddling in the deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election and broadened its media clampdown Wednesday to include blo...
Man pulled from Chicago River following alleged jump
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS Emergency crews are working to revive a reportedly suicidal man who jumped off a West Loop bridge into the Chicago River Thursday evening despite efforts by a passerby who brok...
At least 2 dead in small plane crash in New York
SCOTIA: A small plane plunged into the Mohawk River in eastern New York with three people aboard, and at least two were found dead after the aircraft sank in 9 meters of water, a federal aviation a...
Calif. men accused of smuggling songbirds
(AP)
AP - A man was charged Tuesday with smuggling songbirds into the United States by hiding more than a dozen of them in an elaborate, custom-tailored pair of leggings during a flight from Vietnam to Los Angeles.
First All-Women Los Angeles Computer Repair Firm Launches - Digital Duchess is Too Chic to Be Geek
Digital Duchess is the first all-female Los Angeles computer repair and technology consulting firm offering services such as network support, repairs, on-premise computer training, hardware and softwa...
Teach kids to wear helmets correctly
Kids, keep your lids on " failed to mention the fact that bike-riding kids need to wear their helmets correctly in order to be protected from head injuries (Your Health, Life, June 8).
Abnormalities Found In D.C. Metro Track
Rescue workers respond to the site of two Red Line Metrorail trains that collided with one another between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations during the evening rush hour June 22, 2009 in Washin...
Mexican gunmen stop ambulance, kill patient inside
(AP)
AP - Gunmen tossed a grenade at an ambulance and then opened its doors to kill a patient inside who had narrowly survived an earlier shooting in a drug cartel-plagued Mexican state Friday. Paramedics ran for their lives during the attack.
Man broadcast sex assault on Web
June 3: A security camera captures residents of a Pennsylvania neighborhood beating a man suspected of raping a child. WCAU's Mike Strug reports.
27 children die in Mexican daycare blaze: official
(AFP)
(AFP)" border="0" /> AFP - At least 27 children were killed when a blaze raced through their daycare center in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora, according to a state government official.
Woman set afire at door of her Houston apartment
(AP)
AP - Police in Houston say a woman was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire in the doorway of her apartment and is in critical condition.
New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captivity
KABUL (AP) - New York Times reporter David Rohde (ROH'-dee) has escaped after being held captive by the Taliban since his abduction last November in Afghanistan. The newspaper reports that Rohde and ...
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