Karzai, Taliban Condemn Desecration; Military Questions Pair of Marines

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:58:00 -0500

Pentagon officials went to lengths Thursday to avert damage to the U.S. war effort from a video that shows a group of Marines urinating on militants' corpses.

Are you quite finished? New York Philharmonic conductor dramatically halts performance after cell phone interruption

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:56:00 -0500

For many it is just one of the daily afflictions of the digital age. But when a mobile phone went off during a New York Philharmonic performance the conductor saw red, stopping the orchestra in its tracks.

Mitt Romney Secures Front-Runner Status With New Hampshire Win

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:00 -0500

Mitt Romney scored a decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, securing his second win in the first two contests of the presidential nominating season and trying to turn his front-running campaign into a steamroller.

White House Chief of Staff William Daley resigns; budget chief Jacob Lew fills post

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:43:00 -0500

White House Chief of Staff William M. Daley resigned Monday, a year after taking the job, shaking up the administration’s senior management just as President Obama gears up for what is expected to be a tough reelection campaign.

Kathleen Mullahy, Witness To Elevator Accident That Killed Suzanne Hart, Files Lawsuit

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:17:00 -0500

One of two people who witnessed the horrifying elevator accident that killed ad executive Suzaane Hart last month is so traumatized by the event she's filed a lawsuit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500

Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.

New York Police Arrest 141 People Over Alleged IPhone Thefts

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:30:00 -0500

The New York Police Department arrested 141 people for allegedly selling stolen iPhones and iPads, stepping up an effort to combat robberies of handheld electronic devices.

Trump Eyes Run as Online 'Americans Elect' Presidential Candidate

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:48:00 -0500

The Donald is at it again. After citing his possible independent presidential bid as the reason only two GOP candidates agreed to attend his Newsmax-sponsored debate, which he backed out of moderating on Tuesday, Donald Trump is continuing to stoke the rumors that he will launch a presidential bid, this time as a possible Americans Elect candidate.

H.K. Tops U.S., U.K. in Financial Market Growth

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:22:00 -0500

Hong Kong topped the World Economic Forum’s 2011 index of financial market development, supplanting the U.S. and U.K. from the highest rankings for the first time.

New NY tax bill hits millionaires, helps middle

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:46:00 -0500

New York's second major income tax increase in two years will charge millionaires more, but give 4.4 million middle-class residents a rare break worth $200 to $400 a year.

Nearly 100 People Charged in New York Check Fraud Ring

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:50:00 -0500

Nearly 100 people formed a check fraud ring that systematically exploited a banking loophole to steal more than $450,000 by depositing bogus checks and withdrawing the money before they bounced, prosecutors said Wednesday.

American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:55:00 -0500

American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labor struggles.

Eurozone ministers OK $10.7 billion Greek loan

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:54:00 -0500

Eurozone ministers threw a lifeline to Greece on Tuesday as they scrambled to prevent financial chaos from spreading further and driving Europe's common euro currency into a catastrophic breakup.

NY lawyer: Strauss-Kahn civil trial in NY far off

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:03:00 -0500

A lawyer for the New York hotel maid who claims she was sexually assaulted by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he thinks it will be two years before the civil trial opens.

Fitch Keeps U.S. Credit Rating at ‘AAA’, Cuts Outlook to Negative

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:41:00 -0500

Fitch Ratings kept its pristine AAA rating on the U.S. on Monday, but the credit-ratings company downgraded its outlook to “negative” in the wake of the Supercommittee’s failure to find $1.2 trillion in spending cuts.

Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:41:00 -0500

The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn conspiracy theory denied by New York Sofitel

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:32:00 -0500

The New York hotel where the Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of trying to rape a chambermaid on Sunday issued a point-by-point denial of claims that the former French presidential favourite was set up as part of a grand conspiracy to discredit him.

Pakistan gives America two-week ultimatum to abandon 'secret' airbase and closes border: Hundreds of Afghan-bound sup...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:44:00 -0500

Nearly 300 trucks carrying supplies to U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan clogged the Pakistani border crossings Sunday, leaving them vulnerable to militant attack a day after Islamabad closed the frontier in retaliation for coalition airstrikes that allegedly killed 24 Pakistani troops.

Sofitel staff celebrated DSK sex claim, political 'hit' implied in report

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:42:00 -0500

Someone sure seemed happy that Dominique Strauss-Kahn had gotten in trouble at a Manhattan hotel. The chief engineer of the posh Sofitel New York in Midtown high-fived someone who appears to work in the hotel’s security office shortly after learning Strauss-Kahn may have sexually assaulted a maid, says an explosive new report.

Russian newsreader fired after Obama middle finger insult

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:13:00 -0500

A top Russian female newsreader who appeared to defiantly show US President Barack Obama her middle finger during a live newscast has been fired.

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