Nation Jun 01 Missing Air France Plane Presumed to Have Crashed An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into lightning and strong thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean and went missing Monday, according to officials.
Economy Jun 01 GM Files for Bankruptcy Protection; Judge OKs Chrysler Asset Sale General Motors, a longtime cornerstone of American industrial power, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday morning and embarked on a broad restructuring, paving the way for the struggling automaker to receive another $30 billion in taxpayer aid.
Politics May 29 Global Monitoring Systems Work to Confirm North Korean Nuclear Test Claims When North Korea conducted its second underground nuclear test in three years Monday, one of the first places in the world to register anything unusual was the National Earthquake Information Center in Denver, Colo.
World May 29 Obama Pledges Increased Cybersecurity, Will Name Cyber Czar President Barack Obama unveiled a comprehensive plan to combat threats to the U.S. digital infrastructure Friday, including creating a new position to handle cybersecurity coordination.
Economy May 29 U.S. Economy Shrank 5.7% at Start of Year The U.S. economy shrank slightly less than initially estimated at a 5.7 percent pace at the start of 2009 as the recession lumbered into the new year, according to a government report released Friday that hinted the recession might be…
Economy May 28 As GM Deadline Nears, Bondholders Back New Stock Deal General Motors said Thursday that a group of bondholders has accepted a sweetened deal that offers them up to a one-quarter stake in the company if they drop opposition to the struggling automaker's plans to reorganize.
Economy May 28 New Jobless Claims Fall, Manufacturing Orders Rise In new signs that the recession may be ebbing, orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose by 1.9 percent and the number of new jobless claims fell, although the number continuing to receive unemployment remained at the highest level since 1967.
Nation May 27 Car Bomb Kills Dozens in Pakistan as Swat Offensive Continues An attack on a police headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday that killed at least 24 came after warnings of retaliation for Pakistani army attacks on militants in the Swat region.
Economy May 27 After Bond Deal Fails, Bankruptcy Likely for GM An offer by General Motors to its bondholders to trade bond debt for company stock fell through just days before the company must submit a government-ordered restructuring plan.
Politics May 26 Reactions to Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court Nomination President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court Tuesday.