Politics Apr 21 Service Bill Aimed at Mobilizing New Generation of Volunteers President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill Tuesday that triples the size of the AmeriCorps service program over the next eight years and expands ways for students to earn money for college.
Economy Apr 21 Geithner Signals Confidence in Banks' Reserves, Bailout Plans Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner faced new questions on the Obama administration's bank rescue on Capitol Hill Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund predicted U.S. financial institutions could lose $2.7 trillion from the global credit crisis.
Nation Apr 21 Clashes Continue Between Sri Lanka's Military, Tamil Rebels Clashes between Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatist fighters and the Sri Lankan military have intensified in recent days, with new accusations of hundreds of civilian deaths surfacing in the long-running dispute.
Science Apr 21 'Clean Coal' Debate Plays Out on the Airwaves American television audiences are likely noticing a battle being waged during commercial breaks as millions of dollars are being spent on advertising to promote or denigrate a mysterious-sounding buzzword: clean coal technology.
Economy Apr 20 Other News: Oracle Buys Sun Microsystems In other news, Oracle bought the troubled Sun Microsystems company for $7.4 billion and a suicide bomber killed 3 Iraqi civilians and injured 8 U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
Economy Apr 20 Bank of America Posts Better-Than-Expected Earnings Bank of America, the largest U.S. lender by assets, reported that its income in the first quarter of 2009 more than tripled to $4.2 billion.
Science Apr 17 Study: Writing About Values Boosts Grades, Shrinks Achievement Gap A short self-affirming writing exercise that took only about an hour of class time boosted struggling black junior high school students' grade point average by nearly half a point over two years, according to a new study.
Politics Apr 17 Memos Shed New Light on CIA Interrogation Tactics A series of Bush-era Justice Department memos chronicling the legal justifications for harsh CIA interrogation tactics used on top terrorism suspects was released by the Obama administration Thursday.
World Apr 17 Global Recession, Drug Violence Top Summit of the Americas Agenda The pressing issues of the global recession, Mexico's drug war and Cuba's conspicuous absence are expected to emerge during the fifth Summit of the Americans, which begins Friday in Trinidad and Tobago.
Economy Apr 17 Citigroup Posts Best Earnings Since 2007 Beleaguered banking giant Citigroup broke a year-long streak of staggering losses Friday when it posted a first-quarter net profit of $1.6 billion.