Economy Dec 22 Toyota Projects First Operating Loss in 71 Years Toyota Motor Corp., the world's second largest automaker, predicted its first operating loss in 71 years, based on shrinking demand for vehicles and a surging yen.
Politics Dec 19 Franken Takes Lead in Minnesota Senate Recount Democratic contender for the Minnesota Senate seat Al Franken took a 250-vote lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in the still undecided Senate race Friday, but thousands of ballot challenges remain unresolved.
Nation Dec 19 Hamas Ends Six-Month Truce With Israel; Egypt Urges Restraint Hamas leaders in Gaza declared an end to a troubled six-month truce with Israel and vowed to respond to any attack, as Egypt -- which helped broker the ceasefire -- called for restraint on Friday.
Politics Dec 19 Blagojevich Proclaims Innocence, Plans to Fight Corruption Charges In his first public comments since his arrest last week on charge of corruption, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he will be vindicated and has no intention of letting what he called a "political lynch mob" force him…
Science Dec 19 Beetles, Disease Hurt Whitebark Pine's Chances of Survival For the whitebark pine tree, red is the sign of death. As disease and beetles sap life from the knotty, sometimes misshapen tree that thrives in some of the most inhospitable landscapes of the northwest U.S. and Canada, it turns…
Nation Dec 19 Watergate 'Deep Throat' Source Felt Dies at 95 W. Mark Felt, the former FBI official who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off Washington Post reporters to the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, has died at age 95.
Economy Dec 19 White House Announces $17.4 Billion Auto Rescue The Bush administration announced a rescue plan for the sinking U.S. auto industry Friday, offering $17.4 billion in loans conditioned on concessions from carmakers and a return to viability by March 31.
Science Dec 18 First U.S. Patient Receives Face Transplant After 22 hours of surgery, a woman at the Cleveland Clinic has an almost entirely new face, the clinic announced this week.
Politics Dec 18 Iraqi Officials Arrested on Baath Party Suspicions At least 23 officials from Iraq's interior and defense ministries have been arrested on suspicion of working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party.
Politics Dec 18 Planner of Rwandan Massacres Gets Life Sentence A U.N. tribunal convicted a senior Rwandan military officer Thursday of orchestrating Africa's largest genocide in modern history and sentenced him to life in prison for masterminding the deaths of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994.