Politics Dec 09 Illinois Governor Arrested in Corruption Probe Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to benefit financially through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president.
Politics Dec 09 Bush Joins Calls for Mugabe to Step Down President Bush said in a statement Tuesday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should step down and called for African support to end his "tyranny" as a growing chorus of foreign leaders calls for the embattled leader to quit his post.
World Dec 08 Pakistani Terror Suspects Arrested in Mumbai Investigation Pakistani security officials raided a former militant camp Sunday and arrested 12 men suspected of orchestrating last month's attacks on Mumbai, India, including the alleged mastermind of the assault.
Nation Dec 08 Tribune Co. Files for Bankruptcy Protection Media conglomerate Tribune Co. filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, as the owner of the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Cubs and several other newspapers and TV stations tries to restructure its debt of $13 billion.
Politics Dec 08 Blackwater Guards Charged With Manslaughter in Shooting Deaths of Iraqis Blackwater Worldwide security guards fired on innocent Iraqis with a machine gun and launched a grenade into a girls' school during a gruesome Baghdad shooting in 2007, prosecutors said Monday in announcing manslaughter charges against five guards.
Politics Dec 08 Two Police Officers Charged as Riots Rage in Greece Youth riots across Greece continued for the third day Monday as two policemen were charged in the killing of a young man Saturday night in Athens.
Economy Dec 08 Markets See Early Lift on Infrastructure, Auto Bailout Plans U.S. stocks enjoyed an upbeat opening Monday as investors reacted to President-elect Barack Obama's plan to launch an infrastructure spending package to boost job growth and news that a deal on bailing out Detroit's Big Three automakers may be near.
Science Dec 05 Rocks on Mars Shed New Light on Planet's Ancient Climate Cycles In the stratified layers of a rocky Martian outcrop, researchers have found evidence of ancient climate cycles similar to the ones that caused Earth's ice ages.
Nation Dec 05 U.S. Calls for Zimbabwe's Mugabe to Resign as Power-sharing Deal Falters U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice increased pressure on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to leave office after his government stalled on a power-sharing deal with the opposition party.
Economy Dec 05 U.S. Employers Slash 533,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.7% U.S. employers cut 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, sending unemployment up two-tenths of a point from October to 6.7 percent, the highest in 15 years, the Labor Department reported Friday.