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.
Economy Dec 18 Chrysler, Ford Announce Plans to Shutter Plants Chrysler LLC is closing all 30 North American manufacturing plants for at least a month, the company's latest cost-cutting move as the big three auto makers struggle to stay afloat while waiting for a government decision on aid to the…
Economy Dec 17 OPEC Agrees to Record Output Cut to Combat Falling Oil Prices Oil prices fell to their lowest level in four years Wednesday, despite news that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to a larger-than-expected oil production cut of 2.2 million barrels per day.
Economy Dec 17 SEC Chief Rebukes Own Agency in Madoff Case The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an unusual rebuke of its own regulators Tuesday night over its failure to investigate Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff, now accused of widespread fraud that bilked investors of billions.
Nation Dec 17 British Troops to Withdraw From Iraq by Mid-2009 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Wednesday that British troops will withdraw from Iraq by the end of July 2009, ending a mission that that provided the second-largest military presence in the country after the U.S.
Economy Dec 16 Federal Reserve Cuts Key Rate to Record Low The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate to an all-time low target range of zero to 0.25 percent Tuesday in an effort to fight the deepening recession.