Economy May 10 Citigroup to Pay $2.65 Billion to Settle Worldcom Suits Financial services giant Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay $2.65 billion Monday to settle class-action lawsuits brought by investors who bought WorldCom Inc. securities before the telecommunications firm filed for bankruptcy.
Politics May 10 Kremlin-Backed Chechen President Killed in Bombing Chechnya buried its president, Akhmad Kadyrov, Monday, a day after he was killed by a bombing that further thwarts Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to gain control of the war-ravaged republic.
Nation May 06 Soldiers Battle Shiites in Najaf; Bomber Kills Six in Baghdad As the United States launched a new assault against Shiite forces near Najaf Thursday, a suicide bomber killed one U.S. soldier and five Iraqi civilians in a brazen attack on the heavily fortified safe zone in Baghdad.
Economy May 06 Greenspan Warns High Budget Deficits May Hurt Economy Despite the current low interest rates, America's rising federal budget deficits are a major obstacle to long-term U.S. economic stability, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Thursday.
Health May 05 Two Past Foes of Drug Imports Say Legalization May Be Inevitable After a senior Bush administration official said that the legalization of prescription drug importation was inevitable, the head of CVS pharmacy broke with his industry Wednesday and called for temporarily allowing the cost-cutting practice.
Politics May 05 President Bush Denounces Iraqi Prisoner Abuse on Arabic TV President Bush gave interviews Wednesday with the Arabic-language networks Al-Arabiya and U.S.-sponsored Al-Hurra, trying to assuage the growing clamor over photos that have surfaced depicting the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers.
Nation May 03 U.S. Military Reprimands Soldiers for Alleged Iraqi Prisoner Abuse The U.S. military has reprimanded six American soldiers and admonished another in connection with the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
Politics Apr 30 The Defense of Marriage Act The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law designed to give states the right to refuse recognition of a same-sex marriage approved by another state. It also defines marriage as a union between a man and woman for…
Politics Apr 28 High Court Considers Enemy Combatant Detentions The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two precedent-setting cases that ask whether in the war on terrorism President Bush can order American citizens held indefinitely in a military jail without charges, a hearing or access to a lawyer.
Politics Apr 20 High Court Hears Appeal from Guantanamo Detainees The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether courts have the jurisdiction to hear appeals from terror suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in one of the first major constitutionality tests of the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies.