Bodies of two women found in house
A murder probe has been launched after the bodies of two women were discovered at a house, police said.
US jobless rate lowest for five months
The US unemployment rate fell to a five-month low of 9.7 per cent in January, even as the economy shed 20,000 jobs
Haitian parents willingly gave children to US Baptists, in hopes they would have a better life
A boy with a pink tape on his shirt that previously had his name written on it is part of a group of 33 children that U.S. Baptists were trying to take out of Haiti.
North Korea Says It Will Free American Missionary
North Korea announced Friday that it will free an American missionary detained for illegally crossing its border on Christmas Day.
Brown welcomes Haiti debt write-off
Gordon Brown has welcomed the G7′s commitment to write off Haiti’s debt in the wake of last month’s crippling earthquake.
UN chief can’t judge if Gaza probes are ‘credible’
The U.N. secretary-general reported Thursday night he was uncertain whether Israel or the Palestinians had met U.N. demands to undertake “credible” investigations into allegations that they deliberately targeted civilians during last year’s Gaza offensive.
Iraqi Militants Release Video Of Abducted American
AP A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted an Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the U.S. military.
U.S starts investigation into brake problems on Toyota Prius
The Transportation Department opened an investigation Thursday into brake problems in the 2010 Prius, the latest in a series of safety troubles at Toyota that have confused drivers and strained the Japanese automaker’s relationship with U.S. regulators.
Spain and Portugal fight to calm investors
Spanish and Portuguese leaders struggled to soothe nervous investors on Friday and limit the loss of confidence that has spread across southern Europe from the financial crisis in Greece
Red-Faced Banker Caught Looking At Racy Emails To Keep Job
An Australian banking employee who became an Internet sensation after a video of an interview showing him in the background looking at a few racy images on the Internet was posted to YouTube, will keep his job.
Scientists feel heat over climate e-mails
An independent panel of five experts will be named to investigate possible wrongdoing by climate scientists at the UK s University of East Anglia. At issue are e-mails which appear to show malpractice within the research unit
CBS boss: Expect Couric to stay ‘a long time’
CBS News chief Sean McManus said Wednesday that it’s unfair to criticize Katie Couric’s multimillion-dollar salary at a time news division jobs are being cut and that he expected the evening news anchor to stay at the network “for a long time.” Although no negotiations have taken place, McManus offered the strongest public signal yet that the …
German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter
A woman admiring the sunset on a tourist webcam in northern Germany spotted a man who was lost on the frozen North Sea and probably saved his life by alerting authorities, police said Wednesday.
Haiti relief supplies stall in shipping limbo
Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled a several feet high in Ruth Estriplet’s living room.
3 US soldiers killed in Pakistan blast
Three U.S. soldiers traveling with Pakistan security force members were killed Wednesday and one wounded in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan that also injured dozens of schoolgirls, officials said.
New Orleans is Super Bowl s real winner
American football Super Bowls are often invoked as a reflection on the state of the nation. But Sunday s 44th or XLIVth, its official gladiatorial title in Miami is really just about one city, New Orleans
G-7 Seeks To Calm Global Markets, Sustain Rebound
Top finance officials of the seven major industrial countries sought to calm jittery markets by pledging Saturday to keep providing government aid to sustain a fledgling economic rebound.
US and Germany say Iran not ready for nuclear deal
The United States and Germany said they saw no sign Tehran would make concessions on its nuclear programme despite upbeat comments from Iran s foreign minister over prospects for a deal
Plane panel falls outside Miami…
Authorities say a panel from a cargo plane has fallen outside a Miami mall. No one was hurt.
