Dealers swamped by worried Toyota drivers
NEW YORK - Toyota dealers across the country were swamped with calls Wednesday from concerned drivers but had few answers a day after the company announced it would stop selling and building eight models because of faulty gas pedals.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-01-27
Haitians search for their dead: `I need the body'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - In what's left of one family's home, in what remains of one destroyed neighborhood, Jean-Rene Lochard has retrieved the bodies of his mother, brother, sister-in-law and nephew, and buried them beside the ruins, one by one and with a priest's blessing.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
Americans struggle through a day in the recession
It's a rainy spring morning and Tamara Ogier plants herself at a table in a Spartan room in the Atlanta federal courthouse, computer and tape recorder at hand, ready to hear another day's stories of financial ruin.
Nations:U.S. Afghanistan Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2009-05-03
Madoff client list peppered with big names
NEW YORK - Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax, actor John Malkovich and World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein are among the well-known people on a list of customers of accused swindler Bernard Madoff, according to court papers.
Nations:U.S. People:John Malkovich Steven Spielberg Activities:Madoff Fraud Case
2009-02-05
Former newspaper rivals cooperate as jobs are cut
NEW YORK - Just a dozen years ago, newspapers on either side of Arlington, Texas, fought fiercely for every reader in the fast-growing city, spending millions of dollars to expand their staffs and cover the smallest meetings and sporting events.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-04
Madoff scandal stuns Palm Beach Jewish community
PALM BEACH, Florida - Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Wall Street fraud scheme has hurt and embarrassed the Jewish community of Palm Beach, the Florida town of the mega-wealthy where the financier found so many of his investors.
Nations:U.S. Israel People:Donald Trump Steven Spielberg Activities:Madoff Fraud Case
2008-12-20
Ivins was anthrax killer, US says; shows documents
WASHINGTON - Army scientist Bruce Ivins had in his lab highly purified anthrax spores that were linked to the 2001 attacks that killed five and access to the distinctive envelopes used to mail them, the government declared Wednesday, releasing a stack of documents to support a damning though circumstantial case.
Nations:U.S. Israel People:Patrick Leahy John Ashcroft Charles Grassley Tom Brokaw Tom Daschle Activities:2001 Anthrax Attack
2008-08-06
Obama faults McCain; Clinton mulls delegate fight
Barack Obama criticized likely general election rival John McCain on Wednesday where it could hurt most -- the Arizona senator's reputation as a champion of ethics. Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile, raised the possibility she might carry her fight to the Democratic convention floor.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Barack Obama Al Gore George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-05-21
Conrad Black gets 6 1/2 years in jail
A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced former media mogul Conrad Black to 6-1/2 years in prison for obstructing justice and defrauding shareholders in one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc., and ordered him to report to prison in 12 weeks.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Conrad Black Fraud Case
2007-12-10
Black found guilty of criminal fraud
A U.S. jury on Friday found Conrad Black guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice in a grim Friday the 13th verdict that could send the former media baron to jail for up to 35 years.
Nations:Canada U.S. People:Donald Trump Henry Kissinger
2007-07-13
Riot breaks out at Indiana prison
Inmates staged a two-hour riot at a medium-security men's prison Tuesday, injuring two staff members and setting fires in a courtyard. Indiana Department of Correction spokeswoman Java Ahmed said more than one cell house was involved in the disturbance at the New Castle Correctional Facility, about 43 miles east of Indianapolis.
Nations:U.S.
2007-04-24
Scorsese wins DGA prize for 'Departed'
Martin Scorsese won the top honor Saturday from the Directors Guild of America for his mob saga "The Departed," moving him a step closer to finally receiving Hollywood's biggest filmmaking prize at the Academy Awards.
Nations:U.S. People:Stephen Frears Tony Bennett Martin Scorsese Paul Greengrass Clint Eastwood Matt Damon
2007-02-04
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