Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus
OKLAHOMA CITY - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-22
Southeast floods block highways; toll rises to 8
AUSTELL, Ga. - Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery Tuesday after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-09-22
Fed survey: economy deteriorated in Jan., Feb.
WASHINGTON - The country spiraled deeper into recession to start 2009, forcing widespread cutbacks and layoffs among everyone from blue-collar workers who once churned out construction equipment to white-collar professionals like business consultants and accountants.
Nations:U.S. People:Ben Bernanke Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2009-03-04
Trade nominee is 4th Obama pick to owe back taxes
WASHINGTON - Another Obama administration nominee has tax troubles. This time, it's Ron Kirk, the president's choice to be U.S. trade representative. Kirk owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to pay them, the Senate Finance Committee said Monday.
Nations:U.S. People:Charles Grassley Max Baucus Barack Obama Tom Daschle Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-03-02
Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq winddown
DALLAS (Reuters) - Bring 'em home. Or send them to Afghanistan, where things are getting worse.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin. Second Gulf War Vietnam War Source:(Reuters)
2009-02-28
U.S. charges Stanford with massive Ponzi scheme
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators on Friday accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, his college roommate and three of their companies of carrying out a "massive Ponzi scheme" over at least a decade and misappropriating at least $1.6 billion of investors' money.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Allen Stanford Fraud Case Source:(Reuters)
2009-02-28
Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention
MIAMI - Newly minted nurse Katie O'Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-02-15
NTSB: Plane crew saw significant ice before crash
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The crew of the commuter plane that fell on a house, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground, noticed significant ice buildup on the wings and windshield just before the aircraft began pitching and rolling violently, investigators said Friday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Continental Air Crash Source:(AP)
2009-02-13
Bush bids goodbye at Capitol, begins trip to Texas
WASHINGTON - With one last handshake with President Barack Obama, George W. Bush boarded a helicopter on Tuesday at the Capitol and began his post-presidential life, closing a two-term administration marked by war, recession and the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Nations:U.S. People:Michelle Obama Alberto Gonzales Joseph Biden Barack Obama Karl Rove Condoleezza Rice Activities:Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-01-20
Circuit City to close 567 remaining US stores
Circuit City became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis Friday, announcing it will shut down its remaining 567 U.S. stores at the cost of 34,000 more jobs after failing to sell the business.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-16
Bush's new to-do list: build library, write memoirs
DALLAS - President George W. Bush may be looking for a little peace and quiet when he moves out of the White House and into a suburban Dallas cul-de-sac, but the years ahead won't be entirely leisurely.
Nations:U.S. Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Jimmy Carter George W. Bush Bill Clinton
2009-01-15
Conviction reversed in 30-year-old death row case
HOUSTON - A white man on Texas death row for nearly 30 years could be freed because an appeals court has ruled that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from his jury in the belief that blacks empathize with defendants.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-14
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