Strauss-Kahn, power broker in Paris and Washington
2011-05-15 10:11:49
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody on Saturday in New York and was being questioned in regard to a sexual assault, New York police said.
America shows off warship that buried bin Laden
2011-05-15 14:50:42
US officials welcomed visitors Sunday to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea, but did not discuss the ultra-secretive attack that killed him.
Huckabee rules out White House run in 2012
2011-05-15 09:18:45
Republican Mike Huckabee announced on Saturday he would not seek his party's US presidential nomination in 2012, adding uncertainty to the race to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.
Louisiana braces as flood spillway opens
2011-05-15 08:55:05
Army engineers on Saturday opened a key spillway to allow the swollen Mississippi River to flood thousands of homes and crops but spare New Orleans and Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge.
NY police: IMF head Strauss-Kahn in custody
2011-05-15 07:43:42
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody on Saturday at JFK airport in New York and was being questioned in regard to a sexual assault, a New York police spokesman told Reuters.
Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies with PR fiasco
2011-05-13 09:35:37
Facebook hired a prominent PR firm trying to plant stories harshly criticizing Google's privacy practices.
2 charged with terrorism in alleged NY plot
2011-05-13 09:06:04
Two US residents, including one who complained that the world was treating Muslims "like dogs," bought guns and a grenade and wanted to carry out a terror plot against a New York synagogue
US uses dogs to sniff out suicide bomber
2011-05-13 09:29:50
The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) became the first airport in the United States on Thursday to introduce dogs to sniff out explosive residue on people.
US intensifies drone aircraft attacks in Pakistan
2011-05-13 09:29:43
A US drone aircraft fired missiles at militants in Pakistan on Thursday, killing eight of them, Pakistani officials said
In Texas schools, picture is worth 1,000 calories
2011-05-13 07:59:27
A $2 million project being unveiled on Wednesday in the lunchroom of a Texas elementary school will use high-tech cameras to photograph what foods children pile onto their trays...
US jobless claims fall 44,000 in latest week
2011-05-12 21:32:58
US claims for unemployment aid fell sharply last week after a surprisingly big rise the prior week, a government report showed on Thursday.
Libya rebels seek funds in White House meeting
2011-05-13 09:06:19
Libyan rebels will meet senior White House officials in Washington on Friday, seeking both cash and diplomatic legitimacy in their war to topple Muammar Gadhafi.
