Developing storiesMarketWatch – 2 hours ago –People Magazine – 5 hours ago –In The NewsLatest plunge cuts Dow in half from its high in 2007Salt Lake Tribune - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK » Investors' despair about financial companies and the recession has brought the Dow Jones industrial average to another unwanted milestone -- its first drop below 7000 in more than 11 years.
Breaking Down the Dow's Drop Fox44 News S&P 500 and Dow losses top 20% after two months Financial Times Raiders' Cooper remains missing at sea after man rescuedSan Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago
By Steve Corkran The US Coast Guard's ramped-up search for Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper and three others who failed to return from a fishing trip Saturday night paid off when one of the four men was rescued Monday afternoon.
One Rescued at Sea; Search for NFL Players Continues New York Times Ex-Governor Blagojevich gets a book dealReuters - 2 hours ago
CHICAGO, March 2 (Reuters) - Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed a "six-figure" deal on Monday to write a book about his rise and fall and the dark side of politics, his publicist said.
Blagojevich signs book deal ABC7Chicago.com Publicist: Ousted Illinois governor to write book The Associated Press |
Clinton begins first Israel visit
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Hillary Clinton is to begin her first visit to Israel and the West Bank as the United States' top diplomat. The US secretary of state plans to talk about how to move to a final peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
Egypt Hosting Donors Conference For Gaza Reconstruction RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Troops Assassinate President of Guinea-Bissau
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
A TV image shows the outside of the presidential palace, where gunfire erupted hours after the president's longtime rival was killed by a bomb.
G-Bissau army 'not seeking power' BBC News
Bangladesh cuts mutiny death toll
BBC News - 4 hours ago
Bangladeshi officials now say 74 people died in last week's border guard mutiny - halving previous estimates of deaths. The bodies of 56 officers had been found and seven were still missing, a senior army official said.
Military, govt tension over hunt for Bangladesh mutineers Radio Australia
Bush-Era Anti-Terrorism Documents Made Public
Washington Post - 32 minutes ago
By R. Jeffrey Smith and Dan Eggen The number of major legal errors committed by Bush administration lawyers during the formulation of its early counterterrorism policies was far greater than previously known, according to internal Bush administration ...
In waning days, Bush officials backpedaled on terror memos Kansas City Star
Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos San Jose Mercury News
Trade Envoy Nominee Found to Owe $10000 in Taxes
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Michael D. Shear Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk, who is President Obama's nominee to be the US trade representative, failed to pay almost $10000 in taxes during the past three years because of a series of mistakes, the Senate Finance Committee said ...
White House Lets Limbaugh Be Voice Of GOP Opposition
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Howard Kurtz If White House officials were trying to elevate Rush Limbaugh to the leader of the opposition, they may have succeeded.
GOP chairman apologizes for Limbaugh remarks The Associated Press
After Tussle on GOP Title, an Apology to Limbaugh New York Times
Sale of AIG's Asian assets in doubt after capital injection: report
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By MarketWatch , , ) is expected to be delayed or scrapped in the aftermath of the stricken insurer's latest $30-billion bailout by the US government Monday, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the process.
AIG: 'Really No Longer With Us' BusinessWeek
First Solar to buy unfinished projects from OptiSolar
Los Angeles Times - 42 minutes ago
The photovoltaic panel maker will pay $400 million to its ailing rival for the solar farms, which it plans to complete. By Marla Dickerson Stunted by the nation's credit freeze, troubled OptiSolar Inc. of Hayward, Calif.
BofA CEO Lewis' '08 compensation cut 60 pct
Reuters - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - Bank of America's (BAC.N) Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis saw his total compensation cut about 60 percent in 2008, according to a filing with US regulators on Monday.
BofA chief admits Tarp aid 'mistake' Financial Times
Intel rolls out Atom chips targeting phones
CNET News - 1 hour ago
by Brooke Crothers A lot happened in the chip world Monday. Amid all the commotion, Intel announced a new line of Atom processors.
World PC sales set for massive decline
Computerworld - 4 hours ago
By Oliver Garnham March 2, 2009 (PC Advisor) The world PC market is set for its sharpest unit decline in history this year, with the current financial uncertainty encouraging customers to hold on to PCs for longer, according to Gartner Inc. The ...
Buzz Builds For New iMacs From Apple
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Anticipation builds for the introduction of new Apple Inc. (AAPL) desktop computers. Various Apple blogs reported that, starting Sunday, that Apple will soon begin selling new iMacs, which are one of Apple's two desktop ...
New iMac, Mac minis expected as early as Tuesday Apple Insider
POLL: Who Are You Rooting for on Bachelor Finale?
People Magazine - 5 hours ago
It’s down to the final two women, Melissa and Molly, that Jason Mesnick must choose between on tonight’s Bachelor finale (ABC, 8 pm C).
The Bachelor makes his choice SheKnows.com
Paparazzi seek proof of Chris Brown-Rihanna reunion
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celebrity photographers are jostling for proof of the apparent reconciliation of singer Chris Brown and Rihanna, whose stormy relationship has fascinated and stunned fans and feminists.
Rihanna's Relatives Not Happy About Reconciliation People Magazine
To fans, four minutes with Jonas Brothers rocks
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 hours ago
Fans who showed up to a Sunday night screening of the "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" in San Francisco got a bonus: the actual Jonas Brothers.
Villanova thumps Notre Dame by 17
Philadelphia Inquirer - 1 hour ago
By Joe Juliano SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Two days after an ugly loss to Georgetown, Villanova turned what could have been scary time into a resounding performance at both ends of the floor.
Reynolds scores 23 points, Villanova beats ND The Associated Press
Irish Downed By Wildcats Fighting Irish Insider
Reports: Seahawks get Houshmandzadeh
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
TJ Houshmandzadeh and the Seattle Seahawks have agreed on a five-year contract, according to media reports Monday. Citing unidentified sources, ESPN.
Houshmandzadeh to Seattle Washington Post
Source: Giants back Ward to Bucs
ESPN - 34 minutes ago
By John Clayton New York Giants running back Derrick Ward cashed in on his 1025-yard season by reaching a four-year, $17 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to a league source.
Source: Bucs, ex-Giants RB Ward agree to deal FOXSports.com
Bucs Make First Big Splash With Ward Signing Tampa Tribune
Resistance to flu drug widespread in US - study
Reuters - 5 hours ago
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Virtually all cases of the most common strain of flu circulating in the United States now resist the main drug used to treat it, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Common flu strain resists popular drug Tamiflu Baltimore Sun
Flu virus increases resistance to Tamiflu Bizjournals.com
TV linked to asthma risk doubling
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Young children who spend more than two hours a day watching TV double their risk of developing asthma, a UK study has found. Rather than telly per se being to blame, experts believe the viewing is symptomatic of a sedentary lifestyle which may be the ...
Keeping offenders behind bars burdens state budgets
Omaha World-Herald - 23 minutes ago
BY MATTHEW HANSEN The State of Nebraska could save millions of taxpayer dollars in the long run if it invests more money in programs that keep nonviolent offenders from returning to jail, says a report released Monday on the US prison population.
State ranks low on number of inmates Providence Journal
Washington protesters push 'clean energy,' protest coal use
CNN - 39 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Global warming concerns took center stage Monday as two organizations held rallies to draw attention to an issue that President Barack Obama has promised to place near the top of his agenda.
CEO gone, too, like Blackwater name
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1 hour ago
First Blackwater changed its name. Now it is changing its management. Erik Prince, owner of Xe, the North Carolina-based security contractor and training company known until last month as Blackwater Worldwide, resigned as chief executive officer and ...
North Carolina mom reports to Army with her children WWAY NewsChannel 3
Recalled Army mom will be discharged abc7news.com
Washington Post Foreign Service
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
LONDON, March 2 -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives in Washington this week to press a "global new deal" that he hopes will shore up his sagging poll numbers at home and solidify his place as the international leader of efforts to surmount ...
Gordon Brown hangs hopes on visit to Obama Los Angeles Times
Brown seeks Obama lift as markets nosedive guardian.co.uk