Ruth Madoff, the wife of Bernard, and the couple's sons Andrew and Mark, are to face the full force of an investigation by US federal prosecutors once the self-confessed fraudster is sentenced at a hearing to be held tomorrow in New York.

WASHINGTON -- Documents unearthed by congressional investigators reveal disagreements among senior Federal Reserve officials about how to handle Bank of America Corp.

June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Porsche SE supervisory board Chairman Wolfgang Porsche balked at an ultimatum from Volkswagen AG and the state of Lower Saxony to agree on a blueprint for the merger of the two carmakers.

AP LOS ANGELES -- A private funeral service will be held Tuesday for Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.

The mystery of Michael Jackson's death may be getting the most attention, but it's the mystery of his finances that is quietly consuming a small army of creditors, lawyers and agents.

Donovan Brown, 6, sits on his fathers, Wesley Brown, shoulders, as a crowd gathers to dance and sing to the music of Michael Jackson in the wake of his death at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday June 26, 2009.

NEW DELHI, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Nine new flu A/H1N1 cases have been reported in India, four each from Bangalore and Delhi and one from Punjab, bringing the country's tally to 89, local media reported Sunday.

IN the debate over health care reform, one issue looms large: whether to have a public option. Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance?

Among the recent research grants awarded by the National Cancer Institute is one for a study asking whether people who are especially responsive to good-tasting food have the most difficulty staying on a diet.