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Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golf

Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to try to save his marriage, the biggest fallout yet from two shocking weeks filled with allegations of rampant extramarital...

Started in golf news • 1 response • Last response by yogiyoki (4) • 19 minutes ago
Tags: tiger woods, golf
Major makeover of Wall Street regs passes House

The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last year's Wall Street failures that plunged the...

Started in latest business news • 21 minutes ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, financial overhaul, trades, derivatives, house
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., center, accompanied by Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Pa., left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, following the House Passage for Wall Street Financial Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Tough bargaining still ahead at UN climate talks

After a week of U.N. climate talks, some money is finally on the table and a draft agreement has been circulated. Now the really hard bargaining begins.

Started in latest business news • 1 hour ago • 0 responses
Tags: climate
AP source: Al-Qaida operative killed by US missile

A senior al-Qaida operations planner was killed in an American missile strike this week in western Pakistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Friday.

Started in presidential cabinet news • 25 minutes ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, missile strike al qaida
Blackwater Predator missile-load contract ending

CIA Director Leon Panetta has canceled a contract with the former Blackwater security firm that allowed the company's operatives to load missiles on Predator drones in Pakistan.

Started in presidential cabinet news • 2 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, cia blackwater
SC first lady files for divorce from cheating gov

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford may be keeping his office, but he is losing his marriage.

Started in national news • 4 responses • Last response by blue65packer (1863) • 2 hours ago
Tags: united states, sc governor, politic, sc firsy lady files for divorce from cheating gov, cheater
AP sources: FBI questions students, eyes charges

FBI agents have questioned some of the young Americans arrested in Pakistan as U.S. investigators gather evidence that could lead to a conspiracy charge against them, an American official and another...

Started in u.s. governmental news • 1 hour ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, pakistan us arrests probe
Pay czar grants waivers after government lobbying

The Treasury Department has told four bailed-out companies that they can't pay some top earners more than $500,000 cash per year. But it's told the official who made that decision that the rule...

Started in latest business news • 15 minutes ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, bailout executive pay
Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp

Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion fishery.

Started in national news • 3 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, asian carp congress
NYPD tracks gun in deadly Times Square shooting

Authorities on Friday said a machine pistol used by a street hustler shot dead in a Times Square gunfight was purchased at a Virginia gun shop whose business card was found in the aspiring rapper's...

Started in national news • 11 minutes ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, police shooting times square
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