Adil Hakimjan, the first freed Guantánamo prisoner to be granted asylum in Europe, says he is 'very happy.' President Obama called Friday for seven of the 17 remaining Uighurs at the prison to be released.
AP - The news that Justice David Souter is planning to retire set off spirited speculation about a successor Friday, but the man who will appoint the new justice was staying out of it. "No Supreme Court questions," President Barack Obama told reporters.
AP - Attorneys for Chrysler LLC will ask a federal bankruptcy judge Monday to let the ailing automaker start using a new infusion of $4.5 billion in loans from the Treasury Departmentto keep operating under bankruptcy protection.
AP - A top Mexican medical officer accused the World Health Organization of being slow to respond to the country's warning about a health crisis that turned into a global swine flu scare. The WHO disputed the claim.
The CDC says it has confirmed 141 cases of the new H1N1 flu in 19 states. One person has died in the U.S. The virus, commonly known as swine flu, has spread to 11 countries. The World Health Organization says 331 cases have been confirmed worldwide.
He once told Congress he would allow cameras in the courtroom "over my dead body." He wrote drafts of his opinions in longhand, and yet wrote a landmark cyber-age ruling. After 18 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, David Souter is retiring, ending his run as a justice who became a standout trying to avoid the spotlight.