The director of operations of the firm which supplied the Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat is understood to have killed himself.
Stuttgart protests which escalated against a disputed railway project and left 130 people injured was 'saddening,' a spokesman for Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday.
The president's new chief of staff Pete Rouse, hailed by Obama as a 'skillful problem-solver,' is a Washington veteran known for working quietly behind the scenes and avoiding the media.
BMW recall: Globally, some 345,000 BMWs of the 5 Series, 6 Series, and 7 Series vehicles powered by V8 and V12 engines and almost 6,000 Rolls Royce Phantom models could be affected by the problem, BMW AG spokesman Frank Strebe said.
The reviled mother of all government bailouts — the $700 billion lifeline to banks, insurance and auto companies — will expire at a fraction of that cost and could conceivably earn taxpayers a profit.
In a city bulging with candidates, Rahm Emanuel’s decision to run for mayor of Chicago was received as anything but a guarantee that he will glide into the job.
AP - President Barack Obama on Friday said a bittersweet goodbye to the energetic and fierce manager of his White House, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and elevated a quiet and seasoned adviser, Pete Rouse, to the most important gate-keeping job in American politics.
AP - Assailants in Pakistan launched two separate attacks Friday on vehicles carrying fuel for NATO and American forces in Afghanistan, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing.
AP - American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research."
Amanda Knox leaves prison for the first time in five months to attend a court hearing that charges her with slander. Her appeal on her murder conviction begins in November. Her lawyer says she has "lost her serenity" and her father Curt Knox says she has lost her naivete.
Osama bin Laden released his first audio tape since March today calling for Muslim relief and charity in places like flood-ravaged Pakistan. The new message comes despite a record number of drone attacks along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border targeting Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. Both Bin Laden and Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman Zawahiri are believed to be hiding in the mountainous border region.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is leaving his job, President Obama announced today. Deputy Chief of Staff Pete Rouse will be the interim replacement.
A storm has dumped more than 22 inches of rain in the Carolinas and closed hundreds of roads. Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast for the Northeast.
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