Patricia C. Dunn, the former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, and four other people were indicted in California today on state criminal charges in the spying case that has rocked the company.
As the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pa., prepares private funerals after the very public deaths of five girls in a one-room schoolhouse Monday, experts on school violence and politicians are questioning what to make of a rash of similar incidents in the past few weeks.
North Korea now says it will raise the stakes with an act of defiance that the world has feared: a nuclear test. The announcement this week by Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry didn't say when or where, but the test would be bad news for the region–and for U.S. policy.
Athletic directors aren't the only ones playing Big Brother. According to new guidelines issued by Southern Methodist University's Panhellenic Council, "It is an infraction to be friends with or write on [freshman girls'] Facebook wall." Sisters caught violating the rule, meant to make the rush process more fair, will receive perhaps the ultimate punishment: mandatory Facebook deactivation, with no reactivation until rush's conclusion, the Daily Campus reports. Panhell officers said they will be strict about enforcing the rule. Of course, there is a limit. "I can't physically make someone get off Facebook," the Panhell president admitted. Can't, that is, unless you get Mark Zuckerberg involved...
AP - House Speaker Dennis Hastert's political support showed signs of cracking on Wednesday as Republicans fled an election-year scandal spawned by steamy computer messages from former Rep. Mark Foley to teenage male pages.
AP - Two relatives of the man who attacked an Amish school said they were not molested by him 20 years ago as he had claimed, investigators said Wednesday.
AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Wednesday that sanctions will not stop Iran from enriching uranium after a European negotiator conceded "endless hours" of talks had made little progress and suggested the dispute could wind up at the U.N. soon.
Supermarkets are putting pressure on organic food watchdogs to lower standards so they can fully exploit a billion-pound industry, say leading figures in the movement.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office was notified of concerns about then-Rep. Mark Foley more than three years ago, a former aide to Foley said Wednesday. If true, that would suggest GOP leaders knew of concerns about Foley earlier than they have so far admitted. Hastert's chief of staff said the meeting "did not happen."
The House of Representatives was ordered to keep computer records and papers from former Rep. Mark Foley, a senior Justice Department official said Wednesday. The move is a sign that a criminal investigation into Foley's online chats with teen pages is imminent, Justice Department officials say.
An Amish man, standing by the body of his slain granddaughter, told young relatives not to hate the gunman who killed five girls in their classroom, a pastor said on Wednesday. Simple funerals are being planned for the victims, while their families work to forgive the killer, neighbors say.
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