The Daily Telegraph did not have enough evidence to justify its decision to secretly tape Liberal Democrat MPs even though what it eventually uncovered was in the public interest, a media watchdog says.
Fuel-efficient cars are spurring demand for parts. A Toledo, Ohio, factory is slated to get a $260 million upgrade and up to 400 workers to turn out transmissions for its fuel-efficient cars.
Brett Favre says he may return to the game in his post-retirement years as a coach or possibly an analyst. The former NFL quarterback retired in January.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, swamping homes in low-lying neighborhoods and driving hundreds of people from their homes. But officials were confident the levees would protect the city's world-famous musical landmarks, including Graceland and Beale Street, and that no new areas would have any serious flooding.
AP - Suspicion rose Monday that Pakistan's intelligence service leaked the name of the CIA chief in Islamabad to local media in anger over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden — the second outing of an American covert operative here in six months.
AP - Rebels battled Moammar Gadhafi's forces on a deadlocked front line in eastern Libya, and NATO warplanes struck Tripoli early Tuesday in the heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital in weeks.
Waging war with a flood that has already hit eight states, the Army Corps of Engineers opened a spillway near New Orleans to relieve flooding on the Mississippi River.
Experts held out hope Monday that the floodwaters forecast for much of the Lower Mississippi River will exact a minimum toll in lives lost, but appeared resigned to the likelihood that property losses would be steep.
A preliminary U.S. Navy plan to allow its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages in military chapels after the end of "don't ask, don't tell" has fired up congressional opposition.
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