Roman Catholic militiamen are gearing up for clashes with Muslim rebels again, more than 30 years after all-out communal war tore through the island of Mindanao.
An unpublished federal history of the U.S.-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts the effort as crippled by poor planning, waste and deception, leading to a $100 billion failure.
Authorities say that Marc S. Dreier, one of New York?s most accomplished lawyers, brazenly swindled the city?s savviest investors, in a fraud estimated at $380 million.
AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago criminal lawyer Saturday as he weighed his legal options on how to fight a scandal that has left his career in tatters and disrupted President-elect Barack Obama's White House transition.
AP - The White House weighed its options Saturday for preventing a collapse of the troubled auto industry, once the backbone of the U.S. economy. So far, the only thing certain is that the Bush administration wants to avoid the possibility of a disorderly bankruptcy of any of the Big Three.
AP - President-elect Barack Obama, relatively young and inexperienced, is facing a rapidly growing list of monumental challenges as he prepares to take the reins of a nation in turmoil.
A "suspicious" fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla, the church's minister said. Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the fire is being considered "suspicious and as potential arson at this point" but did not elaborate, The Anchorage Daily News reported.
The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, the landmark hotel that withstood three days of bombings, grenade blasts, gunfire and fires when a group of terrorists seized it last month, is slated to reopen many of its rooms before Christmas.
A severe ice storm prompted President Bush to declare Saturday that a state of emergency exists in northern Massachusetts, a move that authorizes the use of federal aid to help the recovery effort.
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