MPs release a letter from a journalist jailed for phone hacking, alleging senior News of the World figures struck a deal to stop him implicating the paper at trial.
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 - Seeking some help from rural America, President Barack Obama on Tuesday implored Iowans to share ideas with him about how leaders can give an economic jolt to the nation's heartland. He promised better days in a time of relentless joblessness, saying, "We'll get through this moment of challenge."
AP - All countries that use the euro should have mandatory balanced budgets and better coordination of economic policy, the leaders of France and Germany said Tuesday, pushing for long-term political solutions instead of immediate financial measures like a single European bond.
Rebels working to topple Moammar Gadhafi's regime say they think they can start moving on Libya's capital soon -- kicking off a decisive new chapter in the war.
Phone hacking was "widely discussed" at News of the World, the royal correspondent jailed for the practice wrote in 2007, newly released documents reveal.