IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is sent to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on sexual assault charges, after being denied bail as a flight risk.
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 on a Kentucky case in which police broke into an apartment after smelling marijuana and hearing sounds suggesting evidence was being destroyed.
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 chief of the International Monetary Fund was spending the night in jail at Rikers Island, a 400-acre penal complex that offers a strikingly different level of comfort than the $3,000-a-night Manhattan hotel suite where authorities say Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape a maid.
AP - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor sought arrest warrants Monday for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and the country's intelligence chief for authorizing the killing of civilians in a crackdown on anti-government rebels.
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived at New York's Rikers Island jail complex after a judge denied him bail for alleged sex crimes.
Pakistan will return the tail of a U.S. helicopter damaged during the raid that killed terror leader Osama bin Laden, a move that is part of a process to improve cooperation between the two nations, Sen. John Kerry says.
Libya indicated it will ignore a move by the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor seeking the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi and two of his relatives.
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