Officials managing the bailout of the insurance giant may have overpaid other banks to wind down business relationships with A.I.G., Neil Barofsky, the bailout inspector, says.
Teodoro Nguema Obiang enters the country easily, although officials suspect that his wealth comes from corruption tied to his father’s regime in Equatorial Guinea.
AP - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers.
AP - For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the girl's mother offered her for sex.
AP - Hot sauce and a comb were all an al-Qaida suspect in New York needed to nearly kill one of his guards nine years ago. The bloody episode suggests that security worries in bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 suspects to trial here could be just as big inside the courthouse as outside.
Women in their 40s should not get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer, according to guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
A body believed to be missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis was found in North Carolina, police said. Her mother was charged with trafficking and other offenses.
The United States and China do not have to be at odds, despite the challenges facing them, President told students at a town hall meeting today in Shanghai.