In a significant step forward in the development of the tower, the federal and New York State governments have tentatively agreed to become anchor tenants.
If you have calculated how much money you will need for retirement, you are well ahead of the game. Only four in 10 workers have determined their retirement income needs, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). But even if you have done the calculation and are working toward your savings goals, you're still not in the clear.
In its third big restructuring announcement in three years–and its first under new CEO Alan Mulally–Ford says it plans sweeping changes to make the automaker competitive again and return it to profitability. There will be huge numbers of job cuts, painful downsizing, revamped plans to build hot cars, and the discontinuation of sluggish models.
Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio today agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges and making false statements in the Jack Abramoff scandal. Under the arrangement, he will make his plea next month in federal court in Washington.
AP - A grandmother of a newborn girl stolen from a rural home pleaded Saturday for the baby's safe return, as authorities searched for an abductor who stabbed and seriously injured the infant's mother before fleeing with the child.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI "sincerely regrets" offending Muslims with his reference to an obscure medieval text that characterizes some of the teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," the Vatican said Saturday.
AP - Hurricane Lane slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday after battering the resort of Mazatlan with strong winds and rain.
Medical establishment backs controversial plans to close up to 60 hospital departments across the country as the only way to guarantee standards of care for patients.
An 8-day-old Missouri infant is missing, and her mother is recovering from a slashed throat, police say. The newborn's mother says she allowed a woman she'd never met to enter her rural house to use the phone. But, she says, the stranger turned on her -- gouging her flesh, leaving her unconscious and snatching her baby girl.
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