Acknowledging fears arising from unprecedented economic globalization, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today warned lawmakers against protectionist measures that would stymie the benefits of world trade.
Apple is recalling 1.8 million battery packs used to power its laptop computers, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company announced Thursday. The potentially hazardous lithium-ion batteries were manufactured by Sony, the same company that made the laptop batteries Dell recalled earlier this month.
AP - A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field Sunday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor a co-pilot in critical condition, federal investigators said.
AP - A hurricane watch was issued Sunday for the Florida Keys and Gov. Jeb Bush ordered a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Ernesto.
AP - A bomb blast blew apart a minibus in a Turkish tourist resort late Sunday injuring 21 people including 10 British tourists, the local police chief said.
Flight 5191 took off from a runway not usually used by commercial jetliners, a National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman said. The Comair commuter jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board.
At least 22 people were wounded in a series of explosions in the Turkish resort town of Marmaris and in the commercial center of Istanbul early Monday, with several British tourists among the wounded, Turkish officials reported.