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| Kansas Governor Is Top Choice for Secretary of Health
February 18, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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| | Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is a key Obama ally with record of working across party lines. |
| Bits: The Blog That Ignited a Facebook Privacy Debate
February 18, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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| | The controversy over Facebook's terms of service has put a spotlight on the Consumerist blog. |
| The Lede: Israeli Hitler Parody Upsets Holocaust Survivors
February 18, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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| | An Israeli version of the "Downfall" parodies, in which mock subtitles are inserted in scenes from a German film about Adolf Hitler's last days, has upset people who actually experienced the Nazi regime. |
| Woman Mauled by Chimp Undergoes Long Surgery
February 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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| | STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- As authorities considered criminal charges against the woman whose 200-pound domesticated chimpanzee went berserk and mauled a friend, she backtracked Wednesday on whether she gave the animal the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. Sandra Herold told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she never gave the drug to her 14-year-old chimp, Travis, who was shot dead by Stamford police Monday after he grievously wounded Herold's friend Charla Nash. |
| New York to Retrain Laid-Off Wall Streeters
February 18, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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| | The city's plan is intended to stem the exodus of talent from the rapidly collapsing financial services industry. |
| The Caucus: Burris Defiant as Calls for Resignation Mount
February 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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| | Senator Roland Burris defended his integrity amid investigations into his statements about fund-raising for Rod Blagojevich, while calls for his resignation piled up in media both mainstream and alternative. |
| Outsourcing of Drug Trials Is Faulted
February 18, 2009 at 6:29 pm
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| | A research article states that volunteers for medical trials in foreign countries may be unduly influenced. |
| City Room: Chimpanzee Cartoon Prompts Racism Charge
February 18, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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| | Critics of a cartoon that appeared in The New York Post call it a racist reference to President Obama. |
| UBS Reaches Deal Over Offshore Services
February 18, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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| | The bank entered into a $780 million deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department over its sale of offshore private banking services. |
| Fashion Diary: There's Trouble in the Tweets
February 18, 2009 at 6:06 pm
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|  Among the publicists and stars, there is an invisible guest: the economy. |
| New-Home Construction Hits a Low
February 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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| | Construction of homes and apartments dropped 16.8 percent last month, the slowest pace on records dating back a half-century. |
| A Spy Caught in the Mideast Vise
February 18, 2009 at 5:25 pm
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|  Lebanese investigators say that Ali al-Jarrah has confessed to a career of espionage for Israel spectacular in its scope and longevity. |
| Fed Offers Bleak Economic Outlook
February 18, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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|  The Fed cut its economic outlook for 2009 and warned of an "unusually gradual and prolonged" period of recovery. |
| Bronx Landlords Guilty in 2 Firefighters' Deaths
February 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm
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| | The owners of a Bronx building where two firefighters jumped to their deaths in 2005 were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. |
| Court Reverses Ruling Bringing Guantánamo Detainees to U.S.
February 18, 2009 at 3:38 pm
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| | The ruling casts further uncertainty on the fate of the 17 Guantánamo detainees, members of China's Uighur minority. |
| City Room: Film on a Newark Hate Crime
February 18, 2009 at 10:58 am
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| | A documentary film examines the case of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old lesbian high school student who was killed in a 2003 hate crime in Newark. |
| Buffalo Crash Inquiry Sees Signs of Crew Error
February 18, 2009 at 10:53 am
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| | Investigators believe the crew overreacted to an automatic system meant to protect the aircraft from flying too slowly. |
| Obama Plans $75 Billion Outlay to Fight Foreclosures
February 18, 2009 at 10:42 am
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| | The plan is intended to help up to 9 million Americans stay in their homes, according to a summary released by the White House on Wednesday. |
| Clinton Arrives in Indonesia
February 18, 2009 at 10:37 am
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|  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came to Indonesia saying she wanted to pay tribute to its hard-won democracy. |
| Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use
February 18, 2009 at 10:11 am
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| | After a wave of protests, Facebook said it would withdraw changes to its terms of service concerning the data supplied by users. |
| G.O.P. Shakeup Could Derail Budget Deal in California
February 18, 2009 at 9:20 am
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| | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A delicate budget fix crafted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders was on the brink of collapse early Wednesday after Republicans in the Senate ousted their leader. The late-night coup could derail already strained budget talks by requiring them to renegotiate with a new Republican leader. |
| DealBook: Greenspan Supports Some Bank Nationalizations
February 18, 2009 at 9:03 am
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| | Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, told The Financial Times on Tuesday that short-term nationalization of some United States banks might be the "least bad solution" for the nation's banking crisis. "It may be necessary to temporarily nationalize some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring," he told the newspaper [...]. | | |
Alaska is fast becoming an experiment in oil-state support for renewable energy.
General Motors' expansive lineup was once its primary weapon, but it plans to cut four brands.
The Obama administration is signaling continued support for major elements of its predecessor's approach to fighting Al Qaeda.
The death toll in Afghanistan is the highest since the Taliban government was ousted in November 2001, at the outset of a war with no quick end in sight.
In Wyoming, did human kindness backfire, setting the elk up for disaster?
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