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Senate reaches deal on stimulus bill
February 6, 2009 at 8:07 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led Senate on Friday reached a deal on a $780 billion stimulus package to stem a deepening recession, a potentially big win for President Barack Obama but undercut by his inability to draw much Republican support.

Savings lost to Madoff, elderly forced back to work
February 6, 2009 at 7:59 pm

BOSTON (Reuters) - After losing his entire life's savings to disgraced fund manager Bernard Madoff, 90-year-old Ian Thiermann abandoned retirement and now works the aisles of a grocery store to make ends meet.

Peanut plant did not wait for outside testing: FDA
February 6, 2009 at 7:31 pm

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A peanut plant in Georgia at the center of an outbreak of salmonella shipped out products managers knew might have been tainted without waiting for a second set of lab tests showing they had fixed the problem, U.S. health officials said on Friday.

U.S. on track for Afghan troop deployments: Pentagon
February 6, 2009 at 6:22 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Friday it was still on track to send three additional combat units to Afghanistan by midsummer, despite a debate within the Obama administration about the timing of the deployment.

Spitzer prostitution ringleader gets 30 months
February 6, 2009 at 5:16 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man who led a prostitution ring whose clients included former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in prison.

Geithner to outline U.S. banking fix on Monday
February 6, 2009 at 4:10 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will spell out a "comprehensive plan" on Monday to stabilize the financial system, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

U.S. wants assurances over freed Pakistani scientist
February 6, 2009 at 3:38 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants assurances from Islamabad that the scientist behind Pakistan's nuclear weapons program will not be involved in nuclear proliferation following his release from house arrest, the White House said on Friday.

Obama names economic advisory panel led by Volcker
February 6, 2009 at 1:11 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday named an advisory panel led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to help guide his efforts to rescue the economy and rebuild the shattered U.S. financial system.

Pakistani court declares nuclear scientist Khan free
February 6, 2009 at 1:06 pm

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court declared disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan free on Friday, ending five years of house arrest for the man at the center of the world's most serious proliferation scandal.

Far-right rise crimps Netanyahu before Israel vote
February 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu will go into Tuesday's Israeli election with centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni breathing down his neck and a far-right party siphoning votes from him, according to final opinion polls on Friday.

U.S. job losses accelerate
February 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job losses accelerated in January as 598,000 were slashed, the most in 34 years, and the unemployment rate soared to a 16-year high, pressuring lawmakers to act quickly to counter a deepening recession.

Jurists urge U.S. to drop Guantanamo case secrecy
February 6, 2009 at 10:07 am

GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has strongly urged the United States to withdraw its opposition to the release of evidence on the alleged torture of a former British Guantanamo Bay detainee.

U.S. image picks up, China and Russia worsen: poll
February 6, 2009 at 9:09 am

LONDON (Reuters) - The image of the United States around the world has improved in the past year while China and Russia's standing in other countries has slipped, according to an opinion poll published on Friday.