8 dead in California hair salon shooting
2011-10-13 07:05:29
A gunman opened fire in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another in a California beach community.
Buffett said he paid $6.9m taxes
2011-10-13 05:09:25
Warren Buffett said in a letter to a Kansas congressman that adds fuel to the debate over his proposal for higher taxes on the rich.
'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty in court
2011-10-13 03:23:05
A Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb in his underwear pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
Obama vows to press on with jobs bill
2011-10-13 01:48:03
Obama vowed to keep pushing for passage of his $447b jobs package on Wednesday after the bill failed in the Senate, and said he would not take "no" for an answer.
US issues world travel alert linked to Iran plot
2011-10-12 14:30:36
The US State Department late on Tuesday issued a worldwide travel alert for US ciitizens, warning of of the potential for anti-US action after the United States accused Iran of backing a plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington.
US sued for abandoning tougher ozone rules
2011-10-12 13:45:37
Environmental and public health groups Tuesday sued the Obama administration for nixing stronger standards on ozone, which could cause respiratory illnesses and lung and heart problems.
US Senate kills Obama's jobs plan
2011-10-12 08:35:16
The 447-billion-dollars bill was stopped from advancing as the votes did not reach the needed number of 60.
Police break up Boston anti-Wall Street protest
2011-10-12 08:16:48
Riot police moved into a Boston square early on Tuesday, arresting up to 100 people and breaking up a protest inspired by the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, the Boston Globe reported.
Apple employee celebration of Jobs
2011-10-11 14:51:50
A celebration of Steve Jobs' life by Apple Inc will be held next week, Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a memo to employees on Monday.
US woman accused of cutting out fetus
2011-10-11 14:45:01
Morales-Rodriguez made a brief court appearance Monday, standing silent as her bail was set at $1 million.
Apple's iPhone 4S pre-orders top 1m in 24 hours
2011-10-11 08:48:03
Apple announced on Monday that pre-orders of its iPhone 4S have topped 1 million in a single day, surpassing the previous single-day pre-order record of the company's smartphone.
Americans win Nobel prize in economics
2011-10-11 08:10:04
Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims shared the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for work that helps governments and central banks weigh up responses to crises - though it offers no immediate answer to current global problems.