TEHRAN – Bandits killed a guard of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hours before the leader visited southeastern Iran this week, state-run television reported Saturday. The broadcast said another guard and a driver were wounded in Thursday’s assault on a road 1,240 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran. The guards were making …
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NEW YORK – The former president of an accounting firm used by Howard Stern pleaded guilty Monday to charges of insider trading in shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI) before the announcement of the shock jock’s move to the network. Gary D. Herwitz, 50, formerly of Mahoney Cohen & …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The number of detainees on hunger strike at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay more than doubled in the last week to 84, an official said Thursday. Forty-six detainees joined 38 already on strike on Dec. 25, said Guantanamo spokesman Lt. Col. Jeremy …
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WASHINGTON – Navy Secretary Gordon England — who has also been serving as the acting deputy defense secretary — gave up his Navy post Thursday, clearing the way for a new naval leader. The move will allow Donald Winter to be sworn in as Navy secretary next week. Congressional roadblocks …
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SHANGHAI, China – Ford Motor Co.’s (F) finance arm said Friday it has received approval to enter China’s lucrative auto financing market and will begin operations later this year. The business initially will concentrate on wholesale financing for dealers, Ford Motor Credit Co. said, but it will also begin trials …
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The following is a transcribed excerpt of “FOX News Sunday,” May 15, 2005. CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) on a surprise one-day trip to Iraq urged patience for the new government. Rice praised the political progress that has been made in Iraq and said continued …
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WASHINGTON – Saddam Hussein (search) and his government bribed Russian officials, paying them millions of dollars in Iraqi oil allocations, as part of the Oil-for-Food program, a congressional investigation concluded. The payments were made so that Iraq could buy support for lifting sanctions against Iraq in the U.N. Security Council, …
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SEATTLE – Seattle’s new city hall and justice center have received awards for their environmentally sensitive design. But just two years after opening, both buildings are plagued with problems — and fixing them is going to cost taxpayers millions. “These green buildings may be synonymous with more green coming out …
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WASHINGTON – The jokes came fast and furious — and were mostly about him — as President Bush (search) on Friday hosted one of the White House events he loves most: Bringing in NCAA (search) championship teams. Celebrating the 2004 victories of four teams — Indiana’s soccer team, Cal State …
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Tom Hanks (search) told Vassar College (search) graduates that one four-letter word holds the answer to most of life’s problems. Whether it’s battling gridlock in Southern California or making sense of the world, Hanks said Sunday any problem in the world can be solved as long as …
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