Four dead in sugar refinery blastmore similar news »
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Four people died, four others were missing and more than three dozen were injured in an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery in the U.S. state of Georgia, authorities said on Friday.
Three dead in Louisiana campus shootingmore similar news »
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A nursing student shot two women to death and killed herself in front of horrified classmates at a college in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana on Friday, police said.
Bush tours tornado-hit Tennessee and pledges helpmore similar news »
LAFAYETTE, Tennessee (Reuters) - President George W. Bush toured tornado-battered parts of the U.S. South on Friday and pledged to help the region rebuild after the worst rampage of twisters in nearly a quarter-century killed 58 people.
Republican McCain asks conservatives for supportmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain asked disgruntled conservatives to support his presidential bid on Thursday, shortly after Mitt Romney ended his struggling campaign and made McCain the all-but-certain nominee.
Congress passes stimulus bill and sends to Bushmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress passed a nearly $152 billion plan on Thursday to stave off an election-year recession by sending government rebate checks to millions of Americans and providing business tax incentives to boost spending.
U.S. loses prison camp records of bin Laden's drivermore similar news »
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. military has lost a year's worth of records describing the Guantanamo confinement of Osama bin Laden's driver, a prosecutor said at the Yemeni captive's war court hearing on Thursday.
Age of "green economics" is upon us: U.N.more similar news »
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday the world is on the cusp of "the age of green economics" and called on nations to cooperate to fight global warming and promote the transformation.
Exxon wins freeze on $12 billion of Venezuelan assetsmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp has won court orders freezing up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world as it fights for compensation for operations lost to President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive.
Senate nears vote on product safety overhaulmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate may vote as soon as next week on a bill to reform product safety regulation after months of recalls of shoddy goods, many of them toys made in China, said a key lawmaker and Senate aides on Thursday.
Heidi Fleiss arrested for drug possessionmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested and charged with possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence on Thursday morning outside Las Vegas.
