Ex-hedge fund manager ordered to pay $300 millionmore similar news »
BOSTON (Reuters) - A former hedge fund manager was ordered to pay nearly $300 million for having cheated clients by sending out fake account statements, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday.
Resilient storm Fay could hit Florida a third timemore similar news »
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay swept into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and soaked the state on Tuesday while growing strong enough that forecasters said it could become a hurricane before smacking Florida a third time.
Inflation pressures mount as home building slowsmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale prices shot up in July at the fastest annual rate in 27 years, while home builders cut back on construction as they worked through a glut of unsold homes, government data showed on Tuesday.
Russia starts Georgia pullout but NATO wants moremore similar news »
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russian troops will pull back from Georgia's heartland by the end of this week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, but NATO said it was freezing contacts with Moscow until all Russian forces were out of the country.
Speculation over VP picks hits fever pitchmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Speculation hit a fever pitch on the U.S. vice presidential sweepstakes on Tuesday, with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain nearing their choices of a No. 2 amid a flurry of sly hints and outright guesses.
McCain campaigns for off-shore drilling on Gulf rigmore similar news »
ABOARD THE CHEVRON GENESIS (Reuters) - Republican John McCain took his campaign high above the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, visiting an offshore oil and gas rig and predicting many more like it along the U.S. coasts if he is elected president.
New York City agrees to pay protesters $2 millionmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement to protesters arrested during a 2003 rally against the Iraq war who said their civil rights had been violated, lawyers for both sides said on Tuesday.
Bomb kills 43 at Algerian military academymore similar news »
ISSERS, Algeria (Reuters) - A bomb at an Algerian military academy killed 43 people and wounded 45 on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, one of the bloodiest incidents in years in the OPEC member state.
Storm hits Florida Keys and threatens mainlandmore similar news »
KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay swept over the Florida Keys with heavy rain and 60 mile per hour (97 km per hour) winds and churned toward the Florida mainland on Monday after killing more than 50 people in the Caribbean.
Russian vaulter dazzles after China woemore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian athlete Yelena Isinbayeva dazzled the Bird's Nest crowd on Monday with a flamboyant, world-record breaking display of pole vaulting, after a morning dominated by Chinese disappointment.
Pakistan's Musharraf resignsmore similar news »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf quit office on Monday to avoid impeachment charges, nearly nine years after the key U.S. ally in its campaign against terrorism took power in a coup.
GM returns to employee pricing to lift salesmore similar news »
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp, aiming to boost sagging sales, rolled out a major promotion for U.S. dealers on Monday that includes employee-level discounts on almost all the Chevrolet cars and trucks in its showrooms.
Fay batters Cuba coast, en route to Floridamore similar news »
HAVANA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay raked Cuba's southern coast with gusty winds and heavy rains on Sunday and was expected to move ashore overnight before heading to Florida as a likely hurricane.
Iraq pilgrims head home, suicide bomber strikesmore similar news »
BAGHDAD/KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims streamed home from Iraq's shrine city of Kerbala on Sunday at the end of an annual holy rite that passed without the factional violence that marred it last year.
Phelps gets eight, Jamaica sprint queens rulemore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - Michael Phelps held his arms aloft on Sunday after surpassing Mark Spitz as the most successful swimmer and Olympian of all time, relief written on his face after he won an unprecedented eighth gold at one Games.
U.S.: Musharraf a "good ally" despite disagreementsmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been a "good ally," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday, but she refused to say whether he would receive U.S. asylum if he stepped down.
Obama, McCain vie to win religious votesmore similar news »
LAKE FOREST, California (Reuters) - Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and John McCain noted his failed first marriage as their greatest moral failings on Saturday at a forum on faith that both U.S. presidential candidates used to appeal to religious voters.
U.S.' Gates scoffs at Russian warnings to Polandmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Robert Gates dismissed as "empty rhetoric" on Sunday Russian warnings that Moscow would target Poland for a possible military strike because Warsaw agreed to host part of a U.S. missile shield.
U.S. prosecutors target six Blackwater staff: reportmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have sent letters to six Blackwater security guards involved in a Baghdad shooting last year in a move that could lead to groundbreaking criminal indictments, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
Afghans shift independence celebration to secret venuemore similar news »
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has changed the venue for its independence celebration on Monday to an undisclosed location, an official said, after President Hamid Karzai survived an attempt on his life by Taliban in a military parade in April.
Russia says withdrawal to take timemore similar news »
SOCHI/TBILISI (Reuters) - Russia signed a peace deal to end the conflict in Georgia on Saturday but said "extra security measures" were needed before it could begin withdrawing its troops.
