Reuters - Iran said on Thursday it was ready to
negotiate over a new package of economic incentives put forward
by major powers seeking to persuade Tehran to curb its nuclear
work.
Reuters - Nearly 300 people have been arrested
in a 3-1/2 month national coordinated mortgage-fraud probe to
be disclosed on Thursday, a U.S. Justice Department official
said.
Reuters - U.S. telephone companies that
cooperated with President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic
spying program could be shielded from lawsuits under a
electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and
White House negotiators.
Reuters - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund
managers were arrested and indicted on securities fraud charges
on Thursday following a federal criminal probe into the
collapse of two funds they oversaw.
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama said on
Thursday he would forego public financing of his general
election campaign against Republican John McCain, reversing an
earlier stance and positioning himself to outspend McCain in
the White House race.
Reuters - As President George W.
Bush prepared to tour flood-ravaged Iowa on Thursday,
Midwesterners awaited promised federal aid to help recover from
an economic body blow to the nation's midsection from the worst
flooding in 15 years.
AP - The NHL is threatening to kick the owners of the New York Rangers out of the league or force them to sell the team as punishment for accusing league officials of violating antitrust laws.
AP - In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria.
AP - Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, but there was widespread skepticism about its ability to hold.
AP - Iraqi troops on Thursday arrested the top official in Amarah, a Muqtada al-Sadr loyalist, officials said, drawing swift condemnations from followers of the anti-U.S. cleric and raising tensions as a military operation against Shiite militias got under way.
AP - A private business group says its index of leading economic indicators inched higher for the second month in another sign that higher fuel and food prices, tighter credit and a depressed housing market are stifling the economy.
AP - The Democratic-led Congress finally appears ready to give President Bush his request for $162 billion in long-overdue funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
AP - Two former Bear Stearns managers were arrested Thursday on securities fraud and other charges linked to the collapse of a hedge fund that bet heavily on subprime mortgages before the market collapsed, federal authorities said.
