James, 72, was convicted in April for selling land in 2001 to 2005 to his then girlfriend, Tamika Riley, at below market rates and without disclosing his relationship to Riley. Riley purchased the city land for $46,000 each and then

You know, that there's been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street and it is - people are frightened by these events," McCain said during a town hall in Florida. "Our economy, I think, still the fundamentals of

Starting this winter, National Park Service officials had planned to have 540 snowmobiles going through the Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway each day.

In a conference call to reporters, Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) expressed optimism that a Democratic plan to introduce a $50 billion second stimulus bill his week would receive greater bipartisan support.

Authorities said that 49-year-old James D. Williams began beating emergency medical technicians who were transporting him to the hospital. They jumped out of the vehicle and Williams took over the wheel.

Eight years ago, a man ran for president who claimed he was different, not a typical Republican," Biden said. "He called himself a reformer. He admitted that his Party, the Republican Party, had been wrong about things from time to

First Selectman Unk DaRos told the New Haven Independent that there were many predatory blue fish in Stony Creek this weekend. He speculated that the blue fish pushed the bunkers into estuaries where they ran out of oxygen.

This legislation is a simple matter of fairness," Webb said in a written statement. "Four hundred years after the founding of America's first colony at Jamestown, these six tribes deserve to be placed on equal footing with our nation's 562

The Arizona senator leads Obama, 47-45 percent, down from a high of 49-44 percent advantage immediately after the Republican National Convention on Sept. 6 but still significant, according to Gallup.

The Dow Jones Industrial average fell a whopping 504 points or 4.42 percent. All 30 Dow components ended the session lower. None weighed on the index as heavy as American International Group, down 60 percent as liquidity issue swirl the

NEW DELHI, Sept. 14 -- A day after five serial bomb blasts rocked the Indian capital, killing 21 people and wounding about 100, police teams raided several neighborhoods Sunday and questioned a balloon seller, a street vendor and an auto-rickshaw

If the United States takes a narrow view of Africa, as a recipient of charity, a place to pump oil, and an arena for fighting terrorists, then African hopes being evoked by the Obama candidacy will almost certainly be disappointed.

Senior Zanu PF officials in the Gwanda rural district council in Matabeleland South recently exchanged blows after accusing each other of diverting maize meant for starving villagers to the black market amid reports of worsening corruption in provinces hard hit

IS SA more corrupt now than it was under apartheid? On the surface it seems so. In many platteland towns I've visited where services have ground to a halt and municipal infrastructure is crumbling, residents are quick to point out

One person has been charged while three others have been arrested for using the name of Micro-Finance minister Gen. Salim Saleh to con businessmen and politicians.

A 10-man gang raided a Nairobi slum on Sunday, robbed residents and stabbed those who resisted.

An Abuja High Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign former Minister of Aviation Babalola Borishade and four others before it on September 22.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has urged journalists to collaborate with the anti-graft agency in the fight against corruption.

Chairman (Technical) of the National Committee on the Research and Application of Stem Cell Transplantation Technology in Nigeria (NACRASATIN), Dr Perry Iloegbunam, has said the launch of the anti-aging soft gel capsules, which were developed from stem cells, MF111 of

After three months of intensive operations, police have nabbed 66 suspected robbers and murderers with 19 guns. The operation was carriedout in the districts of Kampala, Mukono, Hoima, Tororo, Mbarara, Wakiso, Kibaale, Mbale, Jinja and Kalangala between June and September