Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus
OKLAHOMA CITY - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-22
Mass. man accused of plot to kill US politicians
BOSTON - A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls, authorities said Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. Pakistan Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2009-10-21
Gates says it's time to 'move on' from his arrest
BOSTON - Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying "in the end, this is not about me at all."
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-07-26
Friends defend officer who arrested black scholar
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Supporters say the white policeman who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home is a principled police officer and family man who is being unfairly described as racist.
Nations:U.S. People:Deval Patrick Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-07-24
Obama remark on black scholar's arrest angers cops
BOSTON - Many police officers across the country have a message for President Barack Obama: Get all the facts before criticizing one of our own. Obama's public criticism that Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could make it harder for police to work with people of color, some officers said Thursday.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Source:(AP)
2009-07-23
Geithner unveils stimulus tax credits in Boston
BOSTON - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced Wednesday that organizations working in 33 states would receive $1.5 billion in business tax credits fueled with federal stimulus money and aimed at creating and saving jobs in areas hit hard by the economic downturn.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Financial Rescue Source:(AP)
2009-05-27
Chrysler targets 800 dealers in reorganization
DETROIT - In tiny Millerstown, Pa., the owner of the only car dealership in town found out Thursday he was on Chrysler's hit list -- one of 789 across the nation that the troubled automaker wants to eliminate.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Automaker Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-05-15
Fed survey: economy deteriorated in Jan., Feb.
WASHINGTON - The country spiraled deeper into recession to start 2009, forcing widespread cutbacks and layoffs among everyone from blue-collar workers who once churned out construction equipment to white-collar professionals like business consultants and accountants.
Nations:U.S. People:Ben Bernanke Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2009-03-04
Winter strikes back in late eastern US storm
NEW YORK (AFP) - Late-season snow and high winds punched through the eastern United States Monday, killing at least five people as the freeze snapped power lines, closed schools and snarled air and road traffic.
Nations:U.S. Canada People:Michael Bloomberg Source:(AFP)
2009-03-02
Ferocious storm dumps heavy snow on East Coast
NEW YORK - A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.
Nations:U.S. People:Michael Bloomberg
2009-03-02
Northeast pounded by snowy late-winter storm
NEW YORK - A massive late winter snowstorm pummeled the Northeast on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights, causing spinouts on highways, delaying trains and buses and closing school for over a million children from South Carolina to Maine.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-02
Mexican drug violence spills over into the US
Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.
Nations:U.S. Mexico
2009-02-09
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