News that a former assistant to celebrated Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno has been charged with sexually abusing eight boys has rattled students, fans and alumni across … read more »
College students echo Occupy Wall Street with protests
Anger at high tuition bills and a lack of jobs propelled U.S. college students into streets and quadrangles on Thursday in the latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protest … read more »
How to claim unclaimed money without getting scammed
Nearly $33 billion in 117 million accounts. That is how much money is currently held by state treasurers and other agencies and awaiting someone to claim it, according to the … read more »
Fight brews over US anti-bribery law as fines jump
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put reshaping a U.S. anti-bribery law near the top of its legislative wish list, setting up a battle pitting the powerful business lobby group … read more »
Dismal summer for teen jobs may scar young Americans
Teenagers hung out on street corners and on the steps of boarded-up buildings in impoverished downtown Newburgh one blisteringly hot August day this year.
Notorious: Can Bulger get fair trial in Boston?
With his reign as the former leader of Boston’s notorious Irish-American Winter Hill Gang already fodder for books and movies, some wonder if James “Whitey” Bulger can get a fair … read more »
Tobacco companies seek to stop rollout of new label requirements
Graphic images of dead bodies, decaying teeth and a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his neck will cover half of the front of all cigarette packages by September … read more »
Experts say Libyan assets will be hard to unfreeze
Any attempt to unfreeze Libyan assets and hand them to the opposition, even for humanitarian purposes, faces legal obstacles that could take years to clear, U.S. and European officials and … read more »