MAY
19
2011

IMF chief resigns, debate on successor heats up

Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the IMF, saying he needs all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid, prompting an immediate political tug-of-war over his job on Thursday.

MAY
19
2011

Google´s Schmidt pledges Europe privacy controls to fight ´elephant´ image

Google Inc. is trying to rehabilitate its image in Europe after years of rankling regulators, artists, publishers and privacy advocates in the region.

MAY
19
2011

Clarence Thomas´ visit to Ga. spurs debate

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was welcomed with a mostly standing ovation when he took the podium Wednesday to dedicate Augusta´s sparkling new courthouse, but not everyone stood.

MAY
19
2011

Best legal department 2011 winner: Google

Spend time with the energetic crew at Google Inc., and the word "disrupt" comes up a lot. Google´s businesses tend to do that to the traditional marketplace, and Googlers (as they call themselves) make no apologies.

MAY
19
2011

Rape is rape, Ken Clarke

By using words such as ´serious´ and ´forcible´, the justice minister feeds the belief some rapes aren´t really rape at all.

MAY
19
2011

Your presence is requested as we celebrate our divorce

Charles and Bonnie Bronfman, you see, are getting divorced.

MAY
19
2011

Is it fair to fine fat people for not dieting?

Overweight welfare claimants in the US state of Arizona face paying $50 (£31) fines if they don´t follow a dietary regime laid down by their doctor. Is that fair?

MAY
19
2011

Nursing homes seek exemptions from health law

It is an oddity of American health care: Many nursing homes and home care agencies do not provide health insurance to their workers, or they pay wages so low that employees cannot afford the coverage that is offered.

MAY
18
2011

New York investigates banks´ role in financial crisis

The New York attorney general has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during the credit boom, indicating the existence of a new investigation into practices that contributed to billions in mortgage losses.

MAY
18
2011

Kercher killer Amanda Knox tried for slandering police

Amanda Knox, the US student convicted of murdering her British housemate in Italy, faces a fresh trial, charged with slandering police officers.

MAY
18
2011

High court allows warrantless search

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday against a Kentucky man who was arrested after police burst into his apartment without a search warrant because they smelled marijuana and suspected he was trying to get rid of incriminating evidence.

MAY
18
2011

US pilots avoid jail in fatal Brazil air collision case

A Brazilian judge has sentenced two US pilots in absentia to four years and four months for their role in a fatal air crash over the Amazon in 2006.

MAY
18
2011

IMF chief faces pressure to resign while others view him as victim

As one of the most powerful men in global economics, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was supposed to give the keynote speech at the Brussels Economic Forum in Belgium on Wednesday.

MAY
18
2011

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to ask U.S. Supreme Court to review Facebook settlement

Just hours after a federal appeals court declined to review a legal challenge from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers said they would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in.

MAY
18
2011

Russian prosecutors demand action over ambulance abuses

Paramedics working in league with undertakers are among abuses reported by Russian prosecutors in a report on emergency healthcare violations.

MAY
17
2011

Apple, Facebook, Google to face up over privacy

US lawmakers have invited Apple, Facebook and Google to attend a hearing on mobile phones and privacy on Thursday, local time - the second Capitol Hill appearance in a week for executives from Apple and Google.

MAY
17
2011

Ex-Pr. George´s executive Jack Johnson scheduled for plea deal hearing

Jack B. Johnson, the former Prince George´s County executive who is the central figure in a sweeping public corruption case, is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday for a plea agreement hearing.

MAY
17
2011

High Court rebuffs alleged torture victims in secrecy case

The U.S. Supreme Court, refusing to question the federal government´s power to withhold information for national security reasons, rejected an appeal by five men who say the CIA had them shipped to foreign countries to be tortured.

MAY
17
2011

Kerry Campbell, mom who injected 8-year-old daughter with Botox, loses custody of child

The California mom who demonstrated injecting her 8-year-old daughter with Botox on a morning talk show has lost custody of her daughter, ABC News reported.

MAY
17
2011

Sienna Miller decides her privacy is worth $162,000

The actress settled her suit against News of the World after News Corp. agreed to pay the actress 100,000 pounds ($162,000).

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