The White House released guidance on President Barack Obama's schedule around the NATO Summit. Below is the note in-full: On Saturday, the President will host G8 meetings at Camp David throughout the day. In the morning, the President will host the first working session with G8 Leaders. There will ...
So the hysterically hyped public offering of Facebook disappointed millions on Friday who’d anticipated a blast-off to the moon. But millions more were thrilled by its ho-hum debut, including me. Why do we revel in this momentary setback for the $19 billion man, Mark Zuckerberg, even if it’s but ...
As early as 2010, the senior banker who has been blamed for the debacle, Ina Drew, began to lose her grip on the bank’s chief investment office, according to current and former traders. She had guided the bank through some of the most rugged moments of the 2008 financial crisis, earning the trust ...
President Barack Obama faces the task of persuading financially-pressed European governments and their war-weary citizens to back Afghanistan’s security over the next decade. Obama is scheduled to meet this morning in Chicago with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is sometimes harshly critical of ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Greece's exit from the euro zone could definitely be prevented but that it was up to Greece to abide by its agreements. "European solidarity isn't a one-way street," Schaeuble told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "You can't have one ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Refreshed in body and spirit, the Miami Heat returned to practice reunited and refocused. There was no looking back. No heartfelt apologies given. No need for a detailed autopsy of Dwyane Wade's ugly sideline exchange with coach Eric Spoelstra in Game 3. What's done is done. All ...
LOS ANGELES – After Game 3, Kobe Bryant had talked about the competitiveness he sees in the Thunder's Big Three, the kind of fight and tenacity they saw in him when they were growing up. Clearly, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are all grown up now. And after ripping a 13-point lead away from ...
A trial lawyer turned senator, John Edwards was the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee and ran for president again in 2008. In 2006, he met Rielle Hunter, a woman who would become his mistress, change the course of his life and land him on trial. Edwards was charged with six counts of ...
Into her 60s, the girl still worked hard for the money. In fact, in 2008, just before turning 60, Donna Summer had a No. 1 dance hit with “I’m a Fire.” That meant she, along with Cher, had scored a No. 1 song in each of the last four decades. Only Madonna has charted more dance hits than ...
(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said she could not comment on whether Aimee Copeland had undergone surgery to remove her hands and right foot, amputations ...