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'Unfriend' reigns as Oxford's best word

World
2009-11-18

"UNFRIEND" has been named the Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from finalists with a tech-savvy bent. Unfriend was defined as a verb that means to remove someone as a "friend" on...

AIG rescue too dear, says inspector

Business | Insurance
2009-11-18

OFFICIALS managing the multibillion-dollar bailout of insurance giant American International Group Inc bungled the first rescue and may have overpaid other banks to wind down AIG's business ties, according to a government...

Warming drives off Cape's cod

World
2009-11-13

AMERICAN fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England. A new federal study...

AIG head now says he plans to remain in job

Business | Insurance
2009-11-13

AMERICAN International Group Inc's CEO Robert Benmosche said on Wednesday he plans to stay in his job at the embattled insurer. Benmosche announced his intentions in a letter to employees released by AIG following...

Frustrated AIG chief threatens to resign

Business | Insurance
2009-11-12

AFTER just three months as head of battered insurer American International Group, Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post as he struggles to deal with heavy government oversight and restrictions on what the...

American man gets 3 years for sex with horse

World
2009-11-6

AN American man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for the second time in two years to abusing the creature. Rodell Vereen was also...

Report: AIG not likely to sell 2 businesses

Business | Insurance
2009-11-2

AMERICAN International Group Inc won't sell two Japanese subsidiaries, according to a published report, deciding the firm will get more value from keeping them. The struggling insurer said a year ago it would...

Copter crashes kill 14 Americans in Afghanistan

World
2009-10-27

HELICOPTER crashes killed 14 Americans yesterday in the deadliest day for the United States mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as US President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national...

US officials closely monitored Polanski before Swiss arrest

World
2009-10-23

AMERICAN prosecutors closely monitored Roman Polanski in Austria and considered seeking his arrest there days before the director's apprehension in Switzerland, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Los...

Third person dies from sweat lodge ceremony

World
2009-10-19

AN American homicide investigation now includes three deaths after a woman died more than a week after participating in a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona that hospitalized nearly two dozen people. Liz Neuman died...