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American arrested over plot to launch holy war, kill politicians

World
2009-10-22

A 27-YEAR-OLD Massachusetts man conspired to kill two prominent American politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in United States shopping malls and US soldiers in Iraq, federal prosecutors said...

Two more firms are latest to face investor lawsuits in Madoff scam

Business | Lawsuits and scandals
2008-12-24

INVESTORS have sued Fairfield Greenwich Group hedge fund and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co, the latest firms to face lawsuits for entrusting money to investment manager Bernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating...

Fraud rap says UBS deceived investors

Business | Banking
2008-6-28

MASSACHUSETTS regulators filed civil fraud charges against UBS Financial Services for allegedly selling investments it knew were extremely risky, but portrayed as safe. The complaint filed by the Massachusetts...

US school girls made pact to get pregnant

World
2008-6-20

A PACT made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at a high school in Massachusetts, United States, school officials said. Gloucester...

Birds and babes have babble on the brain

World
2008-5-3

BABY birds babble much like human infants do and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers in the United States have reported. Their findings suggest that learning to sing, and also to speak,...

Brains not brawn trying to solve the Palestine problem

World
2008-3-22

CAN academia step in to resolve a raging conflict in places where diplomacy lags? That's just what a team of urban planners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has set out to discover, using the Israeli-Palestinian...

Merrill reimburses city

Business | Banking
2008-2-2

MERRILL Lynch & Co agreed to pay Springfield, Massachusetts, US$13.9 million to settle a dispute over collateralized debt obligations it sold the city that plunged in value. The money will reimburse Springfield...

It's almost party time for McCain

World
2008-1-31

JOHN McCain has emerged as the clear frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination with a victory in the hotly contested Florida primary, lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani...

McCain projected to win in Florida voting

World
2008-1-30

US Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida Republican primary last night, edging past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and seizing precious campaign momentum for next week's string of contests...

Big transplant breakthrough cuts out drugs

World
2008-1-25

IN what is being called a major advance in organ transplants, US doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. The...