Articles tagged with years
Tue, May 22, 2012
China to buy over 2,500 planes in 5 years to 2015: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to buy more than 2,500 commercial aircraft from 2011 to 2015, bringing the country's total fleet size to ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
White supremacist gets 40 years for Arizona package bomb
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a 61-year-old white supremacist to 40 years in jail on Tuesday for a ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
White supremacist gets 40 years for Arizona package bomb
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced a white supremacist to 40 years in jail on Tuesday for a 2004 package bombing that injured a ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Michael Jackson is still "Bad", 25 years after album
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's "Bad" returns this September with new music and never-before-seen concert video in the first re-release ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
New York City to get first major natgas line in 40 years
By Edward McAllister
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bright lights of New York City may burn a little cleaner next year, when the first major ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Ohio man gets six years for plot to smuggle money to Hezbollah
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio man was sentenced on Monday to more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Michael Jackson is still "Bad," 25 years after album
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's "Bad" returns this September with new music and never-before-seen concert video in the first re-release ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
GE aims to double China JVs to around 56 in five years
HONG KONG (Reuters) - General Electric Co
Wed, May 16, 2012
Obama gives Medal of Honor to soldier who died 42 years ago
By Samson Reiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed a fallen Vietnam War soldier who saved his members of his platoon by ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Envoy sees U.S.-Colombia trade doubling in 3 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trade between the United States and Colombia could double in three years under a free trade pact that went into force on ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Patrick Dempsey renews Grey's Anatomy contract by two years
From WENN.com
Dempsey has led the cast of the hit TV medical drama for eight seasons, but his contract expired this month (May12 ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
Elderly mob boss gets 5 years for strip club shakedowns
By Jason McLure
(Reuters) - An aging accused Mafia boss was sentenced on Friday to 5-1/2 years in prison for terrorizing and extorting protection ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
China economy shows unexpected signs of weakness
By Lucy Hornby and Langi Chiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy stuttered unexpectedly in April with lower than expected output data, softening retail sales ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Work Up a Sweat: The 20 Hottest Summer Movies of the Last 15 Years
By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff
The summer days approach. Attention spans dwindle, impulses rise, and a certain type of entertainment takes over. There ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Sandra Pianalto says will take years for jobs to recover
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy is recovering at a moderate pace but won't regain full employment for several years, a top Federal Reserve policy ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Work Up a Sweat: The 20 Hottest Summer Movies of the Last 15 Years
By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff
The summer days approach. Attention spans dwindle, impulses rise, and a certain type of entertainment takes over. There ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Bipolar symptoms may begin in teen years
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of teenagers who have experienced mania -- a hallmark of bipolar disorder -- is close to the ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
China expels first foreign journalist in 13 years
BEIJING (Reuters) - Al Jazeera has closed the China bureau for its English channel after Chinese authorities refused to renew its correspondent's visa, marking ...
Sun, May 06, 2012
'Bachelor' Split: Host Chris Harrison and Wife of 18 Years To Divorce
By Kelly Schremph, Hollywood.com Staff
Chris Harrison has now become a bachelor himself. The Bachelor host and his wife, Gwen, have announced their ...
Sat, May 05, 2012
'Bachelor' Split: Host Chris Harrison and Wife of 18 Years To Divorce
By Kelly Schremph, Hollywood.com Staff
Chris Harrison has now become a bachelor himself. The Bachelor host and his wife, Gwen, have announced their ...
Fri, May 04, 2012
'Bachelor' Split: Host Chris Harrison and Wife of 18 Years To Divorce
By Kelly Schremph, Hollywood.com Staff
Chris Harrison has now become a bachelor himself. The Bachelor host and his wife, Gwen, have announced their ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Sky Capital founder sentenced to 12 years prison
(Reuters) - The former chief executive of defunct brokerage Sky Capital LLC was sentenced on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court to 12 years in ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrate 24 years of marriage
From WENN.com
The actor took to Twitter.com to post a photograph of their big day on 30 April, 1988 in honour of ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Factory orders suffer largest drop in 3 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- New orders for U.S. factory goods in March recorded their biggest decline in three years as demand for transportation equipment and ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrate 24 years of marriage
From WENN.com
The actor took to Twitter.com to post a photograph of their big day on 30 April, 1988 in honour of ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Wrongly convicted Colorado man set free after 16 years
By Ellen Miller
GRAND JUNCTION, Co. (Reuters) - A Colorado man wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
S&P 500 flirts with two-month low before rebound
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for the fifth day in six on Wednesday as investors kept their focus on the turmoil ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Instant View: March durables orders post biggest fall in three-years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods dropped by the most in three years in March and a gauge of business spending plans ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Plunge in durable goods orders clouds U.S. outlook
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods tumbled by the most in three years in March and businesses cut ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Fox Celebrates 25 Years: What's Your Fondest Memory?
Without aging myself too much here, I will say Fox has been around almost as long as I have. The network —which began broadcasting ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Beach Boys go retro on first new single in 20 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reunited 1960s pop band The Beach Boys have released a teaser track of their first new single in two decades - a ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Man stops policeman, confesses to Oklahoma murder 25 years ago
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A homeless man walked up to a policeman in Montana last week and confessed to involvement in the ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Fox Celebrates 25 Years: What's Your Fondest Memory?
Without aging myself too much here, I will say Fox has been around almost as long as I have. The network —which began broadcasting ...
Sun, April 22, 2012
Mark Wahlberg in Underwear 21 Years After Calvin Klein Ads PICS
It's been 21 years since Mark Wahlberg won the world over in his drool-worthy Calvin Klein advertisements in the '90s. (We'll let ...
Sat, April 21, 2012
Mark Wahlberg in Underwear 21 Years After Calvin Klein Ads PICS
It's been 21 years since Mark Wahlberg won the world over in his drool-worthy Calvin Klein advertisements in the '90s. (We'll let ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Mark Wahlberg in Underwear 21 Years After Calvin Klein Ads PICS
It's been 21 years since Mark Wahlberg won the world over in his drool-worthy Calvin Klein advertisements in the '90s. (We'll let ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Twenty years on, Los Angeles riot flashpoint a grim tableau
By Ronald Grover
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty years ago, at the intersection of Florence and Normandie in south Los Angeles, a mostly black mob ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Mark Wahlberg in Underwear 21 Years After Calvin Klein Ads PICS
It's been 21 years since Mark Wahlberg won the world over in his drool-worthy Calvin Klein advertisements in the '90s. (We'll let ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Red Sox get ready to celebrate 100 years at Fenway
By Larry Fine
BOSTON (Reuters) - Major League Baseball's oldest stadium hits the century mark on Friday and the Boston Red Sox are throwing ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
"'GMA' Beats 'Today Show' for First Time in 16 Years
Wed, April 18, 2012
Exclusive: Suu Kyi to visit Norway, Britain after 24 yrs in Myanmar: party
By Aung Hla Tun
YANGON (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate and newly elected lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi will travel outside Myanmar for the ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
"'GMA' Beats 'Today Show' for First Time in 16 Years
Fri, April 13, 2012
Seven years, six kids, Brad and Angelina agree to wed
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, one of the world's best known couples, are engaged to marry, ending ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Massachusetts man gets 17-1/2 years in prison for aiding al Qaeda
By Daniel Lovering
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man convicted of supporting al Qaeda was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison at a ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
Strip-mall vacancy falls first time in 7 years
By Ilaina Jonas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average vacancy rate at U.S. strip malls fell for the first time in nearly seven years ...
Mon, April 09, 2012
Beijing grapples with Games legacy four years on
By Ben Blanchard and Haze Fan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Four years after Beijing hosted a spectacular summer Olympics, China's bustling capital sees vastly improved ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Couples rolls back the years with vintage Masters display
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Back pain or not, there is something magical about Augusta National and the Masters for Fred Couples that ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Chisholm Shooter Sentenced To 40 Years
HIBBING, MN (KDAL) - A judge has sentenced an ex-Chishom police officer to over 40 years in prison for a bar shooting in 2010. 49 ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Maryland man gets 25 years in military bomb plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge sentenced a Baltimore man to serve 25 years in a federal prison on Friday for a plot to bomb a ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Russian arms dealer sentenced to 25 years in prison
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer caught in an undercover sting by U.S. agents posing as Colombian ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Volvo to spend $11 billion over coming years
STOCKHOLM/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Swedish carmaker Volvo
Wed, April 04, 2012
Lindsay Lohan Ages 25 Years in 60 Seconds VIDEO
Anytime Lindsay Lohan shows up to yet another court date, everyone wonders, ""What happened to that adorable girl from The Parent Trap?"" Of course ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Lindsay Lohan Ages 25 Years in 60 Seconds VIDEO
Anytime Lindsay Lohan shows up to yet another court date, everyone wonders, ""What happened to that adorable girl from The Parent Trap?"" Of course ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Rory can rule for years, says Tiger
By Simon Evans
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - If there is to be a series of head-to-head battles between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods in the ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Manhattan office leasing slowest in two years
By Ilaina Jonas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan office leasing in the first quarter fell to its lowest level in two years, as rise in ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Spain's debt on track for highest in 22 years
By Nigel Davies
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's debt levels will jump to their highest since at least 1990 this year as the economy sinks ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
Lindsay Lohan Ages 25 Years in 60 Seconds VIDEO
Anytime Lindsay Lohan shows up to yet another court date, everyone wonders, ""What happened to that adorable girl from The Parent Trap?"" Of course ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Childbirth takes longer now than 50 years ago: study
(Reuters) - Many tasks can be tackled more quickly now than 50 years ago, but delivering a baby naturally it seems is not one of ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
South Carolina mother gets 35 years for killing toddlers
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A South Carolina mother will spend 35 years in prison for suffocating her two toddlers and leaving ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
U.S. farmers to plant the most corn in 75 years
By Tom Polansek and Charles Abbott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farmers will plant the most corn in 75 years to cash in on higher ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Winslet thrills at Titanic London premiere after missing out 15 years ago
The actress was joined by Billy Zane and director James Cameron at the Royal Albert Hall event and she was all smiles at finally ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Winslet thrills at Titanic London premiere after missing out 15 years ago
The actress was joined by Billy Zane and director James Cameron at the Royal Albert Hall event and she was all smiles at finally ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Analysis: Spain risks years without economic growth
By Paul Day
MADRID (Reuters) - Belt tightening in the board room and the living room, deep public budget cuts and anaemic bank lending may ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
Wall Street closes stellar quarter on up note
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed their strongest quarter in more than two years on a positive note on Friday, led by ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Waylett sentenced to two years in jail
The 22 year old, who starred as bully Vincent Crabbe in the film franchise, was allegedly spotted holding a petrol bomb and swigging from ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
New York jail sued after five suicides in two years
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A civil liberties group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing a New York county of poor oversight of ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Stubborn drought expected to tax Mexico for years
By Mica Rosenberg and Noe Torres
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Reuters) - A severe drought in Mexico that has cost farmers more than a billion dollars in ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Ex-scientist gets 13 years in prison over spying
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. government scientist Stewart Nozette was once on the cutting edge of space exploration, but instead of ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Insight: Seeds of trouble sown at Diamond Foods years ago
By Nanette Byrnes, P.J. Huffstutter and Mihir Dalal
(Reuters) - The accounting scandal at snack maker Diamond Foods in recent months may have shocked ...
Sun, March 18, 2012
Airbus expects years of grappling with A380 cracks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Airbus will need years to get past problems with wing cracks on its flagship A380 passenger jet, the executive vice president of ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Student guilty of hate crimes for spying on gay roommate
By Jonathan Allen and Aman Ali
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A former Rutgers University student who used a computer webcam to spy on ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
US health panel: Pap tests needed only every 3 years
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women only need to get a Pap test once every three years to check for cervical cancer ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
Corrected: Pap test every three years is enough: guidelines
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women only need to get a Pap test once every three years to check for cervical cancer ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Health panel: Pap tests needed only every 3 years
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women only need to get a Pap test once every three years to check for cervical cancer ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
S&P 500 ends best week since December with quiet day
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 closed out its best week in three months with a slim gain on Friday ...
Sun, March 11, 2012
Biggie's Death 15 Years Later: How to Honor The Icon
While it's been 15 years since the world lost Christopher George Latore Wallace, a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G. a.k.a ...
Sat, March 10, 2012
Biggie's Death 15 Years Later: How to Honor The Icon
While it's been 15 years since the world lost Christopher George Latore Wallace, a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G. a.k.a ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Biggie's Death 15 Years Later: How to Honor The Icon
While it's been 15 years since the world lost Christopher George Latore Wallace, a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G. a.k.a ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
IMF chief proposes 28 billion euro Greek loan for 4 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund next week will consider making a loan worth 28 billion euros ($36.7 billion) to Greece over a ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Household debt rises for first time in 3-1/2 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Household debt rose for the first time in three and a half years during the fourth quarter, suggesting Americans were more comfortable ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
Sheen's pal Dykstra gets three years in prison
The former New York Mets player pleaded no contest in October (11) to allegations he tried to lease luxury cars from several Los Angeles ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
Oldest London Olympian going strong after 50 years
By Petra Wischgoll
Aachen, Germany (Reuters) - It has been nearly half a century since Japanese Hiroshi Hoketsu first participated in an Olympic Games. Now ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Sheen's pal Dykstra gets three years in prison
The former New York Mets player pleaded no contest in October (11) to allegations he tried to lease luxury cars from several Los Angeles ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
50 years since UK warning, smoking still big killer
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Fifty years after top doctors issued their first stark warning about the dangers of cigarettes, more than 20 percent ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
"Lipstick Killer" dies after 66 years in Illinois prison
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - William Heirens, known as the "Lipstick Killer" because he once scrawled in lipstick on the wall of a victim ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Ex-FDA chemist gets 5 years for insider trading
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration chemist on Monday was sentenced to five years in federal prison after ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
Leahy sees several more years as Boeing's enemy No.1
By Tim Hepher
PARIS (Reuters) - John Leahy, the American supersalesman who propelled Airbus from European upstart to the world's largest maker of passenger ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Lindsay Lohan: I See Myself at the Oscars in 5 Years
Making a comeback in Hollywood is never easy, but it's something Lindsay Lohan is determined to make happen. The actress appeared on the ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
New York man gets 27 years for plot to kill troops
By Jessica Dye
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced a New York man on Friday to 27 years in prison for his attempts ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
NY man gets 27 years for plot to kill U.S. troops
By Jessica Dye
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal court judge on Friday sentenced a New York man to 27 years in prison for his ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Oceans' acidic shift may be fastest in 300 million years
By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's oceans are turning acidic at what could be the fastest pace of any time in the ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
February auto sales rise to highest level in 4 years
By Deepa Seetharaman and Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales rose nearly 16 percent in February and the annual sales rate leapt ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Indian economy slumps to weakest growth in 3 years
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Manoj Kumar
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economic growth slowed to 6.1 percent in the three months to ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
Could take 5 years to get 6 percent unemployment: Fed's Pinalto
By Jonathan Spicer
(Reuters) - The U.S. economic recovery is "frustratingly slow" and it could take four to five years to ratchet the unemployment ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
"Chemo brain" may persist years after treatment
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women on chemotherapy for breast cancer may have tiny memory and thinking impairments compared with cancer-free women ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
Instant view: Durable goods sink most in 3 years in January
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New orders for U.S. manufactured goods fell in January by the most in three years as demand fell across the ...
Sat, February 25, 2012
Spanish treasure lands after 200 years
By Martin Roberts
MADRID (Reuters) - Coins worth nearly half a billion dollars finally arrived in Spain on Saturday after lying in a sunken warship ...
Tue, February 21, 2012
Wall Street up on jobs data, brushes off Greek default
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced on Friday as investors brushed off the technical default by Greece and focused instead on another ...
Sun, February 19, 2012
Fifty years after Glenn flight, U.S. buying rides to space
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA no longer has the ...
Thu, February 16, 2012
Spain bond demand stays high, economy shrinks
By Paul Day
MADRID, Feb 16 - Spain saw solid demand for its debt on Thursday, easily shifting what it wanted to sell at a ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Santorum reports four years of tax returns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum released tax returns on Wednesday showing he and his wife earned around $1 million annually ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Corruption still rife in Chicago years after Al Capone: study
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The city where gangster Al Capone once kept the mayor on his payroll ranked first in public corruption convictions ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
February NY Fed manufacturing growth highest in 1-1/2 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of manufacturing in New York State picked up in February to its highest level in more than 1-1/2 ...
Tue, February 14, 2012
Geithner: Tax code revamp could take years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday said the Obama administration is close to presenting a set of principles to Congress to revamp ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
New York subway bomb plotter's father sentenced to 4.5 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Colorado man was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for lying to investigators who were racing to stop ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
TV medical drama "House" to end after 8 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hospital drama "House" will end in April after eight seasons, producers said on Wednesday, bringing to a close one of the ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Avid shares surge on first profit in 4 years
(Reuters) - Shares of Avid Technology Inc jumped 25 percent to a six-month high after the maker of digital audio and video editing products reported ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
German exports down sharply in Dec after strong year
By Sarah Marsh
BERLIN (Reuters) - German exports fell at their fastest rate in nearly three years in December and imports unexpectedly dropped, adding to ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Contador's Tour dreams shattered by two-year ban
By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - Alberto Contador's Tour de France dreams were shattered Monday when the Spaniard was stripped of one of his ...
Sun, February 05, 2012
GM aims for 10 percent profit margin over next few years: report
(Reuters) - General Motors
Tue, January 31, 2012
First Canada lynx in 15 years found in Idaho
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Canada lynx has been documented in Idaho for the first time in over 15 years when the ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
UK film banned for blasphemy gets rating 23 years on
LONDON (Reuters) - "Visions of Ecstasy," the only film to be banned in the UK on grounds of blasphemy, has been given an 18 rating ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Giants spent years perfecting winning formula
By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Giants are one win away from becoming the only National Football League (NFL) team with ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time
By Laura L. Myers
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
College Of St. Scholastica Celebrates 100 Years
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth is beginning a year long centennial celebration with a kick-off weekend through Sunday. The ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA
By Corrie MacLaggan
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA
(Reuters) - Texas executed convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
U.S. lobbying spending drops after 11 years of gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Businesses, labor unions and others reduced their spending on lobbying last year for the first time in a decade amid political gridlock ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
After nearly 60 years, beards are back at Disney
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Six of Snow White's seven dwarves have them, along with Merlin the Magician and Aladdin's genie ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Grace goes four clear as Olazabal rolls back years
By Ken Borland
GEORGE, South Africa (Reuters) - South African Branden Grace stormed into a four-shot lead after the Volvo Golf Champions second round Friday ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Slasher gets 200 years prison for New York rampage
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man was sentenced on Wednesday to 200 years in prison for a stabbing spree across ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Little change in U.S. obesity rates in recent years
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over ...
Sat, January 14, 2012
Fishy find shows humans skilled anglers 42,000 years ago
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Fish hooks and fishbones dating back 42,000 years found in a cave in East Timor suggest ...
Sat, January 14, 2012
U.S. offers Bangladesh $1 billion in aid over next five years
DHAKA (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday that it would offer Bangladesh close to $1 billion in aid over the next five years ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Mother sentenced to 45 years for murder of son, 6
By Zach Howard
(Reuters) - A Texas woman who admitted killing her 6-year-old son and leaving his body on a Maine roadside tearfully apologized before ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Peru court sentences Van der Sloot to 28 years for murder
LIMA (Reuters) - Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Peruvian court on Friday for killing a ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Top Latin Kings gang leader sentenced to 60 years
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The top national leader of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison on ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Next ice age not likely before 1,500 years: study
By Nina Chestney
LONDON (Reuters) - High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
For many Americans, jobs crisis to last many years
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - - Despite an upswing in hiring during 2011, the jobs crisis could last many more years as millions of ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Babies' sleep problems may persist over years, study says
(Reuters) - There's bad news for exhausted new parents craving more shut-eye -- you can't just assume that your baby's sleep problems are ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
U.S. attorney seeks 10 years prison for "master con-woman"
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman who faked her own kidnapping while actually at Disney World and stole more than $1 million ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Babies' sleep problems persist into toddler years
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Don't just assume a baby's sleep problems are normal and will soon pass, suggests a ...
Sun, January 01, 2012
S. Korea manufacturing shrinks most in 3 years
By Christine Kim and Yoo Choonsik
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's manufacturing sector shrank the most in nearly three years in December as global ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Import prices rise in February on higher oil
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Import prices rose in February on sharply higher oil costs, but there were few other signs of imported inflation ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Man gets 14 years for black church arson after Obama's win
(Reuters) - A white man convicted of burning down a mostly black church to condemn Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
Washington state bomb planter gets 32 years prison
By Laura Myers
SEATTLE, Dec 20 - A former U.S. soldier was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Tuesday for planting a bomb ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
Deutsche Boerse, NYSE offer to cap derivatives fees for 3 years
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse
Tue, December 20, 2011
Buyer beware: Taylor gems may take years to show profit
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If ever there was a sale that begged a "buyer beware" disclaimer, it may be last week's ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Teen gets 21 years in prison for slaying of gay student
By Mary Slosson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California teen was sentenced to 21 years in jail on Monday for shooting to death a 15-year-old ...
Sat, December 17, 2011
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war
By Joseph Logan
K-CROSSING, Kuwait (Reuters) - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
South Carolina has first human rabies case in 50 years
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A middle-aged woman in South Carolina has contracted the state's first case of human rabies in ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Barry Bonds gets 2 years probation in steroids probe
By Dan Levine and Malathi Nayak
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Home-run king Barry Bonds avoided a prison sentence on Friday over a single criminal conviction ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
"Barefoot Bandit" sentenced to more than 7 years
COUPEVILLE -
By Laura L. Myers
COUPEVILLE, Wash (Reuters) - A Washington state man dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit," who staged a sensational two-year, multi-state crime spree ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
Military marks end to nearly nine bloody years in Iraq
By Missy Ryan and Patrick Markey
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces formally ended almost nine years of war in Iraq on Thursday with a ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Heart attack rates were up three years post-Katrina
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One New Orleans hospital saw a jump in heart attacks following Hurricane Katrina -- and three years later ...
Tue, December 13, 2011
Experimental diet drug keeps weight off for 2 years
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An experimental diet drug seems to help some obese people shed pounds, and keep them off for two years, researchers ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Obama says economic fix could take years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite some recent signs the sluggish U.S. economy might be improving, President Barack Obama warns it could be years before the ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Insight: Ten years on, American business rethinks China dreams
By Paul Eckert and Stella Dawson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Few in the United States would recognize Charlene Barshefsky or remember what she did. Not so ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
China data signals pro-growth policy shift
By Aileen Wang and Nick Edwards
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial output growth dropped in November to its slowest pace in more than two ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Survivors remember Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago
By Harriet McLeod
MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (Reuters) - Four survivors of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were honored aboard the USS Yorktown ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Survivors remember Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago
By Harriet McLeod
MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (Reuters) - Four survivors of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were honored aboard the USS Yorktown ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for corruption
By Janan Hanna
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three years after he was arrested outside his Chicago home on federal corruption charges, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Amazon forest loss at lowest in 23 years: Brazil
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region fell to its lowest in 23 years in the year through July, the government said Monday ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
U.S. man losing hope after 2 years in Cuba jail
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA (Reuters) - An increasingly despondent U.S. aid contractor, Alan Gross, finishes his second year behind bars in Cuba on Saturday ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Body in freezer identified as Maine woman missing for 28 years
(Reuters) - A body found stuffed in a Maine freezer in October was identified as that of a 29-year-old woman who went missing nearly three ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Man who beat wife dead with flashlight gets 30 years in prison
By Daniel Lovering
CAMBRIDGE, Mass (Reuters) - A New Hampshire man was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison on Friday for bludgeoning his ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Merkel says "marathon" crisis will take years to solve
By Stephen Brown and Noah Barkin
BERLIN (Reuters) - The euro zone debt crisis cannot be solved overnight, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
Clearwire soars as Sprint eases liquidity concerns
By Sinead Carew
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp
Wed, November 30, 2011
Texas man sentenced to 37 years for fire bombing church
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas man who prosecutors said wanted to "gain status" with the white supremacist gang The Aryan Brotherhood ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
China factory sector shrinks first time in nearly 3 years
By Aileen Wang and Kevin Yao
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory sector shrank in November in the face of weakening demand both at home ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
November auto sales seen best in over 2 years
By Deepa Seetharaman
(Reuters) - Higher incentives and better model selection in November led to the best month for U.S. auto sales in more ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Northeast to post warmest November in 10 years
By Eileen Moustakis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Northeastern United States, the world's largest heating oil market, is set to post its warmest November ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
Jackson doctor gets 4 years in jail, no probation
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in jail without ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Analysis: After 10 years, China's WTO ride could get bumpier
By Michael Martina
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rising trade protectionism and frustration over its domestic subsidies spell trouble for China and could lead to more friction ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Germany's Merkel fights for euro, Cameron for UK
By Catherine Bremer and Stephen Brown
PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron threatened on Friday to obstruct a Franco-German drive for swift ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Dow and S&P 500 post best week since Christmas
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks posted their best week since Christmas, even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from ...
Thu, November 24, 2011
Alibaba.com posts slowest quarterly growth in almost 2 years
By Melanie Lee
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba.com, China's largest e-commerce firm, posted an 11.9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, its slowest ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
Prosecutors seek four years in jail for Jackson doctor
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence Michael Jackson's former doctor to the maximum four years ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Indiana man sentenced to 315 years for child pornography
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Bloomington, Indiana, man was sentenced Tuesday to 315 years in federal prison for the production and trafficking ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Leonard Cohen to release first studio album in 8 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer and poet Leonard Cohen will release his first studio album in eight years in January following the success of his ...
Sat, November 19, 2011
Army sergeant gets five years in Afghan misconduct probe
By Elaine Porterfield
TACOMA, Wash (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for crimes that included ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Guru gets two years jail for Arizona sweat lodge deaths
By Tim Gaynor
PRESCOTT, Ariz (Reuters) - A judge sentenced self-help guru James Ray on Friday to two years in jail for the deaths of ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Regis Philbin says farewell to "Live!" after 28 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran talk show host Regis Philbin on Friday ended his run on the popular television program "Live!" with well-wishers including Mayor ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Idaho executes first convicted killer in 17 years
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A man convicted of abducting and murdering two Idaho women in 1987 was put to death on Friday ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Ex-FrontPoint fund manager to serve 5 years prison
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former FrontPoint Partners hedge fund manager Dr. Joseph "Chip" Skowron was sentenced to five years in prison on ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
J&J to nix baby-product contaminant within 2 years
By Ransdell Pierson
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson, responding to complaints about a potentially carcinogenic chemical in its baby shampoos, said it plans within two years to eliminate formaldehyde-releasing preservatives from hundreds of its baby products.
Chief Executive William Weldon made the pledge on Wednesday in a letter to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a consumer group which earlier this month urged J&J to remove from its baby shampoo a preservative called quaternium-15.
The chemical is considered by the government to be a possible trigger for some cancers and skin allergies. It is added to many cosmetic products to prevent spoiling and contamination, and works by releasing formaldehyde to kill bacteria.
J&J previously said it had been phasing out formaldehyde-releasing preservatives from its baby products since 2009, when the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics first raised its concerns with the company about its baby shampoo.
But Weldon, in his letter to the group, provided a more-concrete timetable, saying J&J has begun providing "alternatives to formaldehyde-releasing preservatives and expect(s) to finish this process in our hundreds of baby products around the world within about two years, and sooner for our baby shampoos."
Weldon said the company is making the effort even though the trace amounts of formaldehyde exposure pose little risk.
He said an entire bottle of baby shampoo creates exposures to formaldehyde equivalent to the amount a person would encounter "by eating an apple or pear, in which it occurs naturally."
The CEO said the company also continues to make progress in reducing trace amounts in its products of 1,4-dioxane, a contaminant also thought to be carcinogenic that is commonly found in shampoos and other cosmetics.
Weldon did not provide a timetable for that goal, but said most company products already meet the company standard.
J&J, which also makes Band-Aids, medical devices and an array of prescription drugs, in the past two years has recalled hundreds of thousands of packages of over-the-counter medicines -- including painkillers Tylenol and Motrin -- due to quality-control lapses.
Weldon has taken responsibility for the rash of recalls, which have harmed the company's image and hurt its sales and earnings since late 2009.
Under supervision from the U.S. government, J&J is revamping its factories to correct the problems, and is gradually restoring the recalled consumer medicines to drugstores.
(Reporting by Ransdell Pierson; Editing by Richard Chang)
Tue, November 15, 2011
Saldana splits from fiance after 11 years
The couple has ""amicably separated after 11 years"", according to the actress' spokesperson.
However, Saldana, who announced her engagement to the entrepreneur in June ...
Wed, November 09, 2011
Andy Rooney Passes Away At 92 Years Old
The CBS network confirmed over the weekend that 60 Minutes legend, Andy Rooney, died on Friday in New York City at the age of ...
Tue, November 08, 2011
Andy Rooney Passes Away At 92 Years Old
The CBS network confirmed over the weekend that 60 Minutes legend, Andy Rooney, died on Friday in New York City at the age of ...
Mon, November 07, 2011
Rottman sentenced to three years probation
The Nickelodeon was stopped by officers who allegedly witnessed his car jump a curb following a night out in Hollywood.
The Gigantic star's ...
Sun, November 06, 2011
Rottman sentenced to three years probation
The Nickelodeon was stopped by officers who allegedly witnessed his car jump a curb following a night out in Hollywood.
The Gigantic star's ...
Sat, November 05, 2011
Rottman sentenced to three years probation
The Nickelodeon was stopped by officers who allegedly witnessed his car jump a curb following a night out in Hollywood.
The Gigantic star's ...
Fri, November 04, 2011
Murphy hasn't had a drink in 18 years
The Shrek star admits he last sipped booze on his honeymoon with first wife Nicole in 1993.
He says, ""I don't drink at ...
Mon, October 31, 2011
Walliams worries swim injury will take years to heal
The Little Britain star swam 140 miles (225 kilometres) along England's River Thames to raise $1.6 million (£1 million) for charity, but ...
Sun, October 30, 2011
Walliams worries swim injury will take years to heal
The Little Britain star swam 140 miles (225 kilometres) along England's River Thames to raise $1.6 million (£1 million) for charity, but ...
Sat, October 29, 2011
Walliams worries swim injury will take years to heal
The Little Britain star swam 140 miles (225 kilometres) along England's River Thames to raise $1.6 million (£1 million) for charity, but ...
Fri, October 28, 2011
Walliams worries swim injury will take years to heal
The Little Britain star swam 140 miles (225 kilometres) along England's River Thames to raise $1.6 million (£1 million) for charity, but ...
Thu, October 27, 2011
Brad Pitt Joins Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen's 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Way to go, Steve McQueen. Way to ruin it for everyone else. First, you establish this Scorsese-DeNiro thing with Michael Fassbender—Hollywood's lightning ...
Mon, October 24, 2011
O'Hurley back for more Chicago as show celebrates 15 years on Broadway
The actor, who first played shady lawyer Billy Flynn on stage in 2006, will reprise the role from 1 November (11) for a limited ...
Sun, October 23, 2011
O'Hurley back for more Chicago as show celebrates 15 years on Broadway
The actor, who first played shady lawyer Billy Flynn on stage in 2006, will reprise the role from 1 November (11) for a limited ...
Sat, October 22, 2011
O'Hurley back for more Chicago as show celebrates 15 years on Broadway
The actor, who first played shady lawyer Billy Flynn on stage in 2006, will reprise the role from 1 November (11) for a limited ...
Fri, October 21, 2011
O'Hurley back for more Chicago as show celebrates 15 years on Broadway
The actor, who first played shady lawyer Billy Flynn on stage in 2006, will reprise the role from 1 November (11) for a limited ...
Tue, October 18, 2011
King hires nutritionist after years of eating like a toddler
The 32-year-old Sin City star doesn't want to become an actress who sets a bad example for the next generation of young stars ...
Mon, October 17, 2011
Panettiere shocked to meet movie nephew after five years
The Heroes star made the movie with Julia Roberts and Willem Dafoe in 2007 but it only landed a U.S. distributor earlier this ...
Sun, October 16, 2011
Panettiere shocked to meet movie nephew after five years
The Heroes star made the movie with Julia Roberts and Willem Dafoe in 2007 but it only landed a U.S. distributor earlier this ...
Sat, October 15, 2011
Panettiere shocked to meet movie nephew after five years
The Heroes star made the movie with Julia Roberts and Willem Dafoe in 2007 but it only landed a U.S. distributor earlier this ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Rajaratnam gets 11-year prison sentence
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raj Rajaratnam, a self-made hedge fund tycoon convicted in the biggest Wall Street trading scandal in a generation ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Cherokee certify new chief for first time in 12 years
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Cherokee nation, the second-largest tribe in the country, will have a new principal chief for the first ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Scotty McCreery in best "Idol" album debut in 8 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" champion Scotty McCreery became the most successful winner in eight years on Wednesday when his debut country album went ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
Ukraine jails Tymoshenko for 7 years, irks EU, Russia
By Pavel Polityuk and Richard Balmforth
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison ...
Fri, October 07, 2011
Tennessee woman released after 25 years on death row
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A Tennessee woman who sat on death row for a quarter-century for the killing of her husband was ...
Fri, October 07, 2011
Ten years on, Taliban says "victory is with us"
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban vowed to keep fighting until all foreign forces left Afghanistan in a statement on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary ...
Fri, October 07, 2011
Former trader Emanuel Goffer sentenced to 3 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former securities trader was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for insider trading in another victory for prosecutors ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Billy Bob Thornton's daughter gets 20 years prison
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - The estranged daughter of Oscar-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton was sentenced in Florida on Thursday to 20 years ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Boeing drug probe took four years to be thorough: official
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The federal drug raid on a Boeing plant that makes key U.S. military aircraft was the culmination of ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Sprint to buy 30.5 million iPhones over 4 years: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp shares fell more than 10 percent after a report that it committed to buy at least 30.5 ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Fox News Channel marks 15 years, still the underdog
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Fox News Channel marks its 15th anniversary this week having changed the face of television news in ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Boeing drug probe took four years to be thorough: officials
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The federal drug raid on a Boeing plant that makes key U.S. military aircraft was the culmination of ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Nigeria to eradicate polio within 2 years: president
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Thursday to set up a special government team to ensure the eradication of polio from Africa ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
Accused hijacker on run from New Jersey for 41 years is arrested
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A murderer who escaped from a New Jersey prison and was accused in a passenger plane hijacking has ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
Gold pares some losses but hurt by dash for cash
By Amanda Cooper
LONDON (Reuters) - Gold pared some of Monday's losses by midday in Europe but was still on course for its largest ...
Sun, September 25, 2011
After 3 years, Boeing Dreamliner becomes reality
By Tim Hepher
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing's long-awaited dream machine became a commercial reality on Sunday when the lightweight plastic-composites 787 Dreamliner was formally ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
U.S. soldier gets 7 years in prison for Afghan murder
By Laura L. Myers
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - The youngest of five U.S. soldiers accused of killing unarmed Afghan civilians in cold blood was ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
Man gets 60 years prison in murder for one penny
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Friday sentenced an admitted drug dealer to sixty years in prison for the shotgun ...
Thu, September 22, 2011
UBS chief seeks less risky future: memo
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS AG
Thu, September 22, 2011
"Phantom" Citigroup plaintiff tossed after 6 years
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It took six years for anyone to realize the lead plaintiff in a fraud lawsuit against Citigroup was ...
Thu, September 22, 2011
China must wait 20 years for another Olympics: Rogge
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will have to wait for another two decades, if not longer, before hosting another Olympic Games to give other nations a ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Goffer sentenced to 10 years for insider trading
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zvi Goffer, a former securities trader known as "Octopussy" because of his many sources of information, was sentenced ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
R.E.M "call it a day" after 31 years, many hits
(Reuters) - R.E.M, once dubbed "America's Best Rock & Roll Band," said on Wednesday they had decided to "call it a day" after more than 30 years of generating hits and selling millions of records.
Key members of the band, whose hits include "The One I Love" and "Losing My Religion," addressed fans in a posting on their website, thanking them for their loyalty and saying they have astonished even themselves with their accomplishments.
"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band.
"We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening," the band said in its posting.
R.E.M was originally comprised of singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bass player Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry, who suffered a brain aneurysm during the band's 1995 "Monster" tour and subsequently left the group.
But even without Berry, the band continued to make records and tour. Overall, R.E.M. have released 15 albums since breaking through the ranks of rock acts in the early 1980s when they became a sensation on the U.S. college circuit singing their hit "Radio Free Europe."
Their debut album, 1983's "Murmur," helped them build a cult following among America's youth, and they crossed over to mainstream success with 1987 hit single, "The One I Love" off the album "Document."
In December of 1987, Rolling Stone magazine put the band on its cover and dubbed it "America's Best Rock & Roll Band," and after that came years of successive hits.
"A wise man once said -- 'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave.' We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we're going to walk away from it," Stipe said in the statement.
Bassist Mills said that while making "Collapse Into Now" and on their recent tour to support the album, the band mates began asking themselves what would come next. They felt that the songs from that record drew "a natural line" between their work as a group and their future as individual artists.
"We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love, and respect, each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this -- there's no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring-off. We've made this decision together, amicably and with each other's best interests at heart. The time just feels right," Mills said.
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Jill Serjeant)
Tue, September 20, 2011
Boeing aims to win over half China orders over 20 years: exec
BEIJING (Reuters) - Boeing Co
Mon, September 19, 2011
U.S. mental-health executive gets 35 years for fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami mental-health executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Pearl Jam opens up on 20 years of rock fame
By John McCrank
TORONTO (Reuters) - Cameron Crowe's documentary "Pearl Jam Twenty" takes viewers on a 20-year behind-the-scenes journey with a band that has ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Mental-health executive gets 35 years for fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami mental-health executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Miami man jailed 50 years for $205 million health fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami businessman was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Friday for masterminding a healthcare fraud scheme that sought to bilk ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Miami man jailed 50 years for $205 million health fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami businessman was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Friday for masterminding a healthcare fraud scheme that sought to bilk ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Miami man jailed 50 years for $205 million health fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami businessman was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Friday for masterminding a healthcare fraud scheme that sought to bilk ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Europe and U.S. face 10 years of slow growth: UK's Brown
By Melanie Lee
DALIAN, China (Reuters) - Europe and the United States could face 10 years of slow growth and high unemployment if a global ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Polanski to collect award two years after arrest
ZURICH (Reuters) - Director Roman Polanski is to collect an award from the Zurich Film Festival intended for him in 2009, when he was arrested ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
3 years on, Lehman on path to exit bankruptcy
By Nick Brown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three years after its collapse, Lehman Brothers
Tue, September 13, 2011
Job gains ease recession fears but still weak
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired more workers than expected in September and job gains for the prior two months were revised higher ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
Stars commemorate 9/11 10 years on
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack in America's history after two hijacked airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
Ten Years Later: Categorizing the 9/11 Films
Following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, in the comparatively minor realm of movies, one question pervaded the entire industry: When is it OK ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
GE hopes to double German business in five years: report
(Reuters) - General Electric Co
Mon, September 12, 2011
U.S. seeks up to 10 years for Jiau in insider case
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to imprison a Taiwan-born former technology company consultant for as long as ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Students, Teacher Organize 9-11 Ten Years Later
The community gathered Sunday morning to remember the events of September 11th, ten years later. The day in Terre Haute was organized by some ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Back To The Future II shoe available four years before they were in the film
Only 1,500 pairs of the Nike Air Mag shoes will be available at auction on eBay.com, according to TMZ.com.
Ironically, the ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
UK's Osborne says expects broad EU treaty change in 1-2 years
By Fiona Shaikh
MARSEILLE (Reuters) - Europe could agree to broad changes to existing legislation within a year or two that would pave the way ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
Back To The Future II shoe available four years before they were in the film
Only 1,500 pairs of the Nike Air Mag shoes will be available at auction on eBay.com, according to TMZ.com.
Ironically, the ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
Obama, Bush see raw emotions at 9/11 events
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama picked up where his predecessor George W. Bush left off in the war ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
Back To The Future II shoe available four years before they were in the film
Only 1,500 pairs of the Nike Air Mag shoes will be available at auction on eBay.com, according to TMZ.com.
Ironically, the ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Yields fall to 60-year lows on Europe worries
By Chris Reese
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices rose on Friday, taking benchmark yields to the lowest in at least 60 years as ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Playmate Rathgeb to serve nine years for shooting husband
The 66 year old also admitted she personally used a gun and caused great bodily injury to her husband, Bruce, who was shot in ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Puerto Rico police flouted law for years, U.S. agency says
By Molly O'Toole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Puerto Rico Police Department has used excessive force for years, violating the U.S. constitution and federal ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Man in New York synagogue bomb plot gets 25 years
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man who stood watch while two of his co-conspirators planted what they thought were bombs outside New ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Pa. man on death row for police killing gets added 190 years jail
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man sentenced to death earlier this year for killing three Pittsburgh police officers was given an additional sentence of 85 ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
U.S. safer 10 years after 9/11, but at what cost?
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tourists flock to Times Square for the bright lights and Broadway shows. There they find another spectacle: helmeted ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Mexico man accused of locking up, abusing girls for 7 years
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexico City man was arrested on Tuesday accused of imprisoning and abusing two teenage girls for seven years, fathering five ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Rocket lifts off with satellites to probe moon
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned U.S. rocket blasted off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ...
Mon, September 05, 2011
Wall Street, finishing flat, posts 4 weeks of gains
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed out a fourth week of gains in quiet fashion on Friday, edging higher as the market ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Six years after Katrina, New Orleans braces for storm
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Almost exactly six years after Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans and produced one of the worst disasters in ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
August consumer confidence lowest in more than two years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence crumbled in August to its lowest level in more than two years as the fallout from political wrangling over ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Gilbert and girlfriend split after 10 years and two kids
The couple has been together since 2001 and have two children; son Levi, six, and four-year-old daughter Sawyer.
A representative for the actress-turned-talk show ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Ex-mayor of Arizona border town gets 3.5 years in prison
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A judge sentenced the former mayor of the small Arizona border town of Nogales on Monday to 3 ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Gilbert and girlfriend split after 10 years and two kids
The couple has been together since 2001 and have two children; son Levi, six, and four-year-old daughter Sawyer.
A representative for the actress-turned-talk show ...
Sun, August 28, 2011
Euro crisis may be over in 2-3 years - Regling
VIENNA (Reuters) - The euro zone can conquer its crisis in the next few years if countries get their financial houses in order, the head ...
Sun, August 28, 2011
Gilbert and girlfriend split after 10 years and two kids
The couple has been together since 2001 and have two children; son Levi, six, and four-year-old daughter Sawyer.
A representative for the actress-turned-talk show ...
Sat, August 27, 2011
Gilbert and girlfriend split after 10 years and two kids
The couple has been together since 2001 and have two children; son Levi, six, and four-year-old daughter Sawyer.
A representative for the actress-turned-talk show ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Gilbert and girlfriend split after 10 years and two kids
The couple has been together since 2001 and have two children; son Levi, six, and four-year-old daughter Sawyer.
A representative for the actress-turned-talk show ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Loach's banned film to be broadcast after 40 years
The acclaimed director was commissioned by the charity and London Weekend Television to make a 53-minute documentary ahead of Save the Children's 50th ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
China on track for modern military by 2020: U.S.
By Phil Stewart and Paul Eckert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China appears on track to forge a modern military by 2020, a rapid buildup that could ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Loach's banned film to be broadcast after 40 years
The acclaimed director was commissioned by the charity and London Weekend Television to make a 53-minute documentary ahead of Save the Children's 50th ...
Mon, August 22, 2011
California fugitive arrested after 36 years: FBI
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A convicted murderer who escaped from a California prison camp over three decades ago has been recaptured thanks ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Hope for euro deal, China growth spur stocks
By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks put in solid gains on Monday as investors bet on a positive outcome to ...
Sat, August 20, 2011
U.S. "hikers'" lawyer to fight Iran spy sentence
By Mitra Amiri
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The lawyer for two Americans convicted of spying in Iran said Sunday he would appeal their eight-year sentence, which ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Lawyer Goldfarb gets 3 years prison in insider case
By Andrew Longstreth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer caught up in the government's massive insider trading investigation was sentenced to three years in ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
After 18 years, "West Memphis 3" free on plea deal
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Three men imprisoned for the "satanic" 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old boys in Arkansas walked free on ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Medicare costs rise at slowest pace in six years: S&P
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Growth in hospital revenue from Medicare patients was roughly one-third the rate seen from patients on private health insurance ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Medicare costs rise at slowest pace in six years: S&P
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Growth in hospital revenue from Medicare patients was roughly one-third the rate seen from patients on private health insurance ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Fed's Pianalto: years to lower unemployment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The economy is growing so slowly that it will take years to wrench lofty unemployment rates back to normal levels, Cleveland ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Oldest continually operating oil well marks 150 years
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The world's oldest continually producing oil well -- located in northwestern Pennsylvania -- turned 150 years old this week.
Drilled on August 16 ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Philly Fed factory activity index worst in 2-1/2 yrs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region plummeted in August, falling to the lowest level since March 2009 and ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Stem cell team aims for spare heart parts in five years
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Stem cell researchers in Hong Kong and the United States are trying to grow spare parts for ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
China Mobile H1 profit grows, talking to Apple on iPhones
By Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Mobile logged its fastest half-yearly profit growth in nearly three years and said ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Biggest jump in Midwest farmland prices in 34 years
By Christine Stebbins
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prices for farmland in the heart of the U.S. grain belt were up 17 percent in the second ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Brad Pitt to Produce, Steve McQueen to Direct 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Nary a day seems to go by lately without some Brad Pitt movie news -- never mind Brad Pitt non-movie news -- and today is no ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and More in New 'New Years Eve' Images
New Years Eve: a time for toasting, a time for kitchen-gifts, a time for water-brunch, and a time for Lea Michele to gaze proudly ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Dodgers did not pay owner McCourt in last 2 years
By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team has not paid or lent money to team owner Frank McCourt ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Analysis: Russia still lags on democracy 20 years after coup
By Timothy Heritage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Twenty years after a coup in which hardline communists made a last, desperate attempt to save the Soviet Union ...
Mon, August 15, 2011
15 minutes of exercise a day can extend life by three years
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Doing just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day may add three years to your life, a ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
Idaho woman could face 10 years for stealing beer
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Idaho woman could face up to 10 years in prison for stealing a can of low-cost, high-alcohol beer from a ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Caribbean Ponzi schemer sentenced to 30 years
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Jamaican banker who ran a Ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of investors in Florida and the Caribbean out of $220 million ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
40 years on from gold standard, bugs crow
By Jan Harvey
LONDON (Reuters) - Gold, and only gold, will be our salvation when the value of companies, banks, countries and even money itself ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
BHP Billiton sees weak European, U.S. growth for years
By James Regan and Michael Smith
SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton
Tue, August 09, 2011
Prosecutors seek as much as 24-1/2 years for Rajaratnam
By Andrew Longstreth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked a federal judge to sentence Raj Rajaratnam to as much as 24-1/2 years in prison ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Body of missing Lake Tahoe diver found 17 years later
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The remarkably well-preserved body of a scuba diver who sank and vanished 17 years ago in Lake Tahoe ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Analysis: Fed low-rate promise seen as opening salvo for QE3
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve appears increasingly likely to embark on another round of monetary stimulus if the economy ...
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